Iván Romero (footballer, born 2001)

Iván Romero
Personal information
Full name	Iván Romero de Ávila Araque
Date of birth	10 April 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	La Solana, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Levante
Number	9
Youth career
	Albacete
2017–2020	Sevilla
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019–2022	Sevilla B
2021–2023	Sevilla
2022–2023	→ Tenerife (loan)
2023–	Levante
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2024

Iván Romero de Ávila Araque (born 10 April 2001), known as Iván Romero, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Levante UD.

Club career

Born in La Solana, Ciudad Real, Castilla–La Mancha, Romero joined Sevilla FC's youth setup in September 2017, from Albacete Balompié.^[1] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 14 December 2019, starting in a 0–0 Segunda División B away draw against Club Recreativo Granada.^[2]^[3]

Definitely promoted to the B-side for the 2020–21 campaign, Romero scored his first senior goals on 21 November 2020, netting a brace in a 2–1 away defeat of Córdoba CF.^[4] The following 8 April, he renewed his contract until 2024,^[5] and finished the season with 12 goals.

Romero made his first team – and La Liga – debut with the Andalusians on 15 August 2021, coming on as a late substitute for Fernando in a 3–0 home success over Rayo Vallecano.^[6]^[7]

On 31 August 2022, Romero was loaned to Segunda División side CD Tenerife for the season.^[8] He scored his first professional goal on 24 September, scoring his team's first in a 2–2 away draw against SD Ponferradina.

On 12 August 2023, Romero signed a permanent three-year contract with Levante UD also in the second division.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 16 October 2023^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sevilla	2021–22	La Liga	5	0	4	0	1^[a]	0	10	0
	2022–23	La Liga	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		6	0	4	0	1	0	11	0
Tenerife (loan)	2022–23	Segunda División	34	4	1	1	0	0	35	5
Levante	2023–24	Segunda División	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Career total			43	4	5	1	1	0	49	5

^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Sevilla

UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge: 2023^[11]

References

^ "Juvenil | Iván Romero ya es oficialmente del Sevilla FC" [Juvenil | Iván Romero is officially from Sevilla FC] (in Spanish). Corredor de Calle. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2021.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Recreativo Granada – Sevilla Atlético (0–0): Un punto y muy poca fe" [Recreativo Granada – Sevilla Atlético (0–0): A point and very little faith] (in Spanish). ABC. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ "Última Hora | Iván Romero debuta con el Sevilla Atlético en 2ªB en Los Cármenes" [Latest news | Iván Romero debuts with Sevilla Atlético in 2ªB at the Los Cármenes] (in Spanish). Corredor de Calle. 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ "Córdoba – Sevilla Atlético: Un doblete de Iván despierta al filial en El Arcángel (1–2)" [Córdoba – Sevilla Atlético: A brace from Iván awakes the reserves at the El Arcángel (1–2)] (in Spanish). ABC. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ "El goleador Iván Romero, hasta 2024" [Goalscorer Iván Romero, until 2024] (in Spanish). Sevilla FC. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ "El 'calor' del Sevilla" [The 'heat' of Sevilla] (in Spanish). Marca. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ "Iván Romero y Fran García debutan en Primera" [Iván Romero and Fran García debut in Primera] (in Spanish). La Tribuna de Ciudad Real. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ "Iván Romero se marcha cedido al CD Tenerife" [Iván Romero moves out on loan to CD Tenerife] (in Spanish). Sevilla FC. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
^ "El Levante UD apuntala su delantera con Iván Romero" [Levante UD bolster their forward lines with Iván Romero] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^ Iván Romero at Soccerway
^ "Sevilla beat Independiente del Valle on penalties to win UEFA CONMEBOL Club Challenge". UEFA. 19 July 2023.