Fabrizio Romano (born 21 February 1993) is an Italian

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journalist. He has worked for Sky Sport Italy, and is regarded as one of the most well-informed and reliable sources for

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Early and personal life

Romano was born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

on 21 February 1993. He attended

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (English: ''Catholic University of the Sacred Heart'', colloquially the ''Catholic University of Milan''), known as UCSC or UNICATT or simply Cattolica, is an Italian private research university founded in 1 ...

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

. Romano is a supporter of English club

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. He is multilingual, and can speak English, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.

Career

Romano started writing about football at 16 while still studying in high school. His career as a football transfer journalist began when he was 18, after receiving inside information from an Italian agent in

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regarding then

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player

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. Since joining Sky Sport Italy at age 19, he has created and built contacts with clubs, agents and intermediaries all over Europe. Romano also works as a reporter for ''

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'' and

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. He is based in Milan. Romano is known for his use of the tagline "Here we go!", used when announcing a transfer deal. According to ''90min'', he is one of the "most trusted" transfer-related pundits in the sport. Because of his reputation and social media following, several football clubs have asked him to participate in player announcement videos.

References

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* 1993 births Living people Journalists from Naples Italian journalists Sky Sports presenters and reporters The Guardian journalists Italian sports journalists Association football journalists CBS people Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore alumni {{Italy-journalist-stub