Romero playing for Manchester United in 2016
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Full name | Sergio Germán Romero | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 22 February 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bernardo de Irigoyen, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Manchester United | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Almirante Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2003 | CAI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2006 | Racing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Racing Club | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2011 | AZ | 90 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2015 | Sampdoria | 71 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | → Monaco (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015– | Manchester United | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Argentina U20 | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009– | Argentina | 86 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:17, 22 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:30, 24 March 2017 (UTC) |
Sergio Germán Romero (born 22 February 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English club Manchester United and the Argentina national team.
He made his debut with Racing Club in the Argentine Primera División in 2007 and then transferred to Dutch club AZ at the end of the season. He won the Eredivisie in 2009 and two years later joined Italian side Sampdoria. In 2013 he joined Monaco on a season-long loan spell. He joined Manchester United in July 2015.
Romero is the most capped goalkeeper in the history of the Argentine national team, playing over 80 times since his debut in 2009. He has represented Argentina at two World Cups and at three Copa América tournaments, finishing as runner-up in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, as well as in the the 2015 and the 2016 Copa América tournaments. He also was part of their team which won gold at the 2008 Olympics.
Born in Bernardo de Irigoyen, Argentina, Romero began his youth career at Almirante Brown and CAI before joining Racing Club.