Online Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO. – SELF-confessed sex addict Romario has 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.”
Romario and Alicya met during an electoral campaign. They were first photographed together on a night out at Rock in Rio last October, when he took the pretty brunette to watch Maria Carey.
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.” – The Sun
Mathew Masinge