Miguel Montaño (born June 25, 1991) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Victoria Hotspurs in Malta.
 Montaño playing for the Seattle Sounders in 2010. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Eduardo Montaño Bejarano | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Palmira, Colombia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Victoria Hotspurs | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006 | Deportivo Pereira | ||
| 2007 | Selección Palmira | ||
| 2008 | Envigado | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Quilmes | 19 | (13) |
| 2010 | → Seattle Sounders FC (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2011 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Montreal Impact (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2012 | Montreal Impact | 3 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Deportivo Cali (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Uniautónoma | 11 | (1) |
| 2014 | Quilmes | 4 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Victoria Hotspurs | 9 | (14) |
| 2018 | Orsomarso | 14 | (2) |
| 2019– | Victoria Hotspurs | ||
| International career | |||
| 2010 | Colombia U20 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:30, 9 May 2019 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editMontaño began his career in the youth ranks of Deportivo Pereira in 2006 before moving to Selección Palmira the following season. In 2008, he joined Envigado and was a top prospect for the club scoring 18 goals in 24 matches with the reserve team. His play while on the books of the Envigado reserve team helped him draw interest from Argentina's Quilmes. He joined Quilmes in 2009 and scored 13 goals in 19 appearances for the club.
On March 17, 2010, Montaño joined Seattle Sounders FC on loan from Quilmes.[1][2][3] He made his debut for the club in a 4-0 loss at home to the Los Angeles Galaxy.[4] On March 14, 2011, Seattle announced that they had re-signed Montaño.[5]
He was sent on loan to NASL club Montreal Impact on August 15, 2011.[6] While on loan with Montreal he appeared in six league matches scoring one goal. Montaño impressed the club and on December 7, 2011 it was announced that he would be joining the club permanently during their inaugural season in Major League Soccer.[7]
Montreal announced in December 2012 that Montaño would not return for the 2013 season.[8]
In July 2014, Montaño rejoined his first professional club Quilmes in Argentine Primera División.[9]
Miguel Montano joined Victoria Hotspurs after trials in the BOV Premier League in Malta during the summer months. Montano was very present throughout September in the first matches of the Gozo Championship 2015/2016.[10]
On 28 January 2019, Victoria Hotspurs announced, that they had re-signed Miguel for the rest of the 2018/19 season.[11] Migual had been away from the club since the end of the 2015/16 season, and had meanwhile been playing for Orsomarso in his home country.[12]
International career
editMontaño made his debut for the Colombia Under-20 national team in 2010.
Career statistics
edit| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Argentina | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
| 2009–2010 | Quilmes | Primera B Nacional | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 |
| USA | League | Open Cup | North America | Total | ||||||
| 2010 | Seattle Sounders FC | Major League Soccer | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Canada | League | Voyageurs Cup | North America | Total | ||||||
| 2011 | Montreal Impact (loan) | North American Soccer League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2012 | Montreal Impact | Major League Soccer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Colombia | League | Cup | South America | Total | ||||||
| 2012 | Deportivo Cali (loan) | Categoría Primera A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | Cúcuta Deportivo | Categoría Primera A | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2013 | Uniautónoma | Categoría Primera B | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Total | Argentina | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 13 | |
| USA | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Canada | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Colombia | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 50 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 15 | ||
Honors
editSeattle Sounders
Uniautónoma
References
edit- ^ Joshua Mayers (25 February 2010). "Incoming Colombian starlet Miguel Montaño, links and notes". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ Joshua Mayers (17 March 2010). "Colombian Miguel Montaño thrilled with opportunity to play for Sounders FC". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ Andrew Winner (17 March 2010). "Sounders sign Colombian prospect Montaño". Major League Soccer. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ Donovan leads Galaxy over Sounders
- ^ "Sounders FC Re-Signs Midfielder Miguel Montaño, Signs Keeper Josh Ford - Seattle Sounders Football Club". Archived from the original on 17 March 2011.
- ^ "Midfielder Miguel Montano Loaned to Montreal Impact - Seattle Sounders Football Club". Archived from the original on 17 September 2011.
- ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/12/07/impact-complete-signing-ex-sounders-forward-montano [dead link]
- ^ "Impact exercises 2013 options on 11 players | Montreal Impact". Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
- ^ "Miguel Montaño: "estoy contento con la confianza que me brinda el cuerpo técnico"" [Miguel Montaño: "I'm happy with the confidence that gives me the coaching staff"]. Quilmes Atlético Club (quilmesaclub.org.ar). 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ BOV GFA Players of the Month: Miguel Montano & Daniel Bogdanovic, gozonews.com, 25 November 2015
- ^ Victoria Hotspurs FC sign star Colombian forward Miguel Montano, victoriahotspursfc.com, 28 January 2019
- ^ Orsomarso ganó y es octavo, codigofutbol.co, 21 April 2019
External links
edit- Miguel Montaño at Major League Soccer
- Miguel Montaño at Soccerway