Roberto Romei

Machine-translated from the Italian article

Roberto Romei (Genoa, 1 September 1957 – Genoa, 4 April 2025) was an Italian footballer who played as a full-back. A full-back of great temperament and tenacity, nicknamed Picchia by fans for his fierceness and occasional excess of roughness, he grew up in Sampdoria's youth sector and made his Serie A debut for the blucerchiati on 18 May 1975, the last matchday of the 1974–75 championship, in a home defeat (3–4) to Fiorentina. After a season without appearing in league matches, he was loaned first to Alessandria in Serie C and then to Pistoiese in Serie B, before returning to Samp, which in the meantime had been relegated to the second tier.