PLAYER DETAILS
Oriol Romeu profile
- Club
- Avispa Fukuoka
- Position
- Defensive Midfield
- Nationality
- Spain
- Date of birth
- 1991-09-24
- Birthplace
- Ulldecona, Spain
- Height
- 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Weight
- 183 lbs
PLAYER BIOGRAPHY
About Oriol Romeu
Oriol Romeu Vidal (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 24 September 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
Romeu began his career at Barcelona, playing mainly in their reserves at Barcelona B. In 2011, he joined Chelsea for €5 million, spending time on loan at Valencia and VfB Stuttgart before moving to Southampton four years later. He played 256 times for Southampton before returning to La Liga with Girona in 2022.
Romeu represented Spain up to under-21 level, and was part of their under-17 team which won the 2008 European Championship. He also played for the country at the 2012 Olympics.