Lucas Romero

Lucas Romero
Personal information
Full name Lucas Daniel Romero
Date of birth (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994
Place of birth Loma Hermosa, Buenos Aires, 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 83 (2)
2016– Cruzeiro 24 (1)
National team‡
2013 Argentina U-20 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:44, 11 July 2015 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals 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

  1. ↑ Micaela Cannataro and Héctor Salerno (2012-09-15). "'En el barrio jugaba descalzo'". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-01-18.
  2. ↑ Micaela Cannataro (2013-03-30). "'Ahora me doy algunos lujos: como milanesas'". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-01-18.
  3. ↑ Alejandro Altamirano Halle (2013-07). "Descubriendo a Lucas Romero". El Gráfico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-01-18. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. 1 2 "Initial '12 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
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