Self-confessed sex addict Romario has reportedly ended his relationship with a university student 37 years his junior.
The 59-year-old Brazil legend started dating 22-year-old Alicya Gomes last September following the end of his seven-month love affair with a pretty influencer called Marcelle Ceolin 25 years younger than him.
Overnight it emerged his headline-making new romance has come to an end after they stopped following each other on social media.
But Brazilian media are already linking the retired footballer-turned-politician to another woman, saying he was spotted at a record launch in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday with a mystery blonde and they were seen “whispering in each other’s ears in a secluded corner.”
It was only in February that local press managed to identify Alicya, who hails from the region of Baixada Fluminense on Guanabara Bay north of Rio de Janeiro, after they were spotted enjoying more time out together and she was one of the 800 guests at his birthday bash two days after he turned 59 on January 31.
The nutrition student reacted by privatising her Instagram where she had 5,000 followers, fuelling speculation the pair had decided to try to keep their relationship out of the public eye as much as possible following the attention Romario’s previous flings with far younger women have generated.
Shortly before she attended his 59th birthday party, the former footballer threw a party at his mansion to celebrate Alicya’s 22nd birthday, saying in a social media message at the time: “Congratulations, baby. Peace, happiness, wisdom, light, and good health always! You are simply wonderful in every way.”
The huge age difference had sparked a heated debate on social media.
One fan of the former footballer wrote on Instagram when details of their relationship emerged: “Age is only a number” and another insisted: “Love doesn’t recognise age” before adding: “I hope they’re very happy together.”
Others suggested Alicya wouldn’t give Romario a second look if he was a minimum-wage worker but were rebuked by angry Rio resident Camila Carol who said: “Let Romario be happy.
“He gave us so much happiness with his football.” Romario’s six children from different relationships include a son born from an extra-matrimonial affair with an actress while he was still with his second wife Daniele Favato.
The striker, one of the most clinical finishers ever seen in football, recognised 19-year-old Raphael Faria as his son after DNA tests.
He was branded “sex-mad” after revealing in May 2018 he had recommended “lots of sex” to Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus ahead of that year's World Cup.
In January 2022 he claimed sex was always “f***** good” for him and he would sleep with his wife right before matches.
Writing for the Players’ Tribune he said: “Sometimes on match day I would stay at home, away from the rest of the team. If I’d wake up horny, I’d have sex with my wife and then go to the game. “On the pitch, it made me feel calmer and lighter.”
Romario whisked pretty influencer Marcelle Ceolin, his last serious girlfriend before Alicya, off to the Atlantic Ocean paradise of Fernando de Noronha 220 miles off Brazil’s north-east coast in February 2022 weeks after they started dating.
She let her new man film her as a giant wave washed over her in a salt-water pool by a glorious white sand beach.
The influencer went on to admit her “soul was happy” as they lapped up the archipelago’s fantastic views. They split in August 2022 with Marcelle moving out of Romario’s home on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro and heading back to her native city of Bage in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Romario is also thought to have enjoyed a brief romance with a pretty 34-year-old brunette called Maria Geusiane Santos between his two more serious relationships.
He was said to have met her in January last year during a night out in Rio de Janeiro around the time he turned 58. They were later photographed together on Rio’s picture-postcard Barra Beach, with the shapely events promoter showing off her curves in a mini Brazil flag bikini.
