Oriol Romeu

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Oriol Romeu
Personal information
Full name:	Oriol Romeu Vidal
Date of birth:	25 September 1991 (1991-09-25)
Place of birth:	Ulldecona, Catalonia, Spain
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position:	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Girona (on loan from Barcelona)
Number:	TBA
Youth clubs
2001–2004 2004-2009	Espanyol Barcelona
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2008–2011 2010–2011 2011–2015 2013–2014 2014–2015 2015–2022 2022–2023 2023– 2024–	Barcelona B Barcelona Chelsea → Valencia (loan) → VfB Stuttgart (loan) Southampton Girona Barcelona → Girona (loan)	045 00(1) 001 00(0) 022 00(0) 013 00(0) 027 00(0) 217 00(7) 033 00(2) 028 00(0) 000 00(0)
National team
2007–2008 2009–2010 2009–2011 2011–2012 2012 2019–	Spain U17 Spain U19 Spain U20 Spain U21 Spain U23 Catalonia	005 00(0) 011 00(1) 008 00(0) 010 00(0) 005 00(0) 001 00(0)

Oriol Romeu Vidal (born 24 September 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Girona, on loan from Barcelona, mainly as a defensive midfielder.

He began his career at Barcelona, playing mainly in its reserves. In 2011, he joined Chelsea for €5 million, spending time on loan at Valencia and VfB Stuttgart before moving to Southampton four years later.

Romeu represented Spain up to under-21 level, and was part of their under-17 team which won the 2008 European Championship. He also played for the country at the 2012 Olympics.

Honours

Clubs

Barcelona

• La Liga: 2010–11
• Supercopa de España: 2010

Chelsea

• FA Cup: 2011–12
• UEFA Champions League: 2011–12
• UEFA Europa League: 2012–13

Southampton

• EFL Cup runner-up: 2016–17

National Team

Spain U17

• UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship: 2008

Spain U19

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2010

External links

• Oriol Romeu at the La Liga website
• BDFutbol profile
• Futbolme profile (Spanish)
• Oriol Romeu profile at Soccerbase
• Oriol Romeu FIFA competition record