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Juan Roman Riquelme - Definition |
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Juan Román Riquelme (born June 26, 1978 in San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) is a football player, who currently plays for the Villarreal CF of Spain, on loan from FC Barcelona.
Argentine giants Boca Juniors and River Plate noticed him when he was a junior player in Argentinos Juniors. Being a Boca fan he decided to move to that team, who paid 800.000 US dollars for hsi contract in 1995. A year later, November 10, 1996 Romy played his first professional match (Boca Juniors 2 - 0 Unión de Santa Fe) and two weeks later he scored his first goal (Boca Juniors 6 - 0 Huracán)
In 2002, after seven very succesfful years with Boca Juniors the central midfielder moved to Barcelona for 9 million Euros (around 12 million US Dollars). However, unable to find a place in the team, he was loaned to Villareal a year later, where he currently plays.
He is regarded as a talented player with excellent field vision, but is criticised for lacking speed and explosiveness.
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