Antonio Romano (footballer, born 1995)

Antonio Romano

Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-01-21) 21 January 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth	Acerra, Italy
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Cesena
Youth career
	Internazionale
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Pro Vercelli	1	(0)
2014	Brescia	0	(0)
2014–2017	Cesena	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio Romano (born 21 January 1995) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie B club Cesena.

Career

Born in Acerra, Campania, Romano started his career at Lombard club F.C. Internazionale Milano. He was a player of under-12 team in Lombard Esordienti League in 2006–07 season, ^[1] to under-17 team in National Allievi League in 2011–12 season. ^[2] At Inter Milan Romano also received call-up from national youth teams, ^{[3] [4]} without any debut. On 13 August 2012 Romano left for the reserve team of Pro Vercelli, initially in temporary deal. ^[5] Romano also wore no.21 shirt for the first team. He only played once for the Serie B team, on 18 May 2013, the last round of 2012–13 Serie B, as a substitute of Pietro Iemmello in the opening of the first half. Romano was substituted by Cristian Bunino in the second half of the match. ^[6] Pro Vercelli was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione after that match, however also signed Romano outright from Inter.

On 31 January 2014 Romano was signed by Serie B club Brescia Calcio. ^[7] On 27 June 2014, few days before the closure of 2013–14 financial year, Romano (for €2.4 million) and Felice Di Cecco (for €1.6 million) were sold to Serie A newcomer Cesena, with Emanuele Fonte (for €2.4 million) and Simone Galassi (for €1.6 million) moved to Brescia. ^[8] Romano signed a three-year contract. ^[9] Romano failed to play any game for the Romagna-based team. The team also relegated back to Serie B in May 2015.

In summer 2015 Romano trained with Romagnol team Santarcangelo. However, on 31 August he returned to Cesena. The club also signed Di Cecco and Abdoul Yabré from Cesena on the same day, ^[10] as well as Romano's namesake from Napoli on 4 August. ^[11]

References

1. "Under-12s lift Valmarecchia trophy". www.inter.it (in Italian). FC Internazionale Milano. 11 June 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
2. "Allievi Naz.: verso le finali, 21 convocati". www.inter.it (in Italian). FC Internazionale Milano. 11 June 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
3. "A COVERCIANO DALL'11 AL 13 MAGGIO RADUNO "TORNEO GIOVANI SPERANZE"" (in Italian). FIGC. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
4. "Primo stage per la nuova Under 16 a Coverciano" (in Italian). FIGC. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
5. "Settore Giovanile: mercato in uscita". www.inter.it (in Italian). FC Internazionale Milano. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
6. Match Report Archived 2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian), Panini Digital, hosted by Serie B official web site
7. "Le operazioni di mercato del Brescia Calcio al 31 gennaio 2014" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
8. Brescia Calcio S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
9. A.C. Cesena S.p.A. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2014 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian C.C.I.A.A.
10. "Yabre e Di Cecco nuovi giocatori del Santarcangelo" (in Italian). Santarcangelo Calcio. 31 August 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
11. "Le parole dei nuovi acquisti gialloblù" (in Italian). Santarcangelo Calcio. 4 August 2015. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

External links

• AIC profile (data by football.it) (in Italian)