Lucas Romero
Personal information
Full name Lucas Daniel Romero[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994[1]
Place of birth Loma Hermosa, Argentina
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2001–2012 Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Vélez Sársfield 89 (2)
2016–2019 Cruzeiro 84 (2)
2019–2022 Independiente 91 (5)
2023 León 32 (0)
International career
2013 Argentina U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:14, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Lucas Daniel Romero (born 18 April 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club León.

Early life

Romero was born and raised in a humble neighborhood in Loma Hermosa, Greater Buenos Aires.[2][3] He started playing youth football in Vélez Sársfield when he was 7 years old.[4]

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.[5] 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).[5] 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.[6] He debuted in a 3–0 defeat against Estudiantes de La Plata.[7]

Club León

On 3 January 2023, Romero joined Club León.[8] On 27 November 2023, he suffered a concussion during a match against Santos Laguna,[9] and had to miss the first game of the Liga MX quarterfinals against América.[10]

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 15 December 2023[11][12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National 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—8[lower-alpha 1]1391
2017 29250—4[lower-alpha 1]0382
2018 230406[lower-alpha 2]010[lower-alpha 1]0430
2019 80406[lower-alpha 2]011[lower-alpha 1]0290
Total 8422001203311493
Independiente 2019–20 Superliga 19020——210
2020–21 7 1 2 0 7[lower-alpha 3] 0 — 16 1
2021 Primera División 31 1 0 0 7[lower-alpha 3] 0 — 38 1
2022 34 3 3 0 5[lower-alpha 3] 0 2[lower-alpha 4] 0 44 3
Total 91570190201195
León 2022–23 Liga MX 16 0 — 3[lower-alpha 5] 0 — 19 0
2023–24 16 0 — 8[lower-alpha 6] 0 1[lower-alpha 7] 0 25 0
Total 32 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 44 0
Career total 296931065238143012

Honours

Vélez Sársfield

Cruzeiro

León

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™: List of Players: Club León" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2023. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Micaela Cannataro and Héctor Salerno (2012-09-15). "'En el barrio jugaba descalzo'". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-01-18.
  3. ↑ Micaela Cannataro (2013-03-30). "'Ahora me doy algunos lujos: como milanesas'". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-01-18.
  4. ↑ Alejandro Altamirano Halle (July 2013). "Descubriendo a Lucas Romero". El Gráfico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-01-18.
  5. 1 2 "Initial '12 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  6. ↑ ""Cuidado con el perro": Independiente anuncia volante Lucas Romero, ex-Cruzeiro". globoesporte. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  7. ↑ Winne, Franco De (2019-08-20). "Debutaron Lucas Romero y Alexander Barboza". LocoXelRojo.com | Club Atlético Independiente (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  8. ↑ García, Josué (2023-01-03). "Club León: Lucas Romero 'ilusiona' a la afición previo al debut en el CL 2023" [Club León: Lucas Romero 'excites' fans prior to the debut in the CL 2023]. Soy Futbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  9. ↑ Gutiérrez, Esteban (2023-11-27). "Lucas Romero tras sufrir conmoción: 'Estoy bien; no me acuerdo de nada'". Record.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  10. ↑ Pérez, Ituriel (2023-11-27). "Lucas Romero descartado para el juego Vs América". Soy Fiera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  11. ↑ "Lucas Romero statistics". Ogol.
  12. ↑ Lucas Romero at Soccerway


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