Jose Romo

Jose Rafael Romo Perez (born 6 December 1993) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Cypriot First Division club AEK Larnaca. He previously played domestically for Llaneros, Deportivo Petare, ACD Lara and Aragua, in the Spanish Tercera Division for Rayo Vallecano B, and for Cypriot clubs Olympiakos Nicosia and Karmiotissa. He represented Venezuela at under-20 level.

Club Career

Romo was born in 1993 in Turen, Portuguesa, Venezuela. His father, Rafael Romo Abad, played football professionally as a goalkeeper, and he is a younger brother of Venezuelan international goalkeeper Rafael Romo. Romo played youth football for Atletico Turen and Deportivo Tachira before beginning his professional career with Llaneros in the 2011–12 Venezuelan Primera Division. After two seasons and 39 Primera Division appearances (8 goals), he signed a two-year contract with another top-flight club, Deportivo Petare. He was used mainly as a substitute, scored only once, and spent the second year of his contract on loan to ACD Lara. He was a regular starter during the Apertura, less so in the second half of the season, but made three appearances in the play-offs for qualification for the Copa Sudamericana, in which Lara lost out to Carabobo in a penalty shoot-out.

Romo spent the 2016–17 season with Rayo Vallecano B of the Spanish Tercera Division (fourth tier). He missed some time through injury, but finished the season with five goals from 27 appearances. In December 2016, he was back in Venezuela to sign for Aragua. He played regularly for the Primera Division club for one-and-a-half seasons, and then left after the 2018 Apertura to return to Europe. He signed for Cypriot Second Division club Olympiakos Nicosia; his brother Rafael was at the time playing for another Nicosia-based club, APOEL. In his first season, he scored six goals from his first seven outings, and ended the season with fifteen as he helped his team finish second in the division and gain promotion to the First Division.

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