Curro Romero
Romero fighting a Núñez del Cuvillo bull at the El Puerto de Santa María bullring. | |
| Personal information | |
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| Birth name | Francisco Romero López |
| Nickname | El Faraón de Camas |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Born | 1 December 1933 Camas, Seville, Spain |
| Monument(s) | Statue at la Maestranza, Seville |
| Home town | Camas, Seville, Spain |
| Occupation | Bullfighter |
| Years active | 1954–1999 |
| Agent | José Brageli Antonio Chaves Manuel Cisneros Lacruz José Ignacio Sánchez Mejías apoderados |
| Spouse(s) | Concha Márquez Piquer Carmen Tello Barbadillo |
| Children | Concha Romero Márquez Coral Romero Márquez (d. 1986) |
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| Relative(s) | María Romero López (sister) Buendía Romero López (sister) |
| Website | http://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"), 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.