The goalkeeper with the most appearances of all time in the Argentine national team arrives in the Lagoon. Over the past six seasons, the 34-year-old has played for Manchester United
On Saturday the verbal agreement, then the usual medical examinations and today the official announcement. Sergio Romero is the new goalkeeper of Paolo Zanetti’s Venezia. This is the note released a little while ago by the club: “Venezia FC announces that today the Argentine goalkeeper born in 1987 Sergio Romero has signed an agreement with the orange-green club until the end of the 2021/22 season. Romero is the most capped goalkeeper of all time for the Argentine national team and played for Manchester United last season.
Romero took his first steps in the Racing Club’s youth teams, making his debut in the Primera División in February 2007, just before his twentieth birthday. The following month he moved to AZ Alkmaar, the Eredivisie team.
Romero spent four seasons at AZ, winning the Eredivisie in 2008/09. During the title race, he kept a clean sheet for 950 minutes from November 2008 to February 2009. In total, Romero made 90 Eredivisie appearances with 40 clean sheets, plus six UEFA Champions League appearances and five UEFA appearances. Europa League.
In August 2011, Romero moved to Sampdoria, just relegated to Serie B, immediately winning promotion to the top flight. During his first season in Serie A, Romero made 32 appearances with 10 clean sheets, contributing to 12th place in the Sampdoria league. The following season the Argentinian full-back went on loan to AS Monaco, before returning to Sampdoria, with whom he made 10 more Serie A appearances in 2014/15.
In the 2015/16 season Romero rejoins his former AZ manager Louis Van Gaal, moving to Manchester United. At Old Trafford he played for six seasons, alongside David de Gea and playing starter in cup races.
Romero made his Premier League debut in August 2015, keeping a clean sheet in the 1-0 win over Tottenham. In his first season with the Red Devils, Romero made four Premier League appearances, one in the FA Cup and two in the UEFA Europa League.
In 2016/17, with José Mourinho on the bench, Romero plays a leading role in Europe, winning the UEFA Europa League as a starter. During the season, he made 12 appearances, including the clean sheet in a 2-0 win against Ajax in the final.
Under the leadership of Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Romero kept clean seven times out of nine during the 2019/20 Europa League, when United were eliminated in the semifinals by Sevilla, who would later win the trophy.
With the Manchester United shirt, Romero made a total of 61 appearances with 39 clean-sheets.
Internationally, Romero has worn the Argentina shirt on 96 occasions: his debut took place in September 2009 against Paraguay, while his most recent appearance was in October 2018. He was part of the Albiceleste who finished second at the FIFA World Cup 2014, at the Copa América 2015 and at the Copa América Centenario 2016 “.
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