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Rocco Romeo
Personal information
Full name Antonio Rocco Romeo
Date of birth (2000-03-25) March 25, 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 HB Køge
(on loan from Toronto FC)
Youth career
Toronto FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Toronto FC III 33 (1)
2016– Toronto FC II 25 (1)
2019 → HB Køge (loan) 8 (0)
2020– Toronto FC 0 (0)
2020– → HB Køge (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2017 Canada U17 1 (0)
2018– Canada U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 5, 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 10, 2018

Antonio Rocco Romeo (born March 25, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for HB Køge, on loan from Toronto FC.

Career

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Romeo was part of the Toronto FC youth system. He played 17 games for Toronto FC III in League1 Ontario during the 2016 season and 15 games during the 2017 season, scoring once against Toronto Skillz.[1] On September 4, 2016, Romeo made his debut for Toronto FC II, the reserve team of Toronto FC, in the United Soccer League against Charlotte Independence. He came on as a 62nd minute substitute for Clément Simonin as Toronto FC II lost 5–1.[2] On September 15, 2017, Romeo signed his first professional contract, joining Toronto FC II on a permanent basis.[3] On January 31, 2019, Danish 1st Division club HB Køge announced that they had signed Romeo on a loan deal until June 30.[4]

On January 21, 2020, Romeo signed a first-team MLS deal with Toronto FC.[5] On August 13, HB Køge announced Romeo had returned to the club once again on loan.[6]

International

Romeo has represented Canada at the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.[7] On October 24, 2018, he was named to the Canadian U20 squad for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[8] Romeo was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2020.[9]

Honours

Toronto FC III

Career statistics

As of October 5, 2019[12]
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Toronto FC III 2016[13] League1 Ontario 17 0 — 1 0 — 18 0
2017[14] 15 1 — 2 0 — 17 1
2018[15] 1 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
Total 33 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 36 1
Toronto FC II 2016 USL 1 0 — — — 1 0
2017 2 0 — — — 2 0
2018 12 0 — — — 12 0
2019 USL League One 10 1 — — — 10 1
Total 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 1
HB Køge 2018-19 Danish 1st Division 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
Career total 64 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 67 2

References

  1. ^ "Match Recap: Toronto FC III 7 - 0 Toronto Skillz". League1 Ontario. September 3, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Steve Buffery (January 21, 2020). "Toronto FC sign Rocco Romeo as homegrown player". Toronto Sun.
  3. ^ Adam Krueger (September 15, 2017). "Dunn, Okello, and Romeo sign first pro deals". Toronto FC. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "Canadisk forsvarer på plads i HB Køge" [Canadian defender in place in HB Køge]. HB Køge (in Danish). January 31, 2019. Archived from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  5. ^ Tom Bogert (January 21, 2020). "Toronto FC sign Canada U-20 defender Rocco Romeo to Homegrown deal". Major League Soccer.
  6. ^ "HB Køge lejer gammel kending i Toronto FC". August 13, 2020.
  7. ^ "Canada announces squad for CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Championship". Canadian Soccer Association. April 11, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  8. ^ "Canada announces squad for the Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship". Canadian Soccer Association. October 24, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  9. ^ "Canada Soccer announces Provisional List for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". Canadian Soccer Association. February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  10. ^ "League1 Ontario Announces 2016 Men's First And Second Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario. November 17, 2016.
  11. ^ "League1 Ontario Announces 2017 Men's First, Second and Third Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario. November 10, 2017.
  12. ^ Rocco Romeo at Soccerway
  13. ^ "L1O Stats 2016". League1 Ontario.
  14. ^ "L1O Stats 2017". League1 Ontario.
  15. ^ "L1O Stats 2018". League1 Ontario.
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