Rómulo Otero

Rómulo Otero
Personal information
Full name	Rómulo Otero Vásquez
Date of birth	9 November 1992 (age 29)
Place of birth	Caracas, Venezuela
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Cruz Azul
Number	10
Youth career
2007–2010	Caracas
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2016	Caracas
2015–2016	→ Huachipato (loan)
2016–2017	Huachipato
2016–2017	→ Atlético Mineiro (loan)
2017–2021	Atlético Mineiro
2018–2019	→ Al-Wehda (loan)
2020–2021	→ Corinthians (loan)
2021–	Cruz Azul
National team‡
2013–	Venezuela
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:56, 4 November 2021 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:37, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Rómulo Otero Vásquez (born 9 November 1992) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga MX club Cruz Azul.

Career[]

After a brief time in the B team of Caracas FC, he was promoted to the first team in 2010. He was loaned to Huachipato in 2015 who signed him the following year. In July 2016, he was loaned to Atlético Mineiro where he signed a contract in April 2017.

On 28 May 2018, Otero joined Saudi club Al-Wehda on loan from Atlético. On 29 November 2018, the club expressed the intention of signing Otero on a permanent basis, but the deal ultimately did not go through.^[1]^[2]

International career[]

International goals[]


No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 September 2013	Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela	Peru	3–1	3–2	2014 World Cup qualification
2.	5 March 2014	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Honduras	1–1	2–1	Friendly
3.	24 March 2016	Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru	Peru	1–0	2–2	2018 World Cup qualification
4.	29 March 2016	Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas, Venezuela	Chile	1–0	1–4
5.	10 November 2016	Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela	Bolivia	5–0	5–0
6.	23 March 2017	Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela	Peru	2–0	2–2