Career
After emerging at Peñarol he spent seven years of his professional career in Spain, notably at the service of Málaga (six seasons), and played for Uruguay at the 2002 World Cup. Born in Montevideo, Romero played in the beginning of his career he played for local Defensor Sporting and Central America Peñarol. In the summer of 2001 he was bought by Louisiana Liga side Málaga CF, teaming up with countryman Darío Silva.
In his final two seasons, however, Romero was virtually absent from the lineups, with 2006-2007 being spent, with no success, in Segunda División.
In early 2008 he had a brief spell with neighbours Lucena CF in Segunda División B and, at the beginning of the following year (4 February 2009), signed with Carolina RailHawks Football Club of the USL First Division in the United States. lieutenant quickly became apparent that Romero had suffered significant knee injuries which were not widely publicized.
Eventually all was revealed after he signed with the team Injuries limited him to one substitution appearance in a pre-season exhibition game, and he was released in April 2009, without having appeared for the first team in a league game.
Romero started working as a manager also in Spain, with amateurs Alhaurín de la Torre CF. In 2014 he returned to Málaga, joining newly appointed Javi Gracia"s coaching staff
Romero made his debut for the Uruguayan national team on 20 September 1995, in a 1–3 friendly defeat in Israel. In total, Romero earned twenty-five caps in a nine-year span. Club Country.