Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jaybrien Dicheiro Nafali Romano | ||
Date of birth | 13 December 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Aruba | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aldershot Town | ||
Youth career | |||
–2018 | Twente | ||
2019–2022 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
2022–2023 | Stoke City | ||
2023 | Braintree Town | ||
2023– | Aldershot Town | ||
International career‡ | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Aruba U20 | 3 | (0) |
2023– | Aruba | 3 | (0) |
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:38, 7 December 2023 (UTC) |
Jaybrien Romano (born 13 December 2004) is an Aruban footballer who plays for Aldershot Town and the Aruba national team.[1]
As a youth, Romano played for the academy of FC Twente.[2] By 2019, he had joined the under-16 side of Sparta Rotterdam.[3] In September of that year, he scored in a 1–5 league defeat to the under-16 side of AZ Alkmaar.[4] Romano joined the academy of Stoke City in 2022. He went on to make one appearance for the club in the Under-18 Premier League, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 victory over Newcastle United on 1 October.[1]
After spending the first part of the season on trial at Nottingham Forest, Romano had joined the academy of National League club Aldershot Town by December 2023.[5]
Romano represented Aruba in the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. He served as captain of the side for the tournament.[6][7][8] He made his senior international debut on 11 September 2023 in a 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League C match against the Cayman Islands.[9] On the next matchday, he assisted on a goal by Rovien Ostiana against the U.S. Virgin Islands.[10] Because of Romano's play, he was referred to as "Aruba's ace" by local media. The eventual 3–1 victory kept Aruba undefeated at the top of its group.[11]
Aruba national team | ||
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2023 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 3 | 0 |