| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jaybrien Romano | ||
| Date of birth | 13 December 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Den Bosch | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Twente | ||
| 2019–2022 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| 2022–2023 | Stoke City | ||
| 2023 | Braintree Town | ||
| 2023–2024 | Aldershot Town | ||
| 2024– | Den Bosch | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Aruba U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023– | Aruba | 3 | (0) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:38, 7 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Jaybrien Romano (born 13 December 2004) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Den Bosch and the Aruba national team. [1]
As a youth, Romano played for the academy of FC Twente. [2] By 2019, he had joined the under-16 side of Sparta Rotterdam. [3] In September of that year, he scored in a 1–5 league defeat to the under-16 side of AZ Alkmaar. [4] Romano joined the academy of Stoke City in 2022. He went on to make one appearance for the club in the Under-18 Premier League, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 victory over Newcastle United on 1 October. [1]
Romano had joined the academy of National League club Aldershot Town by December 2023. [5]
Romano represented Aruba in the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. He served as captain of the side for the tournament. [6] [7] [8] He made his senior international debut on 11 September 2023 in a 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League C match against the Cayman Islands. [9] On the next matchday, he assisted on a goal by Rovien Ostiana against the U.S. Virgin Islands. [10] Because of Romano's play, he was referred to as "Aruba's ace" by local media. The eventual 3–1 victory kept Aruba undefeated at the top of its group. [11]
| Aruba national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 |