Alessandro Romano (footballer, born 2006)

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Alessandro Gianni Romano (born 17 June 2006) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Cagliari on loan from Roma.

Romano was born on 17 June 2006 in Winterthur, Switzerland and is of Italian descent through his parents. The brother of Swiss footballer Luca Romano, he is the son of Swiss footballer Umberto Romano.

As a youth player, Romano joined the youth academy of Swiss side Winterthur. Subsequently, he joined the youth academy of Serie A side Roma in 2022. Italian website wrote in 2024 that he was “a regular starter for the young Giallorossi and is highly regarded by Mister Falsini who, with the exception of the period in which the boy was sidelined due to injury, decided to deploy him in front of the defense”. In 2025, he was promoted to the club’s senior team. Romano made his Serie A debut for Roma on 6 January 2026 against Lecce.

On 16 January 2026, Romano joined Spezia in Serie B, on a six-month loan for the rest of the 2025–26 season.

Romano is a Switzerland youth international. During the summer of 2023, he played for the Switzerland national under…