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Marcelo Romero Personal information Full name Cléver Marcelo Romero Silva Date of birth July 4, 1976 Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Playing position Midfielder Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1994–1996 Defensor 33 (4) 1996–2001 Peñarol 84 (5) 2001–2007 Málaga 130 (5) 2008 Lucena 14 (0) 2009 Carolina RailHawks 0 (0) National team 1995–2004 Uruguay 25 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Romero and the second or maternal family name is Silva.Cléver Marcelo Romero Silva (born 4 July 1976) is a retired Uruguayan footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
After emerging at Peñarol, he spent seven years of his professional career in Spain, notably at the service of Málaga CF (six seasons), and played for his country at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
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Club career
Born in Montevideo, Romero played in the beginning of his career he played for local Defensor Sporting and C.A. Peñarol. In the summer of 2001 he was bought by La Liga side Málaga CF, teaming up with countryman Darío Silva. He was instrumental in the Andalusia club during his first four seasons, helping it to the quarterfinals of the 2002–03 UEFA Cup, via the Intertoto.
In his final two seasons, however, Romero was virtually absent from the lineups, with 2006–07 being spent, with no success, in Segunda División. In early 2008, he had a brief spell with neighbours Lucena CF in Segunda División B and, at the beginning of the following year (4 February 2009), signed with Carolina RailHawks FC of the USL First Division in the United States.[1] It quickly became apparent that Romero had suffered significant knee injuries which were not widely publicized; eventually all was revealed after he signed with the team. Injuries limited him to one substitution appearance in a pre-season exhibition game, and he was released in April 2009, without having appeared for the first team in a league game.[2]
International career
Romero made his international debut on 20 September 1995, in a 1–3 friendly defeat in Israel. Having appeared in two Copa América editions, he would play two games for his country at the 2002 FIFA World Cup (the draws with Senegal and France).[3]
In total, Romero earned twenty-five caps in a nine-year span.
Honours
Club
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2002
Country
- Copa América: Runner-up 1999
References
- ^ RailHawks sign La Liga veteran
- ^ Status of RailHawks’ Marcelo Romero in question
- ^ Marcelo Romero – FIFA competition record
External links
- Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
- BDFutbol profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- Marcelo Romero at National-Football-Teams.com
Uruguay squads Uruguay squad – 1997 Copa América 
Uruguay squad – 1999 Copa América Runners-up Uruguay squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Carini • 2 Méndez • 3 Lembo • 4 Montero (c) • 5 García • 6 Rodríguez • 7 Guigou • 8 Varela • 9 Silva • 10 O'Neill • 11 Magallanes • 12 Munúa • 13 Abreu • 14 Sorondo • 15 Olivera • 16 Romero • 17 Regueiro • 18 Morales • 19 Bizera • 20 Recoba • 21 Forlán • 22 De los Santos • 23 Elduayen • Coach: PúaCategories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- People from Montevideo
- Uruguayan people of Spanish descent
- Uruguayan footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Defensor Sporting Club players
- C.A. Peñarol players
- La Liga footballers
- Málaga CF footballers
- Uruguay international footballers
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 1997 Copa América players
- 1999 Copa América players
- Uruguayan expatriate footballers
- Uruguayan expatriates in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
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