Diego Romero (footballer, born 1975)

Diego Romero
Personal information
Full name	Diego Adrián Romero Oivadis
Date of birth	3 January 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Quilmes, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Quilmes
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1998	Quilmes
1998–2002	Atlético Rafaela
2002–2003	Mura
2003–2004	Durango
2006	Olmedo
2007	Técnico Universitario
2007–2008	Villanueva
2008–2009	Unión Estepona
2009	Defensores Unidos
2009–2010	Los Barrios
2010–2011	San Pedro
2011–2014	Formentera
2014–2015	Sant Jordi
2015–2016	Montuïri
2016–2018	Santanyí
2018–2020	UD Son Verí
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Adrián Romero Oivadis (born 3 January 1975) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career[edit]

After coming through the youth ranks at hometown side Quilmes, Romero joined Atlético de Rafaela in 1998. After leaving the club in 2002, he represented Slovenia's Mura, Mexico's Alacranes de Durango and Ecuador's Olmedo and Técnico Universitario before arriving in Spain in 2007 to play for Villanueva.^[1]

Romero went on to resume his career in the Spanish lower levels, playing for Unión Estepona, Los Barrios, San Pedro, Formentera, Sant Jordi,^[2] Montuïri, Santanyí^[3] and UD Son Verí,^[4] achieving promotions to Tercera División with both Formentera and Santanyí.

Romero's sons Luka and Tobías are also footballers. The former is an attacking midfielder and plays for La Liga club UD Almería, on loan from Serie A club A.C. Milan, while the latter is a goalkeeper.^[4]

^ "Diego Romero, a sus 38 años: "Vivo el fútbol con mucha más pasión que cuando empecé"" [Diego Romero, at the age of 38: "I live football with much more passion than when I started"] (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "El Sant Jordi tira la casa por la ventana y firma a Diego Romero, Ángel Ramírez, Titi y Youssouf" [Sant Jordi throw money out the window and sign Diego Romero, Ángel Ramírez, Titi and Youssouf] (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ "Diego Romero, un loco del fútbol a sus 42 años" [Diego Romero, a football madman at the age of 42] (in Spanish). Fútbol Pitiuso. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Padre de Luka Romero no quiere que le llamen el 'Messi mexicano': "Es una presión descomunal"" [Luka Romero's father does not want him to be called 'Mexican Messi': "It is an enormous pressure"] (in Spanish). ESPN. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.