José Juan Romero Gil (born 22 November 1974) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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, and the

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AD Ceuta FC Agrupación Deportiva Ceuta Fútbol Club is a Spanish football club based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1956, it plays in Primera División RFEF, Primera División RFEF – Group 2. After being crowned champions of this league, th ...

Playing career

Born in Gerena,

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, Romero represented Gerena CF and CD Atlético Oromana as a youth before making his senior debut with CD Salteras. He later moved to

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

side UD Tomares after a period with CF Marchena Balompié, and represented

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in the same category. In 2006, after another stint at Tomares, Romero retired with AD Cerro del Águila at the age of 31.

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring, Romero returned to his hometown and took over the first team of newly created club CD Gerena. While in charge of them, he achieved four promotions in seven years, leading the side to

; during the 2014–15 season, his team finished third, missing out promotion to

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in the play-offs. On 23 February 2016, Romero left Gerena after being appointed manager of

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' reserves in the third division. On 5 June 2019, after failing to achieve promotion from the fourth tier, he left the club, and was named in charge of

also in the fourth tier nine days later. On 19 June 2021, Romero was appointed

CD Eldense Club Deportivo Eldense is a Spanish football team based in Elda, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1921, the club plays in the Segunda División, and holds home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Nuevo Pepico Amat'', which has a ...

manager in Segunda División RFEF. He led the club to a

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, but was sacked on 5 July 2022 due to "disciplinary reasons". On 20 September 2022, Romero returned to Ceuta, with the club now also in division three. The following 14 June, he renewed his contract for a further year.

Personal life

Romero's younger brother Quique was also a footballer. A forward, he was groomed at Betis and played in

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with

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. Since 2015, Gerena's municipal stadium is named ''Estadio José Juan Romero Gil'', as an honour to his spell managing the club of the city.

Managerial statistics

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romero, Jose Juan 1974 births Living people People from Sierra Norte (Seville) Footballers from the Province of Seville Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Tercera División players Dos Hermanas CF players Spanish football managers Primera Federación managers Segunda División B managers Segunda Federación managers Tercera División managers Betis Deportivo Balompié managers AD Ceuta FC managers CD Eldense managers