Andrés Fabricio Romero (born 21 December 1989) is a retired Argentine
football striker.
Career
Club
Romero made his first team debut in a 2–0 away defeat to Newell's Old Boys on 11 April 2008. In his second season with the club he scored his first goals for the club including 2 goals in a 5–0 win over Estudiantes de La Plata. Romero's playing time at Argentinos started to diminish since the appointment of
Claudio Borghi as manager in June 2009. He was still part of the Argentinos Juniors squad that won the
Clausura 2010 championship, although he only played in 2 of the club's 19 games during their championship winning campaign.
In 2012, Romero joined Brazilian club
Criciúma
Criciúma is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it is located 180 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 900 km south of São Paulo. The city is the center of Brazil's flooring and home materials in ...
and played at the club briefly before joining
Náutico. In 2013, he joined his third Brazilian club
Tombense. He was sent on loan to
Montreal Impact in
Major League Soccer for the 2013 season. In his first season with Montreal, Romero made 30 league appearances and scored 2 goals. He also helped the Canadian club win the
2013 Canadian Championship, scoring 1 goal in 4 matches.
On 5 January 2014, the
Montreal Impact officially purchased Romero from
Tombense. He departed the Impact following the 2017 season.
International
In January 2009 Romero was selected to join the
Argentina under-20 squad for the
2009 South American Youth Championship in
Venezuela
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, and featured in most of the games as a late substitute. Romero did start the final two matches, a tie versus Venezuela and a loss to Colombia.
2009 Under-20 report
Honours
Argentinos Juniors
* Argentine Primera División (1): Clausura 2010
Montreal Impact
* Canadian Championship (2): 2013
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, 2014
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References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Córdoba Province, Argentina
Argentine footballers
Association football forwards
Argentinos Juniors footballers
Criciúma Esporte Clube players
Clube Náutico Capibaribe players
Tombense Futebol Clube players
CF Montréal players
Argentine Primera División players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Major League Soccer players
Argentine expatriate footballers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Expatriate footballers in Brazil
Expatriate soccer players in Canada
Argentina youth international footballers
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