Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Romo began his development at CD Pamplona and played his first years of senior football with the reserve teams of Athletic Bilbao and Deportivo Alavés in Segunda División B.
After a playing career as a midfielder, he began managing in 1997, in the first of three spells at Barakaldo. He spent most of his managerial career in Segunda División B, and had a brief spell in the Segunda División with Recreativo de…