Andrés Romero

HONOURS & TITLES
Impact Most Valuable Player: 2014
Amway Canadian Championship: 2013, 2014

PROFESSIONAL
2016: Missed the entire season following knee surgery.

2015: Completed his transfer from Brazilian club Tombense FC and signed a new contract with the Impact on January 5… Played in three CONCACAF Champions League Championship Stage games, including two starts, and helped the team reach the final against Mexican giant Club América… Scored important goals in the return leg of the semifinal against L.D. Alajuelense and in the return leg of the final against Club América at Olympic Stadium… Finished third on the Impact with four assists and fourth with four goals in the regular season, playing 27 games, including 23 starts and 1,875 minutes played… Recorded a brace on May 16 against Real Salt Lake… Twice named to the MLSsoccer.com Team of Week for weeks 11 and 14, and twice selected as the Videotron Mobile Player of the Game… Played in all four Amway Canadian Championship games… Missed the end of the regular season and the MLS Cup Playoffs due to a knee injury.

2014: Loaned by Tombense Futebol Club to the Impact on February 10… Awarded the Giuseppe Saputo Trophy, given to the Impact Most Valuable Player, after setting several personal bests in his second season in MLS… Finished as the third leading scorer on the team with six goals, including a game-winner, in addition to three assists in 29 games for 2,185 minutes played, including 25 starts… Played 2,000 minutes in a season for the first time in his MLS career… Also topped the league in shots on goal percentage with 64.5% (20 shots on frame in 31 attempts)… Scored in three consecutive games, from May 24 to June 11, 2014… Twice selected as the Videotron Player of the Game… Helped the team win a second consecutive Canadian championship, playing three games, including two as a starter… Tallied one goal and one assist in four games, all starts, in the CONCACAF Champions League group stage… Also recorded one assist in two MLS Reserve League starts.

2013: Loaned to the Impact by Tombense Futebol Club on February 7… Recorded two goals and two assists in 30 regular season games, including 20 starts and 1,672 minutes played… Selected once by the fans as the Videotron Player of the Game… Also helped the team win the Amway Canadian Championship, scoring one in four games in the tournament, with three starts… Played two CONCACAF Champions League games… Started two MLS Reserve League games.

2012 : Began the season in the Brazilian Série B with Criciúma Esporte Clube, where he played nine Campeonato Catarinense games, including two starts and two Copa Kia do Brasil games… Concluded the year with Clube Náutico Capibaribe in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, appearing in six games.

2011/2012: Played in four Torneo Inicial games with Argentinos Juniors in the Argentinean first division.

2010/2011 : Played seven Torneo Inicial games and five Torneo Final games with Argentinos Juniors… Also played in two Copa Sudamericana games.

2009/2010 : Played four games in the Torneo Inicial and two games in the Torneo Final with Argentinos Juniors, helping the club win its third Clausura title.

2008/2009 : Made his professional debut with Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors, in the Primera Division, the Argentinean first division… Played nine games in the Torneo Inicial and 12 games in the Torneo Final with Argentinos Juniors… Also played in five Copa Sudamericana games as the team reached the semi-finals.

ACADEMY
Part of Argentinos Juniors’ youth academy.

INTERNATIONAL
Played five games with the Argentinean U20 National Team, including two starts in the U20 Campeonato Sudamericano, held in Venezuela.

PERSONAL
Son of Oscar and Mariela Romero… Married to Maria and father of twin boys Alejo and Benicio… Has two brothers and one sister… Enjoys tennis.