Emiliano Daniel Romero (born 9 November 1985) is a former Argentine professional

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who played as a

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Club career

He played almost his entire professional career in Argentina. In June 2011, after almost miraculously saved from having to play a promotion relegation to the

Primera B Metropolitana Primera B Metropolitana is one of two professional leagues that form the third level of the Argentine football league system. The division is made up of 17 clubs mainly from the city of Buenos Aires and its metropolitan area, Greater Buenos Aires ...

, with the 2–1 win over

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whereas Romero scored two goals,

Defensa y Justicia Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia, commonly known as Defensa y Justicia, is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, established in 1935.

are beginning to think about the next season of the

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...

. At that time, Emiliano Romero, who had a great tournament and even wore the captain's armband, is highly sought after by clubs in the Primera B Nacional, but especially from

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clubs. As a result, he signs to Olimpo in Primera División on loan from Defensa y Justicia. In June 2013, he left from Argentina, signing to Everton of the

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in Chile, on loan from Defensa y Justicia. He made his debut with Everton in Sausalito Stadium, playing his first pre-season friendly game against

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, losing 2–0. Besides his first game with the club Romero's media criticism was good. The newspaper '' La Estrella'' said: "Emiliano Romero in driving the ball, became a headache for the defense led by

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." The player who will fill the void left by Nicolás Martínez seems to found the Greek

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club

Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club (), or with its full name officially romanized as Panaitolikós Gymnastikós Filekpaideftikós Sýllogos (''; Pan- Aetolian Gymnastic and Educational Club''), is a Greek professional football club. It is based in Agrini ...

, as Emiliano Romero, is expected in the next hours to

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to complete his move. On 19 July 2015, Romero signed a two-year contract with Panetolikos for an undisclosed fee. On 12 January 2016,

and Romero parted ways by mutual consent. On the same day,

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club

Oriente Petrolero Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero () is a Bolivian football club based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. They play at the 38,000-capacity Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera. Oriente have been Bolivian champions five times, Copa Aerosur winners two ti ...

announced the signing of Romero. He returned to Argentine football to join Primera B Metropolitana side Talleres in January 2017.

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