Jaybrien Romano

Jaybrien Romano
Personal information
Full name	Jaybrien Romano
Date of birth	13 December 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth	Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Den Bosch
Youth career
0000–2018	Twente
2019–2022	Sparta Rotterdam
2022–2023	Stoke City
2023	Braintree Town
2023–2024	Aldershot Town
2024–	Den Bosch
International career‡
Years	Team
2022–	Aruba U20
2023–	Aruba
	‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:38, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Jaybrien Romano (born 13 December 2004) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Den Bosch and the Aruba national team.^[1]

Club career

As a youth, Romano played for the academy of FC Twente.^[2] By 2019, he had joined the under-16 side of Sparta Rotterdam.^[3] In September of that year, he scored in a 1–5 league defeat to the under-16 side of AZ Alkmaar.^[4] Romano joined the academy of Stoke City in 2022. He went on to make one appearance for the club in the Under-18 Premier League, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 victory over Newcastle United on 1 October.^[1]

Romano had joined the academy of National League club Aldershot Town by December 2023.^[5]

Romano represented Aruba in the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. He served as captain of the side for the tournament.^[6]^[7]^[8] He made his senior international debut on 11 September 2023 in a 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League C match against the Cayman Islands.^[9] On the next matchday, he assisted on a goal by Rovien Ostiana against the U.S. Virgin Islands.^[10] Because of Romano's play, he was referred to as "Aruba's ace" by local media. The eventual 3–1 victory kept Aruba undefeated at the top of its group.^[11]

As of match played 16 November 2023.^[9]

Aruba national team
2023	3	0
Total	3	0

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^ "Opleiden Spartaans" (in Dutch). Sparta Rotterdam. p. 11. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ "AZ Onder 16 ruim langs Sparta" (in Dutch). AZ Alkmaar. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ "Academy Trio Earn International Recognition". Aldershot Town FC. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
^ "Jaybrien Romano from Aruba". CONCACAF. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ Miranda, Juan Carlos. "El Salvador remonta a Aruba, termina Goleando y clasifica a octavos de final del Premundial sub-20" (in Spanish). La Prensa. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ González, Javier. "Panama Sub-20 Debuta Con Goleada Frente Aruba" (in Spanish). Panamanian Football Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ "Aruba down USVI to take big step toward promotion". CONCACAF. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ Khan, Salman. "Aruba's Soccer Triumph: A Victory Beyond the Scoreline". Breaking News Network. Retrieved 18 October 2023.