Name: Juan Ángel Romero Isasi

Nickname: "El Poeta de la Zurda"



Country: Paraguay
Club: Elche CF
Position: *SS, AMF
Side: LF/BS
Age: 26-31 years (27/12/1934)

Height: 167 cm
Weight: 70 kg

Attack: 85
Defence: 42
Balance: 79
Stamina: 78
Top Speed: 83
Acceleration: 85
Response: 78
Agility: 85
Dribble Accuracy: 88
Dribble Speed: 82
Short Pass Accuracy: 83
Short Pass Speed: 77
Long Pass Accuracy: 82
Long Pass Speed: 79
Shot Accuracy: 87
Shot Power: 84
Shot Technique: 85
Free Kick Accuracy: 75
Curling: 77
Header: 81
Jump: 84
Technique: 90
Aggression: 83
Mentality: 76
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 78

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 4
Weak Foot Frequency: 4
Growth Type: Standard Lasting

CARDS:
P05: Trickster
P07: Mazing Run
S05: 1-touch Play

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Dribbling - Tactical Dribble - 1 touch Pass

Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded


INFO:

Juan Ángel Romero is a Former Paraguayan striker, regarded as the best ever player of Elche. He was inside forward with great technique and dribbling, very skillful player with acurrate shot and good heading abilities. He was widely considered as the best left footed player in Spain alongside Ferenc Puskas. Romero came to Elche in 1960 by a businessman fooled Armenian Bogossian Arthur, who brought to Spain by promising to sign for Barcelona after being 17 times for the national team. But once here it was an unattractive then Elche (team of people and recently promoted to First Class) for a player enshrined in the South American football. During his first season he signified his class and scoring ease: 22 goals was a remarkable figure for a rookie in the category. The team was doomed to play-off dispute with Ceuta, after losing the first leg in the North African city, was preserved with a clear category Altabix 4-0 on a goal by Romero himself. Romero was the main actor of the golden era of the First Division club. Out by easy scoring despite playing what we call today as playmaker and during his stay at the club formed a front of the most prolific history of Elche, ahead of the clero, named for the initials of their names: Cardona, Lezcano, Eulogio Romero and Oviedo. During his time at Elche many clubs interested in him: Valencia CF, Sevilla FC, Atlético de Madrid but the club never agreed to transfer the player. In 1967, after seven seasons at the club, Alfredo Di Stefano, first team coach decides to forgo the services of Romero, who was 33 years. Juan Angel Romero played for seven seasons in the first team in the First Division and two years in the CD Ilicitano, holds the record for consecutive games with Elche CF (153 games and 5 full seasons), is the third top scorer in the club history (after Pierita and Nino), the top scorer in the First Division, scored 100 goals and 200 of all first club in a trail of milestones for this extraordinary player. Besides great stories left in his career, as his goal against Real Murcia, head and kneeling before the goal line, or support, keeping the door empty, which made the bejarano Vava top scorer in Primera. Leaving the Elche went on to play one season with the Hercules and after that returned to the club of his life to finish his career in Ilicitano CD, playing two seasons for the Tano. After leaving football coach became active, leading to different teams in the area: Albacete (1974-75), Crevillente, CD Eldense, CF Alicante, Almoradi, Villena, Callosa, Eagles, aspens, Monóvar and Campello. He also coached the Paraguayan Guarani (three stages, 1985, 87 and 95). Body was assistant coach of Paraguay in 1988-89. In 2005, a tribute match in his honor at the Martinez Valero fought against Albacete. We was genius. Juan Angel Romero Isasi was more than just an exceptional player of Elche. He was a man franjiverde record in the state, but also a committed person who never left his beloved Elche.