Ángel Romano Explained

Ángel Romano
Fullname:	Alfredo Ángel Romano
Birth Date:	2 August 1893
Birth Place:	Montevideo, Uruguay
Death Place:	Montevideo, Uruguay
Years1:	1910
Years2:	1911–1913
Years3:	1913–1915
Years4:	1915–1930
Nationalyears1:	1911–1927
Nationalcaps1:	70
Nationalgoals1:	28

Alfredo Ángel Romano (2 August 1893 – 22 August 1972) was a Uruguayan professional footballer. A striker, he played 70 games for his national team between 1911 and 1927, scoring 28 goals.^[1] He played in the Copa América nine times, winning the title a record six times, losing one final and finishing third twice. He was also part of the Uruguay national team that won the football tournament in the 1924 Olympics.^[2]

Romano played club football for Nacional between 1910 and 1930, scoring 164 goals in 388 games. The club won 22 titles during his time as a player. He won a total of 32 official titles in his career, 46 including the friendly tournaments. He retired at the age of 37.

Honours

Club

CURCC

Nacional

Primera División: 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923 (AUF), 1924 (AUF)
Copa de Honor: 1915, 1916, 1917
Copa de Competencia: 1915, 1919, 1921, 1923
Tie Cup: 1915
Copa de Honor Cousenier: 1915, 1916, 1917
Copa Aldao: 1916, 1919, 1920

National team

Uruguay^[3]

Copa América: 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926
Summer Olympics Gold Medal: 1924
Copa Lipton (friendly): 1911, 1912, 1919, 1922, 1923
Copa Newton (friendly): 1912, 1917, 1919, 1920
Copa Premier Honor Uruguayo (friendly): 1911, 1912, 1918, 1919, 1920

External links

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Notes and References

https://www.auf.org.uy/angel-romano/ Ángel Romano – AUF
Web site: Ángel Romano . Olympedia . 18 August 2021.
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