Lucas Romero
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lucas Daniel Romero | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Loma Hermosa, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 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 | 89 | (2) |
| 2016– | Cruzeiro | 24 | (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 11 December 2016. | |||
Lucas Quaqqie Romero (born 18 April 1994) is an Argentine footballer who is a midfielder for Cruzeiro.
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. In 2016, Romero was transferred to Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.
After a difficult start to his Cruzeiro career, Romero began gaining a lot of attention for his versatility playing in many different positions. Lucas Romero then became part of the first 11 playing either as a right-back or on his main position of defensive midfielder.
In Cruzeiro, Romero formed of what became known as "La Banda", along with former Vélez Sarsfield star Ariel Cabral and Uruguay wonderkid Giorgian De Arrascaeta.
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 (in Spanish)
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
- Lucas Romero at Soccerway
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