Francisco José Andrés Romero (born 28 October 1987), also known as Pulpo Romero or simply Pulpo, is a Spanish former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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Career

Born in

Albacete Albacete ( , , ) is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete. Lying in the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula, the area around the city is known as Los Llan ...

, Castile-La Mancha, Pulpo was an

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...

youth graduate. He made his seniors debut with Atlético Tarazona in 2006, in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. On 17 August 2008, Pulpo first arrived in

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

, after joining

Real Murcia Imperial Real Murcia Club de Fútbol "B", also known as Real Murcia Imperial, is a Spanish football team based in Murcia, in the namesake community. Founded in 1922, it is the reserve team of Real Murcia and plays in , holding home games at ''Campus Unive ...

. On 18 July 2010, he moved to

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

, also in the third division. Pulpo acted as a backup to Rubén Falcón during his first and only season at the

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

side. On 16 July 2011, he signed for fellow league team

Orihuela CF Orihuela Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Orihuela, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1993 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Municipal Los Arcos'', with a capacity of 7,000 seats. History On 4 August 1993, th ...

, again featuring sparingly. In August 2012, Pulpo moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

side

Doxa Katokopias F.C. Doxa Katokopias FC () is a Cypriot professional football club from Katokopia in the Nicosia District. History Doxa (which translates as ''Glory'') was promoted to First Division in 1998 for first time in their history, but after finishing 13th ...

Late in the month, he was loaned to fellow league team

AEK Larnaca F.C. AEK Larnaca FC (, "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club was formed in 1994 after a merger of two historical Larnaca clubs, EPA Larnaca and Pezoporikos. The club also has a men ...

, with

Alexandre Negri Alexandre Negri (born 27 March 1981) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and who works for Cypriot First Division club Doxa Katokopias as goalkeeping coach. He signed in 2007 from Aris Thessaloniki. Born in B ...

moving in the opposite direction. On 5 June 2013, Pulpo signed a one-year deal with

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou () is a Cyprus, Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL Limassol also maintains a AEL Limassol B.C., men's and AEL Limassol B.C. (women), women's basketball teams, a wom ...

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*. *. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pulpo Romero 1987 births Living people Footballers from Albacete Spanish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Segunda División B players Tercera División players RCD Mallorca B players Orihuela CF players CD Leganés players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players Doxa Katokopias FC players AEK Larnaca FC players AEL Limassol players Liga II players FC Rapid București players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players Othellos Athienou FC players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Atlético Astorga FC players La Roda CF players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen