Mahlon Romeo

Mahlon Beresford Baker Romeo (born 19 September 1995) is an Antiguan professional footballer who plays for Millwall. Romeo, who plays as a defender, also features for the Antigua and Barbuda national football team.[3]

Mahlon Romeo
Personal information
Full name Mahlon Beresford Baker Romeo[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-19) 19 September 1995[2]
Place of birth Westminster, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Millwall
Number 12
Youth career
0000–2012 Arsenal
2012–2013 Gillingham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Gillingham 1 (0)
2013 → Dover Athletic (loan) 1 (0)
2015– Millwall 161 (2)
National team‡
2015– Antigua and Barbuda 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:33, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

Career

Gillingham

Born in the London Borough of Westminster, Romeo joined Gillingham in the summer of 2012 on a two-year scholarship, having previously played in the academies of clubs Arsenal and Wycombe Wanderers.[4] In January 2013, Romeo joined Conference South side Dover Athletic on a youth loan.[5] He made his debut in a 5–2 away defeat to Farnborough. He made his professional debut for Gillingham on the final day of the 2012–13 season as the Gills were crowned champions of Football League Two, a 3–2 away defeat at Burton Albion.

Millwall

In the summer of 2015, Romeo signed for Millwall and featured regularly in the first team by the second half of his first season with the Lions. He scored on his debut for Millwall, in a 3-0 League One win in February 2016 against Walsall.[6] In May 2017, Romeo played the full 90 minutes as the Lions beat Bradford City 1–0 in the 2016-17 Football League One Playoff final at Wembley Stadium to gain promotion to the Championship.[7]

Romeo then scored his first goal of the club's 2017-18 season in a 3–1 win over Sheffield United.[8]

Personal life

Romeo is the son of music producer and musician Jazzie B, who is best known as the frontman of the R&B group Soul II Soul.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 18 July 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gillingham 2012–13[10] League Two 1000000010
2014–15[11] League One 0000000000
Total 1000000010
Dover Athletic (loan) 2012–13[12] Conference South 10———10
Millwall 2015–16[13] League One 181000000181
2016–17[14] League One 32031104[lower-alpha 1]0401
2017–18[15] Championship 2712020—311
2018–19[16] Championship 4104020—470
2019–20[17] Championship 4300010—440
Total 16129160401803
Career total 16329160401823
  1. One appearance in the Football League Trophy, three in the League One play-offs

International
As of match played 19 November 2018[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Antigua and Barbuda 201540
201640
201840
Total120

Honours

Millwall

References
  1. "Professional retain lists & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. May 2013. p. 55. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. "Mahlon Romeo". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. "Mahlon Romeo: Profile". Football Database.eu.
  4. "Former Arsenal youngster Mahlon Romeo is added to the Gillingham team for the trip to Port Vale in League 2". Kent Online. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  5. "Romeo Goes to Dover". Non League Pitchero. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  6. "Mahlon Romeo interview: Cub Classics Vol. One – Flowing in time with the young Lion". Beats and Rhymes FC.com.
  7. "Millwall's Romeo achieves boyhood dream". News At Den.co.uk.
  8. "Romeo happy with goal "bonus" in Blades victory". Millwall FC.co.uk.
  9. "OBE for DJ and producer Jazzie B". BBC. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  10. "Games played by Mahlon Romeo in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  11. "Games played by Mahlon Romeo in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  12. "Games played by Mahlon Romeo in 2012/2013 for Dover". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  13. "Games played by Mahlon Romeo in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  14. "Games played by Mahlon Romeo in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  15. "Games played by Mahlon Romeo in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  16. "Games played by Mahlon Romeo in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  17. "Games played by Mahlon Romeo in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  18. "Mahlon Romeo". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  19. Hunt, Josh (20 May 2017). "Bradford City 0–1 Millwall". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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