Gastón Montero

Not to be confused with Alejo Montero.

Gastón Montero
Personal information
Full name Gastón Eduardo Montero
Date of birth (1986-03-23) 23 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Almirante Brown
Youth career
Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Vélez Sarsfield 5 (0)
2008 Gimnasia y Esgrima 10 (0)
2009 Los Andes 16 (2)
2009 San Martín SJ 1 (0)
2010 San Martín T. 11 (0)
2010–2011 Platense 19 (0)
2011–2014 Estudiantes 91 (3)
2014 Deportivo Morón 17 (0)
2015–2020 Deportivo Riestra 142 (4)
2020 Almirante Brown 3 (0)
2021 Deportivo Riestra 11 (1)
2022– Almirante Brown 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:30, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Gastón Eduardo Montero (born 23 March 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Almirante Brown.[2]

Career

Montero started his career with Primera División side Vélez Sarsfield.[3] After five top-flight appearances for the club, Montero moved across the division in 2008 to Gimnasia y Esgrima.[3] He participated in five fixtures in both the 2007–08 and 2008–09 campaigns.[2][3] Montero departed midway through the latter, signing for Los Andes of Primera B Nacional.[4] He scored on his debut for them, netting in a 3–2 victory over Defensa y Justicia on 13 February 2009.[2][5] A further goal against Instituto arrived in eighteen total appearances.[2] Montero split his time in 2009–10 with San Martín namesakes from San Juan and San Miguel de Tucumán.[2]

After spending twelve months with Platense in Primera B Metropolitana, Montero completed a move to Estudiantes on 13 July 2011.[2][3][6] His first goal for them came in a 1–1 draw on 14 October 2012 with Brown, a fixture that also saw him sent off in stoppage time.[2] Deportivo Morón became Montero's eighth team in mid-2014, though the defender would depart in the succeeding January to fellow third tier outfit Deportivo Riestra.[2][7] Eighty-seven matches and three goals came across 2015, 2016 and 2016–17, with the latter concluding with promotion via the play-offs; though they were subsequently relegated back after one season.[8][9]

After one hundred and fifty-one appearances and four goals in five years with Riestra, Montero departed in August 2020 to Almirante Brown; reuniting with Jorge Benítez, who managed Montero at Riestra between July 2016 and September 2018.[10][11]

Career statistics

As of 30 August 2020.[2][1][3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vélez Sarsfield 2006–07 Primera División 0 0 0 0 — 1[a] 0 0 0 1 0
2007–08 5 0 0 0 — — 0 0 5 0
Total 5 0 0 0 — 1 0 0 0 6 0
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2007–08 Primera División 5 0 0 0 — — 0 0 5 0
2008–09 5 0 0 0 — — 0 0 5 0
Total 10 0 0 0 — — 0 0 10 0
Los Andes 2008–09 Primera B Nacional 16 2 0 0 — — 2[b] 0 18 2
San Martín (SJ) 2009–10 1 0 0 0 — — 0 0 1 0
San Martín (T) 11 0 0 0 — — 0 0 11 0
Platense 2010–11 Primera B Metropolitana 19 0 0 0 — — 0 0 19 0
Estudiantes 2011–12 23 1 1 0 — — 0 0 24 1
2012–13 33 2 4 0 — — 0 0 37 2
2013–14 35 0 6 0 — — 0 0 41 0
Total 91 3 11 0 — — 0 0 102 3
Deportivo Morón 2014 Primera B Metropolitana 17 0 0 0 — — 1[b] 0 18 0
Deportivo Riestra 2015 35 2 3 0 — — 0 0 38 2
2016 17 0 0 0 — — 0 0 17 0
2016–17 28 1 1 0 — — 3[b] 0 32 1
2017–18 Primera B Nacional 13 1 1 0 — — 0 0 14 1
2018–19 Primera B Metropolitana 30 0 1 0 — — 0 0 31 0
2019–20 Primera B Nacional 19 0 0 0 — — 0 0 19 0
Total 142 4 6 0 — — 3 0 151 4
Almirante Brown 2020–21 Primera B Metropolitana 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Career total 312 9 17 0 — 1 0 6 0 336 9
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in the Primera B Metropolitana play-offs

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gastón Montero". World Football. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Argentina - G. Montero". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Ficha Estadistica de GASTON MONTERO". BDFA. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Los refuerzos del plantel: Gastón Montero y Walte". Los Andes. 14 January 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Montero cree en la "mentalidad ganadora" del "Milrayitas"". AUNO. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Carta abierta a Gastón Montero". Platense a lo Ancho. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Firmó Gastón Montero". Mundo Ascenso. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Deportivo Riestra: "La visita de Maradona es única"". Vermouth Deportivo. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Montero:"Queríamos festejar hoy y nos quedamos con las ganas"". Mundo Ascenso. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Gastón Montero, otro conocido del Morrón Benítez que llega al Mirasol". El1Digital. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Gastón Montero: "Hay un grupo ya armado y eso es lo bueno"". El1Digital. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.