Lucas Romero

Lucas Romero
Personal information
Full name	Lucas Daniel Romero
Date of birth	18 April 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Loma Hermosa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Cruzeiro
Number	29
Youth career
2001–2012	Vélez Sársfield
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2016	Vélez Sársfield
2016–	Cruzeiro
International career‡
2013	Argentina U-20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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]

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.

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.

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