CF Intercity reaches agreement to take over youth services Cristo Romero left-back for the next two seasons. The U-23 player hails from Malaga CF. He played on loan at Real Sociedad subsidiary last season at the behest of Xabi Alonso.. Cristo Jesús Romero Gómez (Algeciras, 22 years old), better known as Cristo Romero, is a left-handed winger who stands out for being fast, agile and vertical. Despite his youth, he already has 39 official matches with Malaga and Donostiarra subsidiary in the Second Division and even He debuted with Real Sociedad in the First Division.. Here are some records showing the progress of this young winger joining CF Intercity following the guidelines for betting on U-23 players as determined by the sports administration at a level to compete in the First Federation.
CF Intercity sports directorJorge Lopezdescribed Cristo as a player who “has a lot of room for improvement, has a great physical display and is well focused when he reaches the top and knows how to finish games”. “We are very happy to have this young football player on the property. He is a player who will give us a good performance and perfectly complements our borderline with Leo Ferroni,” assured Jorge López.
Cristo Romero came to the Malacitana hearth in the junior category in the 2012/2013 school year. Since then, the winger trained in the subcategories of the Malaga team until he realized his dream of making his debut in an official match with the first team against Cádiz CF on 12 October 2019 in the Second Division at La Rosaleda. That same season, he participated in four more games with the first team while competing with the third division side team. After making pre-season preparations with the first team, he kept counting for manager Sergio Pellicer in the 2020-21 season, adding 18 more games, 9 of which were starters, with Malacitano’s first team in the silver league.
Last summer He left on loan to Real Sociedad B, where he played 16 matches with his Donostiarra subsidiary in the Second Division, at the behest of Xabi Alonso.. He made his A team debut in the UEFA Europa League group stage debut against PSV Eindhoven in September, and made his First Division debut a few days later, replacing Aihen Muñoz against Elche CF.
The agreement between both clubs approves a transfer at a variable cost for targets and Malaga also saves a percentage of a future sale.
Intercity is building a multi-carat team to fight for promotion to the Second Division.