Francesco Romano (born 25 April 1960, in Saviano) is a retired Italian footballer, who played as a midfielder.
Romano was a creative deep-lying playmaker with notable technical ability, vision, passing, and tactical intelligence, who excelled at dictating the tempo of his team's play in midfield, and at providing assists for teammates.
After joining Napoli from Triestina in October 1986, he won a Serie A-Coppa Italia double during his first season, the club's first ever league title, starring in a team which featured Diego Maradona; Romano later also added the 1988–89 UEFA Cup to his trophy cabinet during his time with the club.
Despite being named in the Italy Squad by manager Azeglio Vicini for the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship's, where the team reached the semi-finals, he never earned an official cap for Italy at the senior level after being an unused substitute in the tournament.
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