| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Enrique Fernández Romero | ||
| Date of birth | June 23, 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Logroñés | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1990–1993 | Logroñés B | ||
| 1992–1994 | Logroñés | 32 | (4) |
| 1994–1997 | Valencia | 91 | (5) |
| 1997–1998 | Mallorca | 38 | (3) |
| 1998–2006 | Deportivo La Coruña | 218 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Betis | 17 | (0) |
| Total | 396 | (14) | |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2004 | Spain | 10 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Enrique Fernández Romero (born 23 June 1971) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a left defender.
He played for four different clubs during his professional career over the course of 16 seasons - notably Deportivo de La Coruña, which he helped win four major titles, including its only La Liga championship - amassing top division totals of 396 games and 14 goals.
Romero represented Spain at the 2002 World Cup.
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Born in Jerez de la Frontera, Province of Cádiz, Romero started his professional career with La Rioja's CD Logroñés, appearing in only three La Liga matches in his first two seasons combined, but being first-choice in the 1993–94 campaign, with the team again managing to retain its division status.
After having represented Valencia CF and RCD Mallorca, never appearing in less than 30 league games during his spell with both teams combined, he joined Deportivo de La Coruña in 1998. There, Romero blossomed as a very offensive left-back, notably playing in 50 UEFA Champions League matches for the Galicians, and contributing with 34 games (one goal) in the 1999–2000 season, as Depor won its first national championship.
In the 2006 summer, after being ousted by younger Joan Capdevila (although he was a very reliable defensive unit, never making less than 17 appearances and sometimes playing as centre back), Romero signed with Real Betis. After a sole season, which coincided with the emergence of new signing Fernando Vega, he opted to retire from professional football at the age of 36, having appeared in more than 500 official matches (nearly 400 in the Spanish top division, the only he competed in).
Romero gained 10 caps for Spain, his first appearance coming on 23 February 2000, in a friendly match with Croatia (in Split).
He represented the nation at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea, playing three matches for the eventual quarterfinalists.[1]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Copa de la Liga | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1991–92 | Logroñés | Spanish League | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1992–93 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1993–94 | 29 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1994–95 | Valencia | Spanish League | 30 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1995–96 | 30 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1996–97 | 31 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1997–98 | Mallorca | Spanish League | 38 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1998–99 | Deportivo | Spanish League | 34 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1999–00 | 34 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2000–01 | 29 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2001–02 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2002–03 | 31 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2003–04 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2004–05 | 29 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2005–06 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2006–07 | Betis | Spanish League | 17 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | Spain | 396 | 14 | |||||||||
| Career total | 396 | 14 | ||||||||||
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