Sunday, March 11, 2012

Oriol Romeu


Profile Football Stars | Oriol Romeu | Romeu was included in the nineteen-man Barcelona squad to face Sevilla FC in the first leg of the season's Spanish Supercup. He made his official debut in That competitive game, a 1-3 away loss, playing the full ninety minutes. Born in Ulldecona, Tarragona, Catalonia, Romeu arrived in FC Barcelona's youth academy in 2004, from neighbors RCD Espanyol, and progressed through the club's youth academy until breaking into the reserve team. Manager Josep Guardiola handed him his first appearance for the senior side in a friendly against Kuwaiti team Kazma Sporting Club, and subsequently included him in the squad for the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup, the which took place in Abu Dhabi.


Oriol Romeu Vidal is a Spanish footballer plays for Chelsea who in the Premier League. On 13 August 2010, due to the need to rest some of Barca's Spanish internationals, Romeu was included in the nineteen-man Barcelona squad to face Sevilla FC in the first leg of the season's Spanish Supercup. On 15 May 2011, Romeu made his first league appearance, playing the last 10 minutes of a 0 -0 home draw against Deportivo de La Coruña in the place of another youth club graduate, Jonathan dos Santos.


On 22 July 2011, reports linked with a move to Romeu Chelsea. Romeu made his first UEFA Champions League appearance on 19 October 2011, playing the full 90 minutes in a 5-0 group stage win against KRC home Genk.  Romeu made his first start for Chelsea in the Premier League against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 26 November 2011, putting in a solid performance in a 3-0 home win. On 11 December 2011, Chelsea issued a statement regarding the deal surrounding Romeu's buy-back clause with Barcelona.


Personal information
Full name Oriol Romeu Vidal
Date of birth 24 September 1991 (age 20)
Place of birth Ulldecona, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder

Club information
Current club Chelsea
Number 6

Youth career
Espanyol 2001-2004
Barcelona 2004-2009

Senior career
years Team
Barcelona B 2009 2011 49 (1)
2011 Barcelona 1 (0)
2011 Chelsea 14 (0)

National team
2007 2008 Spain U17 5 (0)
Spain U19 2009 2010 11 (1)
Spain U20 2009 2011 8 (0)
2011 Spain U21 5 (0)
2012 Spain U23 1 (0)


Honours

Barcelona
     Supercopa de España: 2010

Spain U17
     UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship: 2008

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