Julio César Romero

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Julio César Romero "Romerito" (born August 28, 1960 in Luque, Paraguay) was a Paraguayan football midfielder considered among the best players in Paraguayan football history. Romerito was a skilled creative midfielder, with excellent vision and speed. He was the only Paraguayan footballer named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. Romero was also selected as the South American Footballer of the Year in 1985 while playing for Fluminense, where he became a fan favorite after leading the team to a Campeonato Brasileiro.

In 1979 Romerito was part of the Paraguay national football team that played in the FIFA World Youth Championship and was considered one of the best players of the tournament along with Diego Maradona. In the same year, Romerito played the Copa América which was eventually won by Paraguay. During his career, he scored more than 400 goals.

1 Career
2 Titles
3 Awards
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Career

1977 - 1980: Sportivo Luqueño - Paraguay
1980 - 1983: New York Cosmos - United States
1984 - 1989: Fluminense - Brazil
1989: FC Barcelona - Spain
1990: Puebla - Mexico
1991: Sportivo Luqueño - Paraguay
1992: Olimpia Asunción - Paraguay
1995: La Serena - Chile
1995: Club Cerro Corá - Paraguay

[edit] Titles

NASL champion: 1980, 1982 (with New York Cosmos)
Campeonato Carioca: 1984, 1985 (with Fluminense)
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1984 (with Fluminense)
Torneo República: 1992 (with Olimpia)

[edit] Awards

Preceded by: Enzo Francescoli	South American Footballer of the Year 1985	Succeeded by: Antonio Alzamendi

[edit] Trivia

Romerito is a politician for the Colorado Party in his native city of Luque and works as a city counselor. Also, in September of 2006 Romerito made his debut as a rock singer in the Paraguayan music festival called "Pilsen Rock". He took the stage as a guest of the popular local band Revolber and sang the opening words of the song "Siete hermanos, 1 misil" in front of a crowd of 40,000. [1]

[edit] External links

	Paraguay squad - 1986 World Cup
1 Fernández \| 2 Torales \| 3 Zabala \| 4 Schettina \| 5 Delgado \| 6 Nuñez \| 7 Ferreira \| 8 Romero \| 9 Cabañas \| 10 Cañete \| 11 Mendoza \| 12 Battaglia \| 13 Caceres \| 14 Caballero \| 15 Cabral \| 16 Guasch \| 17 Alcaraz \| 18 Isasi \| 19 Chilavert \| 20 Hicks \| 21 Alonso \| 22 Coronel \| Coach: Cayetano Ré