Lucas Romero
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Daniel Romero | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Loma Hermosa, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cruzeiro | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2012 | Vélez Sársfield | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2012–2016 | Vélez Sársfield | 83 | (2) |
| 2016– | Cruzeiro | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | Argentina U-20 | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:44, 11 July 2015 (UTC). | |||
Lucas Daniel Romero (born April 18, 1994) is an Argentine football midfielder who plays for Cruzeiro in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
Early life
Romero was born and raised in a humble neighborhood in Loma Hermosa, Greater Buenos Aires.[1][2] He started playing youth football in Vélez Sársfield when he was 7 years old.[3]
Club career
Romero made his debut for Vélez Sársfield in 2012 at 18 years of age, coming on as a substitute in a 0–0 draw with Estudiantes de La Plata.[4] In his first season with the first team, Romero helped Vélez to win the 2012 Inicial championship, playing 13 games (including 4 as a starter replacing injured Francisco Cerro).[4] The midfielder also entered the field in Vélez's victory over Newell's Old Boys for the 2012–13 Superfinal and was a starter in his team's victory over Arsenal de Sarandí for the 2013 Supercopa Argentina.
International career
Romero played with the Argentina national under-20 football team the 2013 South American Youth Championship, in which his team was eliminated in the first round.
Honours
- Vélez Sársfield
References
- ↑ Micaela Cannataro and Héctor Salerno (2012-09-15). "'En el barrio jugaba descalzo'". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-01-18.
- ↑ Micaela Cannataro (2013-03-30). "'Ahora me doy algunos lujos: como milanesas'". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-01-18.
- ↑ Alejandro Altamirano Halle (2013-07). "Descubriendo a Lucas Romero". El Gráfico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-01-18. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - 1 2 "Initial '12 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
External links
- Profile at Vélez Sársfield's official website (Spanish)
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)
- Lucas Romero profile at Soccerway
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