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Who is Cristian Romero?
Cristian Gabriel Romero is a popular Argentine professional footballer who plays for the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Argentina national team as a center-back. He came through the youth system and started his senior career at Belgrano in 2016.
Romero then moved to Italy in 2018, playing for Genoa. He was bought by Juventus the next season and was sent back to Genoa on loan, prior to being sent on loan in 2020 to Atalanta. Following being nominated Serie A Best Defender in 2020-21 with Atalanta, the club exercised the option of purchase prior to promptly loaning him to Tottenham with an obligation to buy. He represented Argentina at the youth level at the 2017 South American U-20 Championship. Romero then made his senior debut in 2021 and was part of the team that won the 2021 Copa America.
Cristian Romero Career
Club career
Belgrano
Having entered the youth team in 2014, he was elevated to Argentine Primera Division side Belgrano’s first team in 2016. Romero’s debut came in a league match against Independiente on August 28. After a month, he played in both of Belgrano’s 2016 Copa Sudamericana round of 16 ties over Coritiba. In 2 seasons with Belgrano’s first team, Romero made 19 appearances in all competitions.
Genoa, Juventus, and Atalanta
He joined Genoa of Serie A in July 2018. Romero then scored his first senior goal in his second Genoa match, netting in a 2-2 draw with Udinese on October 28, a match in which he was later sent off. Juventus then revealed he was having a medical ahead of a proposed transfer on July 9, 2019. On July 12, 2019, they announced the permanent acquisition of Romero from Genoa for €26 million, with the player staying at his former club on loan for the rest of the season. He then joined Atalanta on loan on September 5, 2020, until June 30, 2020, with an option to buy. Romero was elected the best defender of the 2020-21 Serie A season.
Tottenham Hotspur
Juventus then revealed that Atalanta had activated the option to sign him for €26 million on August 6, 2021. Later the same day, Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur revealed his signing from Atalanta on an initial season-long loan with an option to make the deal permanent. He then made his debut for the club coming on as a late substitute for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in a match over Machester City on August 15, with Tottenham winning 1-0. Romero made his first start in the UEFA Europa Conference League first-leg tie over Pacos de Ferreira, which ended in a 1-0 loss on August 19, 2021. He then scored his first goal for Tottenham Hotspur in a 2-0 victory against Brighton & Hove Albion. Romero joined Tottenham Hotspur on a permanent deal with a contract lasting until 2027, on August 30, 2022.
How old is Cristian Romero?
Cristian Gabriel Romero is aged 24 years born on April 27, 1998, in Cordoba, Argentina. He shares his birthday with famous people including Fernanda Villalobos, Christian Hitchcock, Froy Gutierrez, Jenna Coleman, William Moseley, Cory Booker, Sheena Easton, Tess Daly, Dan Mullen, Patrick Stump, Martha Hunt, and many more.
Cristian Romero Family
Who are Cristian Romero’s parents?
Cristian Gabriel Romero was born to his Argentine parents, Quito Romero and Rosa Romero in Cordoba, Argentina. He has not shared his family information with the media and keeps a personal lifestyle.
Does Cristian Romero have siblings?
Romero was born into a family of three children to his parents as the youngest. He has two siblings, an older brother Franco Romero, and an older sister Aldana Romero.
Cristian Romero Education
Romero has not shared his personal information with the media, but it is known that he grew up in Argentina. He has not shared any information about his academic and educational qualifications.
Cristian Romero Wife
Romero is currently married to his sexy, beautiful, and supportive wife Karen Cavaller. The couple began dating in 2018 and finally married in 2020 and are happily living together to date.
Cristian Romero Children
Romero and his wife Cavaller were blessed with their first child together, named Valentino Romero on December 23, 2021.
Cristian Romero Height
Romero has an athletic, muscular, and physically fit body with a height of 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) and a weight of 79 kg (174 lbs).
International career
Youth
Cristian had represented Argentina at the U20 level, earning 7 caps at the 2017 South American U-20 Championship in Ecuador. He was then called up for Argentina’s training camp in April 2017, ahead of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea but was not picked on the tournament squad list. Romero was later called up for the U23s in September 2019.
Senior
He then made his debut for the senior national team in a World Cup qualifier over Chile, playing the full match on June 3, 2021. In his next game for Argentina, he scored his first international goal, coming from a thumping header over Colombia following only 130 seconds on June 8. The goal also broke the record for the fastest ever scored for Argentina in a professional match, surpassing Diego Maradona’s goal after 168 seconds over Venezuela in 1985. Romero was included in Lionel Scaloni‘s last Argentina 28-man team for the 2021 Copa America in June 2021. He was included in the Team of the Tournament at the end, as Argentina won the competition.
Cristian Romero Net Worth
Argentine professional footballer, Romero plays as a center-back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Argentina national team. He has been able to gather an accumulative net worth of $24 million as of 2022.