Jonahan Romero

Jonahan Artiga "Jonah" Romero (born 17 March 1988), is an American born-Guamanian footballer who plays for Rovers in the United Football League and the Guam national football team.

Jonahan Romero
Personal information
Full name Jonahan Artiga Romero[1]
Date of birth (1988-03-17) March 17, 1988
Place of birth Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder/Defender
Club information
Current team
 Rovers
Number 3
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Memphis Tigers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Bayamón FC
2008–2009 Puerto Rico Islanders
2010 Joe Public FC
2010 Cars Plus
2011–2012 Kaya FC
2013 Loyola
2013–2014 Rovers FC
2014–2015 Strykers FC
2015–2016 Khoromkhon
2016– Rovers
National team‡
2009– Guam 32 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 August 2014
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 September 2016

Early life and career

Jonahan was born in Fairfax, Virginia to a Salvadoran father, Evelio Romero, and a Guamanian mother, Roxanna Artiga. Jonahan's father, who was a former professional footballer in his native El Salvador influenced him to pursue a football career. While growing up in Lorton, Virginia, he attended high school in Hayfield Secondary School where he became a wrestler for Roy Hill and a footballer for Daniel Drickey.[2]He played two seasons for the University of Memphis, where he earned his Criminal Justice degree. He played 17 games for the Tigers coming off the bench.

Romero went on to play for Bayamon FC in Puerto Rico. After one year at Bayamon, he was transferred to Puerto Rico Islanders. After one and a half years of playing football for the Islanders, he moved to his mother's native Guam, where he played for Cars Plus FC in the 2009-2010 season. He was also listed in the lineup for the Guam national football team. He decided to play in Trinidad and Tobago, in which he got only a 6-month contract. He later moved back to Cars Plus and continued the season. After the 2010-11 season, he was signed by Kaya FC in the United Football League. He played in the 2011 United Football Cup, in which the team finished 4th place.[3]

In 2015 Romero signed with defending Mongolian Premier league champions Khoromkhon FC in order to play in a consistent and challenging league to prepare himself for the upcoming world cup qualifiers. He also became the first Guamanian footballer to play in Mongolia.[4]

Honours

Club
Kaya
Loyola
Rovers FC

Personal life

Romero is in a relationship with Ana Borja. The couple had a baby boy in 2015 .[4] He was a teacher at Holy Family Catholic School for one school year.

References
  1. Jonah Romero at Kaya FC Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. J.R Romero, Memphis Tigers Archived 2014-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Jonahas Romero:Historical evolution, footballzz.com
  4. "Matao's Romero to play professionally in Mongolia". Guam Football Association. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  5. Rovers DI take Budweiser Soccer League championship
  6. "Rovers DI capture Bank of Guam 7th Annual GFA Cup title". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
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