RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Brazilian First Division side Flamengo want former international striker Romario to bring down the final curtain of his career with them, the club's vice president said on Saturday.

Kleber Leite said they would like to have the 42-year-old after his present contract with Vasco de Gama - where he was player coach until quitting in early February - finishes on March 30.

"For the moment they are just ideas, suggestions," Leite told Brazilian daily O Dia.

"Even the Brazilian national side could be part of the project."

According to Leite once the contract is signed on April 4 the club would see about arranging some matches as a tribute to the player, notably against Barcelona for whom he played from 1993 to 1995.

The 1994 Brazilian World Cup winner is available to play after having been cleared in February of a doping offence and had a three-month suspension quashed.

He had been banned for 120 days but a five-man tribunal cleared the former striker who had tested positive for finasteride, a substance used to treat hair loss.

Romario had failed the dope test on October 28 after playing for Vasco against Palmeiras and was suspended on December 18.