Curro Romero

Curro Romero
Romero fighting a Núñez del Cuvillo bull at the El Puerto de Santa María bullring.
Personal information
Birth nameFrancisco Romero López
NicknameEl Faraón de Camas
NationalitySpanish
Born (1933-12-01) 1 December 1933 (age 90)
Camas, Seville, Spain
Monument(s)Statue at la Maestranza, Seville
Home townCamas, Seville, Spain
OccupationBullfighter
Years active1954–1999
AgentJosé Brageli
Antonio Chaves[1]
Manuel Cisneros Lacruz[2]
José Ignacio Sánchez Mejías
apoderados[3]
Spouse(s)Concha Márquez Piquer
Carmen Tello Barbadillo
ChildrenConcha Romero Márquez
Coral Romero Márquez (d. 1986)
Parents
  • Francisco Romero Velázquez (father)
  • Andrea López Expósito (mother)
Relative(s)María Romero López (sister)
Buendía Romero López (sister)
Websitehttp://www.curro-romero.com/

Francisco Romero López (Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko roˈmeɾo ˈlopeθ]; born 1 December 1933), better known as Curro Romero (Spanish: [ˈkuro roˈmeɾo]), and nicknamed El Faraón de Camas ("The Pharaoh of Camas"),[4] is a Spanish bullfighter. He began his professional career in his hometown's La Pañoleta neighbourhood on 22 August 1954, together with José Martínez Limeño.[5]

  1. ^ "ROMERO, CURRO". andalupedia.es (in Spanish). Andalupedia. 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  2. ^ Crivell, Carlos (18 December 2016). "Murió Manolo Cisneros, antiguo apoderado de Curro Romero". sevillatoro.es (in Spanish). Sevillatoro. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference claves was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Suárez-Guanes, José Luis (January 2010). "Curro Romero, mítico 'Faraón de Camas'" (in Spanish). El Mundo. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Curro Romero". tauroarte.com (in Spanish). Tauroarte. 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

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