Sergio Romero

Sergio Germán "Chiquito" Romero (born 22 February 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Boca Juniors.

He made his debut with Racing Club in the Argentine Primera División in 2007 and then transferred to Dutch club AZ at the end of the season. He won the Eredivisie in 2009 and two years later joined Sampdoria.

A full international with over 70 caps since 2009, Romero has represented Argentina at two World Cups and as many Copa América tournaments, finishing as runner-up once in each competition. He also was part of their team which won gold at the 2008 Olympics.

Romero represented Argentina at the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay and at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada where on 8 August 2007 Romero was first included in the Argentine selection for a friendly match against Norway and against Australia, which Argentina also went on to win. He replaced injured Oscar Ustari at the 2008 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Romero was called up to the full senior side by then coach Diego Maradona debuting on 9 September 2009 in a 0-1 FIFA World Cup qualifier loss against Paraguay and playing in the win against Uruguay in Montevideo that saw Argentina qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He played in all five of Argentina's World Cup matches which ended at the quarter-final stage.