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Braian Romero
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Personal information
Full name Braian Ezequiel Romero
Date of birth (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth San Isidro, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-forward[2]
Team information
Current team
River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Acassuso 78 (9)
2015Colón (loan) 20 (5)
2016–2018 Argentinos Juniors 66 (21)
2018–2021 Independiente 24 (5)
2019Athletico Paranaense (loan) 16 (2)
2020–2021Defensa y Justicia (loan) 9 (3)
2021– River Plate 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Braian Ezequiel Romero (born 15 June 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for River Plate.[3]

Career

Romero's first professional club were Acassuso of Primera B Metropolitana, making thirty-two appearances in his debut season while scoring four times; including his first against Colegiales.[4] In total, he appeared in seventy-eight league fixtures for Acassuso between 2011–12 and 2014.[1] In January 2015, Romero joined Argentine Primera División team Colón on loan. He scored in his fourth match, earning Colón a 1–1 draw against Rosario Central.[1] Four goals in fifteen fixtures followed.[1] On 10 January 2016, Romero completed a permanent transfer to fellow Primera División side Argentinos Juniors.[1][5][6]

Argentinos were relegated to Primera B Nacional in his first season, he subsequently scored fifteen goals in forty-two matches in Primera B Nacional to help the club regain top-flight football for 2017–18.[1] On 30 December 2017, Romero completed a transfer to Independiente.[7] His first appearance for Independiente came versus Estudiantes on 29 January 2018, with his first goal arriving on 5 March against San Martín.[1] February 2019 saw Romero move to Brazil's Athletico Paranaense on loan.[8] After a debut in a loss versus Fortaleza, he netted for the first time in Série A on 20 July in a four-goal win away to CSA.[1]

Romero won the 2019 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship and 2019 Copa do Brasil with Athletico Paranaense, notably scoring in the former during a 4–0 victory over Shonan Bellmare in Hiratsuka on 7 August.[1] In total, he scored three goals in twenty-four matches.[1] Back in Argentina, he appeared in six matches and scored one goal, versus Rosario Central, in 2019–20.[1] September 2020 saw Romero join Defensa y Justicia on loan.[9] He scored five in his first seven; netting in the Copa Libertadores over Delfín, Olimpia and Santos and in the Copa Sudamericana against Sportivo Luqueño (2).[1]

On 16 January 2021, Romero scored a hat-trick as Defensa y Justicia defeated Coquimbo Unido in the Copa Sudamericana semi-finals; taking his tally in the competition for the club to nine goals in eight games.[1] He then netted in the final against Lanús on 23 January, with Defensa defeating their domestic rivals to win their first Sudamericana title; the centre-forward finished as the top scorer with ten goals.[1]

Career statistics

As of 27 February 2021[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Acassuso 2011–12 Primera B Metropolitana 32 4 0 0 32 4
2012–13 11 1 0 0 11 1
2013–14 14 0 0 0 14 0
2014 21 4 0 0 21 4
Total 78 9 0 0 78 9
Colón (loan) 2015 Primera División 20 5 0 0 20 5
Argentinos Juniors 2016 Primera División 13 1 0 0 13 1
2016–17 Primera B Nacional 42 15 2 1 44 16
2017–18 Primera División 11 5 0 0 11 5
Total 66 21 2 1 68 22
Independiente 2017–18 Primera División 7 1 0 0 2[a] 0 9 1
2018–19 12 3 2 0 0 0 2[a] 0 16 3
2019–20 5 1 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 6 1
2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 24 5 2 0 0 0 5 0 31 5
Athletico Paranaense (loan) 2019 Série A 16 2 2 0 4[a] 0 2[c] 1 24 3
Defensa y Justicia (loan) 2020–21 Primera División 6 1 0 0 1 0 13[d] 13 20 14
2021 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
Total 9 3 0 0 1 0 13 13 23 16
Career total 213 45 6 1 1 0 21 13 2 1 243 60
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in the Recopa Sudamericana and J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship
  4. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Argentinos Juniors[1]
Athletico Paranaense[1]
Defensa y Justicia[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Braian Romero profile". Soccerway. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Braian Romero". World Football. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  3. ^ https://www.tycsports.com/river-plate/river-brian-romero-refuerzo-contrato-id354982.html
  4. ^ "Braian Romero profile". BDFA. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Argentinos suma a Iván Colman y Braian Romero". TyC Sports. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Braian Romero profile". Argentinos Juniors. 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Braian Romero, la nueva cara de Independiente". TyC Sports. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Se fue el otro Romero". Olé. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Braian Romero es nuevo refuerzo de Defensa y Justicia". ESPN. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  10. ^ Marcaram Frías, Braian Romero (ex-Athletico Paranaense) e Camacho diante de 2.500 torcedores credenciados. Globo Esporte

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