José Juan Romero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Romero and the second or maternal family name is Gil.

José Juan Romero Gil (born 22 November 1974) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and the manager of AD Ceuta FC.

José Juan Romero

Romero managing Ceuta in 2023
Personal information
Full name	José Juan Romero Gil
Date of birth	(1974-11-22) 22 November 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Gerena, Spain
Position(s)	Midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team	Ceuta (manager)
Youth career
	Gerena
	Atlético Oromana
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Salteras
	Marchena
1999–2002	Tomares		(14)
2002–2004	Dos Hermanas
2004–2005	Tomares		(1)
2005–2006	Cerro Águila
Managerial career
2006–2016	Gerena
2016–2019	Betis B
2019–2021	Ceuta
2021–2022	Eldense
2022–	Ceuta
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Gerena, Seville, Andalusia, Romero represented Gerena CF and CD Atlético Oromana as a youth before making his senior debut with CD Salteras. He later moved to Tercera División side UD Tomares after a period with CF Marchena Balompié, and represented Dos Hermanas CF in the same category.^[2]

In 2006, after another stint at Tomares, Romero retired with AD Cerro del Águila at the age of 31.

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring, Romero returned to his hometown and took over the first team of newly created club CD Gerena.^[2] While in charge of them, he achieved four promotions in seven years, leading the side to Tercera División; during the 2014–15 season, his team finished third, missing out promotion to Segunda División B in the play-offs.^[3]

On 23 February 2016, Romero left Gerena after being appointed manager of Real Betis' reserves in the third division.^[4] On 5 June 2019, after failing to achieve promotion from the fourth tier, he left the club,^[5] and was named in charge of AD Ceuta FC also in the fourth tier nine days later.^[6]

On 19 June 2021, Romero was appointed CD Eldense manager in Segunda División RFEF.^[7] He led the club to a promotion to Primera Federación,^[1] but was sacked on 5 July 2022 due to "disciplinary reasons".^[8]

On 20 September 2022, Romero returned to Ceuta, with the club now also in division three.^[9] The following 14 June, he renewed his contract for a further year.^[10]

Personal life

Romero's younger brother Quique was also a footballer. A forward, he was groomed at Betis and played in La Liga with Recreativo de Huelva.^[11]

Since 2015, Gerena's municipal stadium is named Estadio José Juan Romero Gil, as an honour to his spell managing the club of the city.^[12]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 3 May 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Gerena	1 July 2006	23 February 2016	358	210	67	81	058.66	[13]
Betis B	23 February 2016	5 June 2019	142	68	33	41	047.89	[14]
Ceuta	14 June 2019	19 June 2021	56	23	20	13	041.07	[15]
Eldense	19 June 2021	5 July 2022	37	17	11	9	045.95	[16]
Ceuta	20 September 2022	Present	115	49	36	30	042.61	[17]
Total			708	367	167	174	051.84	—