Frank Romero (footballer)
| Personal information | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Lark Romero Berrocal | |||||||||
| Date of birth | August 19, 1987 | |||||||||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | |||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||
Current team | Kagoshima United | |||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Aomori Yamada High School | |||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Ryutsu Keizai University | |||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||
| 2011–2012 | Mito HollyHock | 72 | (8) | |||||||
| 2013–2015 | Montedio Yamagata | 98 | (11) | |||||||
| 2016–2017 | Albirex Niigata | 11 | (0) | |||||||
| 2016 | → Mito HollyHock (loan) | 36 | (3) | |||||||
| 2018–2019 | Machida Zelvia | 56 | (13) | |||||||
| 2020–2021 | Albirex Niigata | 55 | (11) | |||||||
| 2022– | Kagoshima United | 24 | (6) | |||||||
Honours
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:54, 15 October 2022 (UTC) | ||||||||||
Frank Lark Romero Berrocal[1] (born August 19, 1987), known as Frank Romero[2] (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈmeɾo ˈfɾaŋk]), is a Peruvian-Japanese footballer who currently plays for Kagoshima United as a midfielder. He is third-generation Japanese Peruvian.[3] Romero obtained Japanese citizenship on September 26, 2019.[4]
Career
Romero moved to Japan to pursue academics, but a football scout identified him and he began a professional football career with Mito HollyHock. He would also play for Montedio Yamagata and Albirex Niigata, debuting in the J1 League with the former.[5]
In 2022, Romero move to Kagoshima United as free transfer.
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2011 | Mito HollyHock | J2 League | 31 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 33 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | 43 | 5 | |||
| 2013 | Montedio Yamagata | 37 | 7 | 3 | 1 | – | 40 | 8 | ||
| 2014 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2015 | J1 League | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 3 | |
| 2016 | Mito HollyHock | J2 League | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 37 | 3 | |
| 2017 | Albirex Niigata | J1 League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2018 | Machida Zelvia | J2 League | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 0 | – | 35 | 9 | |||
| 2020 | Albirex Niigata | J2 League | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 6 | |||
| 2022 | Kagoshima United | J3 League | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | – | 25 | 6 | |
| Career total | 352 | 53 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 379 | 55 | ||
References
- ^ "Frank Lark" as his given name, "Romero" as his first surname, and "Berrocal" as his second surname. 山形で見せたい完成形：ロメロ フランク [Interview with Romero Frank] (in Japanese). J. League/J's Goal. 17 February 2013. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ {{J.League player}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
- ^ "ロメロ フランク：水戸ホーリーホック：Ｊリーグ.jp". jleague.jp. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ FC Machida Zelvia(in Japanese)
- ^ "Frank Romero, el peruano que se gana un nombre en la Primera de Japón" [Frank Romero, a Peruvian who is making a name in Japan's premier league] (in Spanish). El Bocón. 1 November 2017.
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 216 out of 289)
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 231 out of 289)
External links
- Frank Romero at J.League (in Japanese)
- Profile at Mito HollyHock
- Frank Romero at Soccerway
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