José Romera

José Romera
Personal information
Full nameJosé Antonio Romera Navarro
Date of birth8 September 1987
Place of birthXirivella, Spain
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionRight back
Club information
Current team
FK Baumit Jablonec
Youth career
Levante
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2005–2006Onda37(0)
2007–2008Levante B26(0)
2008–2012Gandía
2012–2014Dukla Prague49(2)
2014–FK Baumit Jablonec16(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Romera and the second or maternal family name is Navarro.

José Antonio Romera Navarro (born 8 September 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for FK Baumit Jablonec in the Czech Synot Liga, as a right defender.

Football career

Born in Xirivella, Valencian Community, Romera never played in higher than Segunda División B in his country, representing in the category Levante UD B and CF Gandía. In Tercera División he played for CD Onda and Gandía.

Romera had never played outside his hometown prior to 2012,[1] but went to FK Dukla Prague in the summer of 2012 on trial. He signed a one-year contract in July.[2] After having played in the Czech league for a season, Romera signed a two-year extension to his contract in July 2013, tying him to the club until 30 June 2015.[3] Romera scored his first league goal for Dukla on his 28th appearance, scoring into an empty net in a 1–1 draw against Mladá Boleslav in August 2013.[4] Romera scored his second league goal for Dukla in September 2013, a header in a match against Jablonec in a 1–1 draw.[5] Having spent two seasons with Dukla, Romera signed a three year contract with Jablonec in 2014.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Ordóñez, Daniel (7 September 2012). "“Los futbolistas checos van como motos”". Radio Prague (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Novák, Jaromír (9 July 2012). "Fotbalová Dukla získala vedle Kaloudy také španělského zadáka Romeru" (in Czech). Czech Republic: Mladá fronta DNES. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Horčička, Petr (5 July 2013). "Romera bude v Dukle až do roku 2015, smlouvy prodloužili i trenéři" [Romera will be at Dukla until 2015, coaches also extended contracts] (in Czech). Czech Republic: Gambrinus Liga. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Plzeň porazila Slovácko a vede ligu, Teplice dokázaly otočit zápas s Jihlavou" (in Czech). Czech Republic: Deník. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Dukla vedla nad Jabloncem. Hostům ale remízu 1:1 vystřelil Hubník" (in Czech). Czech Republic: Lidové noviny. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Španělský obránce Romera odchází z Dukly, na tři roky se upsal Jablonci" [Spanish defender Romera leaves Dukla, signs for three years with Jablonec] (in Czech). Czech Republic: Mladá fronta DNES. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

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