Alfarabi José Romero Romero (born 29 September 1965) is a Venezuelan football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current assistant manager of Inter de Barinas.

Alfarabi Romero
Personal information
Full name Alfarabi José Romero Romero
Date of birth (1965-09-29) 29 September 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth La Guaira, Venezuela
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Inter de Barinas (assistant)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1995 Marítimo de Venezuela
Managerial career
Caracas (youth)
2010–2011 Caracas (assistant)
2012 Pellícano
2013 Yaracuy
2013–2014 Deportivo Petare (youth)
2014–2015 Caracas (youth)
2016 Caracas B
2016–2017 Academia Puerto Cabello
2017–2018 Universidad Central
2019 Yaracuy (assistant)
2020–2021 Zamora (assistant)
2021 Zamora (interim)
2023 Marítimo de La Guaira
2024– Inter de Barinas (assistant)
2024 Inter de Barinas (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Born in La Guaira, Romero featured for local sides before retiring, notably representing Marítimo de Venezuela in two Copa Libertadores editions. After retiring, he worked at Caracas as a youth and assistant coach before being named at the helm of Pellícano in 2012.

Romero was subsequently in charge of Yaracuy and of Deportivo Petare's youth setup before returning to Caracas in 2014, where he worked as a youth and B-team manager. On 7 October 2016, he was named manager of Academia Puerto Cabello,[1] but was dismissed the following 17 May.[2]

In June 2017, Romero was appointed manager of Universidad Central,[3] but left the club on 27 March of the following year.[4] He subsequently worked as an assistant manager of Yaracuy and Zamora, being named interim manager of the latter on 31 August 2021.[5]

Honours

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Player

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Marítimo de Venezuela

References

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  1. ^ "Alfarabí Romero dirigirá al Puerto Cabello en los cuadrangulares" [Alfarabí Romero will manage Puerto Cabello in the quadrangulars] (in Spanish). La Vinotinto. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. ^ ""Pin" Romero dejó ser técnico de la Academia Puerto Cabello" ["Pin" Romero left as manager of Academia Puerto Cabello] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. ^ "OFICIAL | Le damos la bienvenida a nuestro nuevo director técnico, Alfarabí "Pin" Romero. ¡Bienvenido al tricolor! ⚽💯🔝#UCVFC #UCVTricolor 👏🏻" [OFFICIAL | We welcome our new manager, Alfarabí "Pin" Romero. Welcome to the tricolor! ⚽💯🔝#UCVFC #UCVTricolor 👏🏻]. UCV FC (in Spanish). Twitter. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Alfarabi "Pin" Romero dejó de dirigir a la UCV FC en la segunda división" [Alfarabi "Pin" Romero left as manager of UCV FC in the second division] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Zamora FC despidió al argentino Marcelo Gómez como DT y encargó a "Pin" Romero" [Zamora FC sacked the Argentine Marcelo Gómez as manager and appointed "Pin" Romero] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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