Rubén Omar Romano
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| Rubén Omar Romano | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rubén Omar Romano | |
| Date of birth | May 18, 1958 | |
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1978-1980 1980-1981 1982-1983 1984-1987 1987-1988 1993 1995-1996 |
Club Atlético Huracán Club América León Necaxa San Lorenzo Cruz Azul CF Atlante |
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| Teams managed | ||
| 1998–2000 2000–2002 2002–2004 2004 2005 2007 2008 |
Celaya Tecos Morelia Pachuca Cruz Azul Atlas Club América |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Rubén Omar Romano Cachia (born May 18, 1958 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-Mexican coach and former football player. Romano is infamous in Mexican football for his coaching record of 21 consecutive winless matches (more than one year) and two consecutive last place league finishes.
Romano played in Argentina for Club Atlético Huracán before leaving for Mexico in 1980 to play for Club América. He played in other 7 Mexican clubs: León, Necaxa, Puebla, Querétaro, Cruz Azul and Atlante and Veracruz[1]. He was a left footed player with a great talent for free kicks as well as extraordinary play maker.
He retired as a player at Atlante in 1996. The same year he became the assistant coach for Ricardo Lavolpe of Atlas.
He also worked as a coach for Celaya, Tecos, Morelia, Pachuca, and Cruz Azul .With Pachuca, he qualified for the Copa Libertadores.
Cruz Azul qualified for the Mexican playoffs in Romano's first season with the team, but lost to rivals América. Romano has qualified for the play offs on six occasions for different teams.
Romano was kidnapped on July 19, 2005 near Xochimilco, in Mexico City. He was then rescued on the night of September 21 of 2005, 65 days after the kidnapping, by agents of the Federal Investigation Agency (AFI). He returned to work a few days after. He was relieved of his duties with the club on December 9, 2005 after coaching for eleven matches [2] during which time Cruz Azul won two, drew three and lost five.
Afterwards he was hired in Atlas, he ended the season in last place as he didn't win in the last 11 matches.
He was named head coach of Club America on February 18th, 2008 due to president Guillermo Cañedo White's dismissal of Daniel Alberto Brailovsky after a run of disappointing results. On April 30, 2008, Romano finally announced his resignation from the team right after a 4-2 loss to Flamengo in the Copa Libertadores. Ironically Club America won the next three matches, including a 0-3 against Flamengo in the Maracaná Stadium.
