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	18 April 1994
Place of birth	Loma Hermosa, Argentina
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Independiente
Number	29
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

On 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
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vélez Sársfield	2012–13	Primera División	27	1	—		5	1	—		32	2
	2013–14		27	0	1	0	10	1	1	0	39	1
	2014		16	1	2	0	8	0	—		26	1
	2015		19	0	1	0	—		1	0	21	0
	Total		89	2	4	0	23	2	2	0	118	4
Cruzeiro	2016	Série A	24	0	7	0	—		8	1	39	1
	2017		29	2	5	0	—		4	0	38	2
	2018		23	0	4	0	6	0	10	0	43	0
	2019		8	0	4	0	6	0	11	0	29	0
	Total		84	2	20	0	12	0	33	1	149	3
Independiente	2019–20	Superliga	8	0	2	0	—		—		10	0
	Total		8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Career total			181	4	26	0	35	2	35	1	277	7

Honours

Vélez Sársfield

• Argentine Primera División (2): 2012 Inicial, 2012–13 Superfinal
• Supercopa Argentina (1): 2013

Cruzeiro

• Copa do Brasil: 2017, 2018
• Campeonato Mineiro (1): 2018 Campeonato Mineiro

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.

External links

• Profile official website (in Spanish)
• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
• Lucas Romero at Soccerway