Diego Romero (footballer, born 2001)

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Diego Romero
Personal information
Full name Diego Alonso Romero Cachay
Date of birth (2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Chiclayo, Peru
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Universitario de Deportes
Number 21
Youth career
–2019 Universitario de Deportes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019– Universitario de Deportes 26 (0)
International career
2019 Peru U20 0 (0)
2024 Peru U23 4 (0)
2024– Peru 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:53, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Diego Alonso Romero Cachay (born 17 August 2001) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Peruvian Liga 1 club Universitario de Deportes.

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Club career

Romero came from the youth ranks of Universitario de Deportes, being promoted to the team's reserves in 2018. In 2019, he was promoted to the first team by manager Nicolás Córdova. [1]

In 2020, after the arrival of manager Gregorio Pérez, Romero was given the third goalkeeper spot in the squad, behind José Carvallo and Aamet Calderón. As well, during the first matches of the year, he captained the club's reserves. Later in the year, after the arrival of manager Ángel Comizzo and an injury to Calderón, Romero was given the second goalkeeper spot. Following Carvallo's call-up to the national team, he made his professional debut on matchday 15 in a 5–0 victory against Deportivo Municipal. After having a good performance in his debut, Romero had his contract renewed until December 2024. [2] On matchday 5 of the Fase 2, Universitario lost 6–1 against Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca, [3] with him being one of the most criticized players after the match. Romero played a total of 7 matches in that season, conceding 14 goals.

In 2021, after the arrival of Patrick Zubczuk, he returned to the third goalkeeper spot. Due to Carvallo being once more called up to the national team and following an injury to Zubczuk, Romero was a starter in a match against César Vallejo, where he assisted one of Alex Valera's goals. [4] In 2022, he played his first match of the season in a 1–0 defeat against Deportivo Binacional. Romero played a total of 5 matches that year. [5] The next season, he won his first trophy after Universitario defeated Alianza Lima in the 2023 Liga 1 finals.

International career

Romero was called to the Peru U-20 national team for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship. [6] He was then called to the U-23 national team for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, where he played the 4 group stage matches. [5] That same year, he was called to the senior team for the 2024 Copa América. [7]

Honours

Club

Universitario de Deportes

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References

  1. ↑ "Guardameta Romero fue promovido al primer equipo de la 'U'" [Goalkeeper Romero was promoted to "la U"'s first team]. Ovación (in Spanish). 20 March 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "El arquero Diego Romero renovó su contrato con Universitario" [Goalkeeper Diego Romero renewed his contract with Universitario]. Club Universitario de Deportes (in Spanish). 7 October 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "¡Una paliza! Universitario cayó goleado por 6-1 ante UTC por la quinta fecha de la Fase 2" [A beating! Universitario fell 6-1 against UTC on matchday 5 of Phase 2]. RPP (in Spanish). 10 November 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Universitario venció 3-0 a César Vallejo por la Fase 2 de la Liga 1 2021" [Universitario defeated César Vallejo 3-0 for the 2021 Liga 1 Phase 2]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 3 October 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 "D. Romero - Profile". Soccerway. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Selección Peruana Sub-20: Difunden la lista definitiva de convocados para el Sudamericano Chile 2019" [U-20 Peruvian team: Final squad list for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship published]. Líbero (in Spanish). 12 January 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  7. ↑ Cueva Albújar, Nicole (21 June 2024). "Lista de convocados de la selección peruana para la Copa América 2024: Jorge Fossati dejó fuera a Matías Succar y Paolo Reyna" [Peru national team's squad list for the 2024 Copa América: Jorge Fossati leaves out Matías Succar and Paolo Reyna]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2024.
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