{{short description|American-born Puerto Rican footballer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Franco Gamero |image = |caption = |fullname = Franco Carlos Gamero |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|10|11}} |birth_place = Kearny, New Jersey, U.S. |height = |position = Striker |currentclub = |clubnumber = |youthyears1 = 2009–2013 |youthclubs1 = NJIT Highlanders |years1 = 2013 |clubs1 = NJ-LUSO Rangers |caps1 = 11 |goals1 = 1 |nationalyears1 = 2012 |nationalteam1 = Puerto Rico |nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |club-update = May 19, 2012 |ntupdate = May 19, 2012 }} '''Franco Carlos Gamero''' (born October 11, 1990) is a Puerto Rican former international footballer.
Raised in Kearny, New Jersey, Gamero played prep soccer at Kearny High School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2008/11/three_from_hudson_county_earn.html|title=Three from Hudson County earn Rising Scholars award|first=Tom Shortell/The Jersey|last=Journal|date=November 25, 2008|website=nj}}</ref><ref>[https://njithighlanders.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/franco-gamero/3712 Franco Gamero], NJIT Highlanders. Accessed November 30, 2022. "Hometown: Kearny, NJ High School: Kearny"</ref>
==Career== Gamero has played for NJIT Highlanders.<ref name = "NFT">{{NFT player|pid=46679}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://njithighlanders.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3035|title=Profile|publisher=NJIT Highlanders}}</ref>
Gamero made his senior international debut for Puerto Rico in 2012.<ref name = "NFT"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theobserver.com/2012/02/15/kearny%E2%80%99s-gamero-gets-chance-to-play-with-puerto-rican-national-soccer-team/|title=Kearny's Gamero gets chance to play with Puerto Rican national soccer team|first=The Observer|last=Staff|date=February 16, 2012}}</ref>
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