Aarón Romero

Aarón Romero
Personal information
Full name	Aarón Romero Catalán
Date of birth	15 June 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Chaves
Number	5
Youth career
	Castellón
	Rafalafena
	Castellón
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2021	Castellón B
2020–2023	Castellón
2023–2024	Almería B
2024–	Chaves
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 July 2024

Aarón Romero Catalán (born 15 June 1999) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left back for Chaves.

Club career

Romero was born in Castellón de la Plana, Valencian Community, and represented CD Castellón and CF Rafalafena as a youth.^[1] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 20 May 2018, starting in a 4–0 Regional Preferente Valenciana away win against CF Sant Jordí.

Romero scored his first senior goal on 9 December 2018, netting his team's second in a 2–0 away win against CF Borriol.^[2] He made his first team debut on 16 December 2020, coming on as a late substitute for Jesús Carrillo in a 2–0 win at CD San Fernando, for the season's Copa del Rey.^[3]^[4]

Romero made his Segunda División debut on 30 May 2021, replacing Carlos Delgado in a 0–3 away loss against Málaga CF, as his side was already relegated.^[5] On 31 January 2023, he moved to UD Almería B in Tercera Federación.^[6]

^ "Aarón Romero, de Benjamín a convocado en partido oficial con el primer equipo del CD Castellón" [Aarón Romero, from Benjamín to called up in an official match with the first team of CD Castellón] (in Spanish). Castellón Base. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "La falta de acierto condena al Borriol en el Palmar" [The lack of aim condemns Borriol at the El Palmar] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "El Castellón, a la segunda ronda de la Copa del Rey con autoridad (0–2)" [Castellón, to the second round of the Copa del Rey with authority (0–2)] (in Spanish). El Periódico Mediterráneo. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "Aarón Romero (CD Castellón): "Debutar con el primer equipo es sólo el principio, hay que seguir trabajando"" [Aarón Romero (CD Castellón): "To debut with the first team is just the beginning, I have to keep working"] (in Spanish). Castellón Base. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "El Málaga regala una goleada a Pellicer en su despedida" [Málaga gift a routing to Pellicer on his farewell] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ "Left-back Aarón Romero leaves CD Castellón to join UD Almería 'B'". UD Almería. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.