Oriol Romeu

Oriol Romeu
Oriol Romeu during VfB training (2014)
Personnel
Surname	Oriol Romeu Vidal
birthday	September 24, 1991
place of birth	Ulldecona ,  Spain
size	182 cm
position	Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years	station
2001-2004	Espanyol Barcelona
2004-2008	FC Barcelona
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2008-2011	FC Barcelona B	45 (1)
2010-2011	FC Barcelona	1 (0)
2011-2015	Chelsea FC	22 (0)
2013-2014	→  Valencia CF  (loan)	13 (0)
2014-2015	→  VfB Stuttgart  (loan)	27 (0)
2015–	Southampton FC	146 (4)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2007-2008	Spain U-17	5 (0)
2009-2010	Spain U-19	11 (1)
2009	Spain U-20	8 (0)
2010-2011	Spain U-21	7 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of January 8, 2020 2 As of September 16, 2012

Oriol Romeu Vidal (born September 24, 1991 in Ulldecona , Tarragona province ) is a Spanish football player . He is under contract with Southampton FC . Romeu is a defensive midfielder whose strengths lie in capturing the ball and understanding tactics.

Career

societies

Romeu joined FC Barcelona's youth academy in 2004 from local rivals Espanyol Barcelona . He rose to FC Barcelona B in the 2008/09 season through good performance in the club's A youth team . He made his debut for the second team of FC Barcelona, ​​which at that time was still playing in the Tercera División , against UD Ibiza-Eivissa as a central midfielder. At the end of the season the team managed by coach Pep Guardiola promotion to the Segunda División B . Just one season later, the team rose again. After victories in the relegation games against UE Sant Andreu , Real Jaén and Polideportivo Ejido , Romeu played with Barça B in the second-highest Spanish division from the 2010/11 season .

In August 2010 he made his competitive debut for the Barcelona first team. Oriol played the full game in the 1: 3 defeat by Sevilla FC in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup . After a number of clubs, including Arsenal London and Liverpool FC , had expressed interest in Romeu, he extended his contract a little later until 2012.

In the 2010/11 season Romeu played 18 games for FC Barcelona B in the Segunda División , 16 of them on the grid. In early 2011, he suffered a ruptured meniscus that prevented him from playing for four months. After suffering an injury, he made his league debut for the A-team on the 37th matchday of this season. On August 4, 2011, Chelsea announced the commitment of Romeus. Contrary to original assumptions, FC Barcelona does not have a buyback option, but a right of first refusal if Chelsea wants to sell the player. For the 2013/14 season moved Romeu for a year on loan back to Spain for Valencia . On August 4, 2014 it was awarded for one year to the Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart . In the Bundesliga he made his debut on August 24, 2014 (1st match day) in a 1-1 draw in the away game against Borussia Mönchengladbach . On May 26, 2015, Romeu said goodbye to the Stuttgart fans and returned to Chelsea, although he would have liked to stay with Stuttgart for another year.

For the 2015/16 season Romeu was committed to Southampton FC for three years.

National team

Romeu's first game for a Spanish national team came on October 3, 2007, when he made his debut for the U-17 team against Andorra. After four more appearances for the U-17, with whom he became European champion in 2008 , Romeu then played 11 appearances for the U-19 national team of Spain. Romeu took part in the 2009 European Championships with the U-19s . For Spain the tournament was over after the preliminary round. Romeu, who was sent off with a red card in the final group game against France, was in the starting line-up in all three games.

In the same year Romeu was a participant in the 2009 Junior World Cup . Romeu started the last group game against Venezuela and the knockout round of 16 against Italy. A year later things went much better for the Spaniards at the U-19 European Championships in France . With Romeu as a regular player, Spain was only defeated 1: 2 by hosts France in the final.

successes

Oriol Romeu in the jersey of Chelsea FC (2012)

• Promotion to the Segunda División : 2010
• Supercopa de España : 2010
• U-17 European Champion : 2008
• U-19 Vice European Champion : 2010
• UEFA Champions League : 2012

Web links

• Oriol Romeu in the database of weltfussball.de
• Oriol Romeu in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Oriol Romeu in the soccerway.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} FCBarcelona.cat: Oriol Romeu: caràcter i sentit tàctic ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ ^{a b} FCBarcelona.cat: Tres juvenils a la reserva  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ FCBarcelona.cat: Miño, Sergi Gómez, Romeu and Adriano make debuts ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ imscouting.com: What could Oriol Romeu offer Arsenal?
5. ↑ givemefootball.com: Liverpool join race for Spanish starlet
6. ↑ FCBarcelona.cat: Romeu, hasta el 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ totalbarca.com: Oriol Romeu to Chelsea? ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ weltfussball.de: Primera División 2010/2011.:. 37th matchday
9. ^ Oriol Romeu deal completed , Chelsea FC . August 4th, 2011. Archived from the original on September 17th, 2011 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
10. ↑ Chelsea FC: VILLAS-BOAS: OUR ORIOL ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ Romeu Starts Loan In Spain ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ The VfB is strengthened with Oriol Romeu. (No longer available online.) VfB Stuttgart 1893 eV, August 4, 2014, archived from the original on August 8, 2014 ; Retrieved August 4, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ Unpleasant surprise for Romeu. kicker.de, May 26, 2015, accessed on May 26, 2015 . 
14. ↑ Romeu moves to Southampton chelseafc.com, accessed on August 13, 2015
15. ↑ Saints midfielder Romeu country saintsfc.co.uk, accessed on August 13, 2015
16. ↑ uefa.com: Oriol Romeu
17. ↑ weltfussball.de: Match scheme / line-up: Spain - France (EM 2009 in Ukraine)
18. ↑ Oriol Romeu in the database of FIFA (English)
19. ↑ weltfussball.de: Spain U19.:. Stakes U19 EURO 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.