Rocco Romeo

Antonio Rocco Romeo (born March 25, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for HB Køge, on loan from Toronto FC.

Rocco Romeo
Personal information
Full name Antonio Rocco Romeo
Date of birth (2000-03-25) March 25, 2000
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 HB Køge
(on loan from Toronto FC)
Number 12
Youth career
Toronto FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Toronto FC III 33 (1)
2016– Toronto FC II 25 (1)
2019 → HB Køge (loan) 8 (0)
2020– Toronto FC 0 (0)
2020– → HB Køge (loan) 7 (0)
National team‡
2017 Canada U17 1 (0)
2018 Canada U20 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 4, 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 10, 2018

Career

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Romeo was part of the Toronto FC youth system. He played 17 games for Toronto FC III in League1 Ontario during the 2016 season and 15 games during the 2017 season, scoring once against Toronto Skillz.[1]

On September 4, 2016, Romeo made his debut for Toronto FC II, the reserve team of Toronto FC, in the United Soccer League against Charlotte Independence. He came on as a 62nd minute substitute for Clément Simonin as Toronto FC II lost 5–1.[2] On September 15, 2017, Romeo signed his first professional contract, joining Toronto FC II on a permanent basis.[3] On January 31, 2019, Danish 1st Division club HB Køge announced that they had signed Romeo on a loan deal until June 30.[4]

On January 21, 2020, Romeo signed a first-team MLS deal with Toronto FC.[5] On August 13, HB Køge announced Romeo had returned to the club once again on loan.[6] He scored his first goal for Køge on October 6 in a cup match against Bispebjerg BK, also picking up a red card later in the same match.[7]

International

Romeo has represented Canada at the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.[8] On October 24, 2018, he was named to the Canadian U20 squad for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[9] Romeo was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2020,[10] however, the tournament was soon after postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

Honours
Toronto FC III

Career statistics
As of December 4, 2020[14]
Club Season League Domestic Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Toronto FC III 2016[15] League1 Ontario 170—10—180
2017[16] 151—20—171
2018[17] 10—00—10
Total 331003000361
Toronto FC II 2016 USL 10———10
2017 20———20
2018 120———120
2019 USL League One 101———101
Total 251000000251
HB Køge (loan) 2018–19 Danish 1st Division 8000——80
2020–21 7021——91
Total 150210000171
Career total 712213000763

References
  1. "Match Recap: Toronto FC III 7 - 0 Toronto Skillz". League1 Ontario. September 3, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  2. Steve Buffery (January 21, 2020). "Toronto FC sign Rocco Romeo as homegrown player". Toronto Sun.
  3. Adam Krueger (September 15, 2017). "Dunn, Okello, and Romeo sign first pro deals". Toronto FC. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  4. "Canadisk forsvarer på plads i HB Køge" [Canadian defender in place in HB Køge]. HB Køge (in Danish). January 31, 2019. Archived from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  5. Tom Bogert (January 21, 2020). "Toronto FC sign Canada U-20 defender Rocco Romeo to Homegrown deal". Major League Soccer.
  6. "HB Køge lejer gammel kending i Toronto FC". August 13, 2020.
  7. Jensen, Anders (October 6, 2020). "Ny pokalsensation udeblev for Serie 1-hold" [No cup sensation was absent for Serie 1 teams]. bold.dk (in Danish).
  8. "Canada announces squad for CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Championship". Canadian Soccer Association. April 11, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  9. "Canada announces squad for the Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championship". Canadian Soccer Association. October 24, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  10. "Canada Soccer announces Provisional List for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". Canadian Soccer Association. February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  11. Butler, Dylan (March 13, 2020). "Concacaf suspends men's Olympic qualifying and Concacaf Champions League". Major League Soccer.
  12. "League1 Ontario Announces 2016 Men's First And Second Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario. November 17, 2016.
  13. "League1 Ontario Announces 2017 Men's First, Second and Third Team All-Stars". League1 Ontario. November 10, 2017.
  14. Rocco Romeo at Soccerway
  15. "L1O Stats 2016". League1 Ontario.
  16. "L1O Stats 2017". League1 Ontario.
  17. "L1O Stats 2018". League1 Ontario.
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