Rubén Omar Romano Cachia (born May 18, 1958 in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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) is an Argentine

Argentina

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-Mexican

Mexico

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 coach and former football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player.
Romano played in Argentina for Club Atlético Huracán

Club Atlético Huracán

Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was...

 before leaving for Mexico in 1980 to play for Club América

Club América

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. He played in other 7 Mexican clubs: León

Club León

Club León, is a Mexican professional football club based in the city of León, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. They currently play in the Liga De Ascenso formerly known as "Primera A", the second tier of football in Mexico since their relegation from the Primera Division in 2002.León has won...

, Necaxa

Necaxa

Necaxa is a Mexican football club and is based in the city of Aguascalientes. it plays in the Estadio Victoria. Necaxa is ranked seventh overall and 1st in ranking in Mexican football within the IFFHS Central and North America's Clubs of the Century in the CONCACAF behind CD Saprissa San Juan de...

, Puebla, Querétaro

Querétaro

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, Cruz Azul

Club Deportivo Cruz Azul

Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...

 and Atlante

Atlante F.C.

Club de Fútbol Atlante, is a Mexican professional football club, currently playing in the Mexican First Division League. The club is based in Cancún, Mexico as of the start of the 2007-08 season, when they relocated from Mexico City, and plays its home games in Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo.-Domestic...

 and Veracruz

Veracruz

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. He was a left footed player with a great talent for free kicks as well as extraordinary play maker.

Retired

He retired as a player at Atlante in 1995. The same year he became the assistant coach for Ricardo Lavolpe

Ricardo Lavolpe

Ricardo Antonio La Volpe Guarchoni, born February 6, 1952 in Buenos Aires, is an Argentine football manager. He is a former Argentine World Cup-winning goalkeeper and the former coach of the Mexican national team. He is known for his tactical flexibility during matches and abrasive manner, as well...

 of Club Atlas

He also worked as a coach for Celaya

Atlético Celaya

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, Tecos, Morelia, Pachuca, and Cruz Azul

Club Deportivo Cruz Azul

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 .With Pachuca, he qualified for the Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores de América

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.

Cruz Azul qualified for the Mexican playoffs in Romano's first season with the team, but lost to rivals América

Club América

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. Romano has qualified for the play offs on six occasions for different teams.

Romano was kidnapped on July 19, 2005 near Xochimilco

Xochimilco

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, in Mexico City

Mexico City

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. He was then rescued on the night of September 21 of 2005, 65 days after the kidnapping, by agents of the Federal Investigation Agency (AFI). He returned to work a few days after. He was relieved of his duties with the club on December 9, 2005 after coaching for eleven matches during which time Cruz Azul won two, drew three and lost five.

Afterwards he was hired by Atlas, he ended the season in last place as he didn't win in the last 11 matches.

He was named head coach of Club América on February 18, 2008 due to president Guillermo Cañedo White's dismissal of Daniel Alberto Brailovsky after a run of disappointing results. On April 30, 2008, Romano finally announced his resignation from the team right after a 4-2 loss to Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo

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 in the Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores 2008

The 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Santander. As such, the competition is officially the 2008 Copa Santander...

. Ironically Club América

Club América

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 won the next three matches, including a 0-3 against Flamengo in the Maracanã Stadium. He was presented as the head coach of Santos Laguna on December 5, 2009. With the Santos Laguna, on his first tournament he got the team to the final, and on the second tournament he has the Santos on the first place on the table and of goals. He ceased to coach Santos Laguna on Feb. 20 2011, after losing several home games and making obscene gestures at the fans.