Michelle Romero
.jpg) Romero in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Michelle Yeraldin Romero Castillo[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 June 1997[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Falcón, Venezuela | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Asozulia FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Deportivo Lara | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Zulia | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Deportivo La Coruña | 46 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Sporting de Gijón | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Zaragoza CFF | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Real Unión de Tenerife | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | Calgary Wild FC | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026 | → Calgary Wild FC U23 | 1 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Cruzeiro | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Venezuela U17 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Venezuela U20 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Venezuela | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 November 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
Michelle Yeraldin Romero Castillo (born 12 June 1997) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a defender for Cruzeiro in the Brazilian Série A1 and the Venezuela women's national team.
Career
[edit]In late 2014, Romero signed with Deportivo Lara.[4]
In 2017, she played with Zulia.
In 2018, she signed with Deportivo La Coruña.[5]
In August 2021, she signed with Sporting de Gijón.[6]
In October 2022, she signed with Zaragoza CFF.[7]
In August 2025, she signed with Northern Super League club Calgary Wild FC.[8]
On 30 July 2026, Romero was announced at Cruzeiro.[9]
International career
[edit]Romero represented Venezuela at the 2014 South American U-20 Women's Championship.[3]
International goals
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 8 April 2024 | Brígido Iriarte Stadium, Caracas, Venezuela |  Panama | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 31 May 2025 | Marbella Football Center, San Pedro Alcántara, Spain |  New Zealand | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| 3. | 3 March 2026 | FMF Asociación, Toluca, Mexico |  Brazil | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
References
[edit]- ↑ Michelle Romero – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ↑ Michelle Romero at Soccerway
- 1 2 3 "Venezuela" (PDF). Conmebol (in Spanish). 30 December 2013. p. 2. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ↑ "Lara sumó cinco nuevas jugadoras a su plantilla profesional - lavinotinto.com".
- ↑ "La venezolana Michelle, nuevo fichaje del Dépor ABANCA | Página Oficial del R.C. Deportivo de La Coruña". La venezolana Michelle, nuevo fichaje del Dépor ABANCA | Página Oficial del R.C. Deportivo de La Coruña.
- ↑ https://www.soysportinguista.com/2021/08/la-atacante-venezolazana-michelle.html
- ↑ https://zaragozacff.es/michelle-romero-refuerzo-de-garantias-para-el-ataque-del-zaragoza-cff/
- ↑ "Calgary Wild FC Cap Roster with Venezuelan Defender Michelle Romero". Calgary Wild FC. 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "Cruzeiro anuncia contratação da lateral Michelle Romero" [Cruzeiro announces the signing of full-back Michelle Romero]. ge.globo.com (in Portuguese).
External links
[edit]- Michelle Romero at BDFútbol
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Maracaibo
- Venezuelan women's footballers
- 21st-century Venezuelan sportswomen
- Women's association football defenders
- Asociación Civil Deportivo Lara players
- Zulia F.C. players
- Deportivo de A Coruña (women) players
- Sporting de Gijón (women) players
- Liga F players
- Segunda Federación (women) players
- Venezuela women's international footballers
- Footballers at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Venezuelan expatriate women's footballers
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
- Footballers at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in football
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Venezuela
- Calgary Wild FC players
- Northern Super League players
- 2025 Copa América Femenina players
- 2022 Copa América Femenina players
- Calgary Wild FC U23 players
- Alberta Premier League players
- Cruzeiro EC (women) players
- 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup players
- Venezuelan women's football biography stubs
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