The following year, Rômulo was sold to fellow Brazilian side Metropolitano, spending the 2007 and 2008 season with the club before signing with Chapecoense in 2008.
[3] On 2 August 2014, Rômulo officially signed for Juventus, on a year-long loan from Hellas Verona for €1m with an option for an outright buy for €6m.
[5] He made his debut in the 2–0 UEFA Champions League group stage win over Malmö FF on 16 September, replacing Stephan Lichtsteiner in added time.
[7] Rômulo was sidelined for the rest of the first part of the season, however, due to continual problems with his adductor muscles, as well as athletic pubalgia; he was operated in December,[8][9] which kept him out for three months.
[10] He returned to the pitch on 9 May 2015, in a 1–1 home draw against Cagliari;[11] however, during Juventus's 2–1 away win over Inter on 16 May, he suffered a myotendinous tear of the rectus femoris muscle in his left thigh, which kept him out for the rest of the season,[12] as Juventus won a domestic Serie A and Coppa Italia double, also reaching the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final.
[16] On 2 September 2019, on the last day of the summer transfer window, Rômulo joined newly promoted club Brescia on a single-season loan.
[19] An Italian citizen through ancestry, Rômulo was first called up by Italy national football team coach Cesare Prandelli in April 2014 for a stage, due to his impressive performances with Verona.
[21] A quick and hard-working box-to-box player, with notable stamina as well as good vision and technique, Rômulo is a tactically versatile footballer, who is capable of aiding his team both offensively and defensively.