Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mahlon Beresford Baker Romeo [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 19 September 1995||
Place of birth | Westminster, England | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cardiff City | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2012 | Arsenal | ||
2012–2013 | Gillingham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Gillingham | 1 | (0) |
2013 | → Dover Athletic (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2015–2022 | Millwall | 198 | (2) |
2021–2022 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 35 | (0) |
2022– | Cardiff City | 48 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015– | Antigua and Barbuda | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:30, 2 May 2023 (UTC) |
Mahlon Beresford Baker Romeo (born 19 September 1995) is an Antiguan professional footballer who plays for EFL Championship club Cardiff City. Romeo, who plays as a defender, also features for the Antigua and Barbuda national football team. [3]
Born in the London Borough of Westminster, Romeo joined Gillingham in the summer of 2012 on a two-year scholarship, having previously played in the academies of clubs Arsenal and Wycombe Wanderers. [4] In January 2013, Romeo joined Conference South side Dover Athletic on a youth loan. [5] He made his debut in a 5–2 away defeat to Farnborough. He made his professional debut for Gillingham on the final day of the 2012–13 season as the Gills were crowned champions of Football League Two, a 3–2 away defeat at Burton Albion.
In the summer of 2015, Romeo signed for Millwall and featured regularly in the first team by the second half of his first season with the Lions. He scored on his debut for Millwall, in a 3-0 League One win in February 2016 against Walsall. [6] In May 2017, Romeo played the full 90 minutes as the Lions beat Bradford City 1–0 in the 2016-17 Football League One Playoff final at Wembley Stadium to gain promotion to the Championship. [7]
Romeo then scored his first goal of the club's 2017–18 season in a 3–1 win over Sheffield United. [8]
On 31 August 2021, Romeo joined Portsmouth on loan for the 2021–22 season. [9]
On 15 June 2022, Romeo joined Championship club Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal. Romeo had previously played with new manager Steve Morison at Millwall. [10]
Romeo is the son of fitness expert Efua Baker and music producer and musician Jazzie B; best known as the frontman of the R&B group Soul II Soul, [11] while his sister is actress Jessye Romeo.
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Gillingham | 2012–13 [12] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2014–15 [13] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Dover Athletic (loan) | 2012–13 [14] | Conference South | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Millwall | 2015–16 [15] | League One | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
2016–17 [16] | League One | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
2017–18 [17] | Championship | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | ||
2018–19 [18] | Championship | 41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | ||
2019–20 [19] | Championship | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | ||
2020–21 [20] | Championship | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | ||
2021–22 [21] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 198 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 221 | 3 | ||
Portsmouth (loan) | 2021–22 [22] | League One | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 41 | 0 |
Cardiff City | 2022–23 [23] | Championship | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |
Career total | 267 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 296 | 3 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Antigua and Barbuda | 2015 | 4 | 0 |
2016 | 4 | 0 | |
2018 | 4 | 0 | |
2023 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 14 | 0 |
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