Lucas Romero

Lucas Daniel Romero (born 18 April 1994) is an Argentine footballer who is a midfielder for Independiente.

Lucas Romero
Personal information
Full name Lucas Daniel Romero
Date of birth (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994
Place of birth Loma Hermosa, Argentina
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Independiente
Number 22
Youth career
2001–2012 Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Vélez Sársfield 89 (2)
2016–2019 Cruzeiro 84 (2)
2019– Independiente 13 (0)
National team
2013 Argentina U-20 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:11, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

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

Vélez Sársfield

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.

Cruzeiro

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.

Independiente

In 5 August 2019 Romero signed with Independiente.[5]

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.

Career statistics
As of 29 October 2019.[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vélez Sársfield 2012–13 Primera División 271—51—322
2013–14 2701010110391
2014 1612080—261
2015 19010—10210
Total 89240232201184
Cruzeiro 2016 Série A 24070—81391
2017 29250—40382
2018 2304060100430
2019 804060110290
Total 8422001203311493
Independiente 2019–20 Superliga 8020——100
Total 80200000100
Career total 18142603523512777


Honours
Vélez Sársfield
Cruzeiro

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 (July 2013). "Descubriendo a Lucas Romero". El Gráfico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-01-18.
  4. "Initial '12 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  5. ""Cuidado con el perro": Independiente anuncia volante Lucas Romero, ex-Cruzeiro". globoesporte. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  6. "Lucas Romero statistics". Ogol.


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