Bruno Sebastián Romo Rojas (born 20 May 1989) is a Chilean footballer that currently plays as a defender for

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. Before re-joining Colo-Colo, Romo played for Palestino and

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, in where the player had a great performance at the first club mentioned. He played for the Chilean national U20 national team in the

2009 South American Youth Championship The 2009 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericano sub-20) was a football competition for national teams U-20 who are associated with the football federation CONMEBOL. It was the 24th time the tournament was held and took place in Venezuela ...

held in

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. Romo was named in Chile's preliminary 30-man squad for the

2011 Copa América The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América 2011 Argentina, was the 43rd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South Americ ...

on 27 May 2011, although he was eventually omitted from the final 23-man squad on 28 June.

Club career

Early career

Romo professionally debuted for Colo-Colo in November 2006, in where he made a good match in a 1–0 home win over Deportes Puerto Montt for the first leg of the playoffs quarterfinals. In that moment, the coach

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directed him because the coach Claudio Borghi prepared the first team for the

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. In the first half of 2007, Romo integrated Colo-Colo B and in the second integrated the first team, in where won the 2007 Clausura Tournament, being this his second professional title after of the 2006 Clausura Tournament. In March 2008, Borghi left the club and arrived Fernando Astengo, who directed him in the game that Colo-Colo won to Puerto Montt in the 2006 playoffs. His debut with Astengo was in a 1–0 home loss with Ñublense, now for the playoffs of 2008. His team was runner-up of the tournament losing 3–2 against Everton in the aggregate result. After of loss the final, the club loaned him to

. In January 2009, he returned to Colo-Colo, being directed now by

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in the Apertura Tournament. In that season, Romo won the Clausura Tournament, but with Hugo Tocalli due to Barticciotto was fired after a poor first semester.

Palestino

In January 2010, Romo joined Palestino on loan. His incorporation to that club was due to a barter of Luis Pavez for

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and he. The player was one of the key players of the club along with Cortés,

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and

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. In the next season, for the Apertura Tournament under the coach Gustavo Benítez, Romo was named in the ideal team of the tournament and also was named in

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