Fredy Montero

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Fredy Montero
Montero vs Dallas.jpg
Fredy Montero in July 2010
Personnel
Surname Fredy Henkyer Montero Muñoz Jr.
birthday July 26, 1987
place of birth Campo de la Cruz ,  Colombia
size 176 cm
position striker
Juniors
Years station
2000-2005 Deportivo Cali
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2005-2010 Deportivo Cali 72 (25)
2005 →  Academia FC  (loan)
2006-2007 →  Atlético Huila  (loan) 39 (16)
2009-2013 Seattle Sounders FC 119 (47)
2013 →  Millonarios FC  (loan) 22 0(8)
2013-2016 Sporting Lisbon 67 (27)
2016-2017 Tianjin Teda 29 0(9)
2017 →  Vancouver Whitecaps  (loan) 36 (14)
2018-2019 Sporting Lisbon 9 0(2)
2019– Vancouver Whitecaps 0 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2007-2009 Colombia 4 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of February 16, 2019

2 As of February 16, 2019

Fredy Henkyer Montero Muñoz Jr. ( Fredy Montero for short ; born July 26, 1987 in Campo de la Cruz ) is a Colombian football player in the position of a striker , who mostly appears as a classic center forward. He has been under contract with the Canadian club Vancouver Whitecaps since February 2019 .

Club career

Career start at home

Fredy Montero was born in the summer of 1987 in the municipality of Campo de la Cruz or the city of the same name in the south of the Colombian department Atlántico as the son of the policeman Fredy Montero Senior and his wife Jaynne Montero. The young striker is the oldest descendant of his parents; he also has two younger sisters and a younger brother. Already in his youth he could be found at soccer tournaments as a top scorer. After completing a trial training session at the Colombian major club Deportivo Cali at the age of 13 , he immediately moved to the club's youth department in 2000. There he was mainly in the youth team until 2005, but was brought into the professional team for the first time in 2004, for which he was not used in professional league games until then. He finally made his debut in the Torneo Apertura 2005, the actual Copa Mustang I, in which he was used in a total of eight league games and brought it with the team in the usual closely staggered table to fifth place in the table. During the second season section of the Copa Mustang II spent Montero his time on loan at second-rate gambling Academia FC in the Categoría Primera B . At the same time, his home club Deportivo Cali could just about secure the championship in the first class (only the Copa Mustang II). After running behind his form in the Copa Mustang II 2006 and only made two appearances this season, he was immediately awarded to Atlético Huila at the beginning of the second season . There he acted as a very committed striker and so often scored goals for the team from Huila Province .

Breakthrough at Atlético Huila

It was only at the club from the city ​​of Neiva on the Río Magdalena that Montero was able to take his first major steps in professional football, after he had only sporadically played as a young player at Deportivo Cali under the constant pressure to succeed. With Atlético Huila he was mostly a bit behind in the lower part of the table and over time he fought his way up again and again within the team as a core force. So he was used in the Copa Mustang II in 17 of 18 championship games that were possible, but only brought a modest goal, which was also his first goal in a professional league. At the end of the season, Montero and the team had to compete in the relegation games against the second division club Valledupar FC , but was able to win the two games with a total score of 3-0 and thus fix the remaining in the highest Colombian football league. While his home club from Cali dominated once again and won the championship, Montero was again a regular at Atlético Huila and was also able to celebrate his real big breakthrough. In the course of the championship and the subsequent final rounds, he was used in a total of 22 matches, in which he scored 13 goals. He was alongside veteran Sergio Galván Rey from Atlético Nacional , who also scored 13 times, the most successful goalscorer in the entire league. Due to the successes with Atlético Huila and the expiring one-year contract with the club, Fredy Montero returned to his actual club in the Colombian capital at the end of the season, where he initially had some difficulties to follow up on the performances of the previous season.

Return to Cali

Even at Deportivo Cali, the agile and often tricky striker, who had previously been courted by various European clubs, quickly worked his way up to a regular player in the attacking line of the capital club. He was used in 17 of 18 games of the Copa Mustang II in 2007, scored three goals, but could not really prevail with the team and only ended up in twelfth place in the repeatedly very closely staggered table. After a total of 22 championship appearances (league + final rounds) and a record of six goals scored, the team managed to recover and fought their way to sixth place in the table. In the Copa Mustang II of 2008, Montero was able to show off his offensive performances once again. In 16 completed league games he scored 13 goals and was also successful as a goalscorer three times in all six completed games of the final rounds. With a total of 16 goals, he was named the sole top scorer of the Copa Mustang II 2008.

Change to the USA on loan

Fredy Montero in the game against FC Dallas in July 2010; on the right: Jair Benítez (5) and Heath Pearce (4)

Despite the interest of some European clubs, including the Spanish club Betis Sevilla , Fredy Montero moved to Seattle Sounders FC on loan in January 2009 , with whom he started in their first season in Major League Soccer (MLS). In the first season, Montero not only acted as by far the most dangerous striker in the team, but was also one of the strongest and most dangerous players in the league. In his total of 27 league appearances, he scored twelve goals and gave seven assists. He was a little behind Jeff Cunningham (17 goals) and Conor Casey (16 goals) in third place on the league-wide scorers list, although several players scored twelve goals this season. Montero's performance was already evident in the preparation phase for the 2009 season , where he scored as many goals in nine test matches. His first MLS appearance was in the season opener against the New York Red Bulls , where he was used from the start and scored the first professional league goal in the history of the MLS franchise in the twelfth minute of the game. In the further course of the game, where he formed a congenial striker duo with the experienced MLS player and former Austria legionnaire Nate Jaqua , as he actually did throughout the season, he also scored a second goal and was one of the main responsible for the 3: 0 success of his team in this home game in front of a sold-out Qwest Field .

In the further course of the season he quickly established himself in the MLS and acted as one of the best players in the entire league. While rather small awards, such as the multiple award for player of the evening or player of the month in March 2009, he was also rewarded at the end of the season with the " MLS Newcomer of the Year Award ", which is given annually to the best newcomer of the season . He was also named "Breakout Player of the Year" by FOX Pan American Sports LLC at the end of the season . Two of his goals, one from the first round and one from the second round, were named goal of the round, and another goal against New England Revolution on September 26, 2009 was even a finalist for MLS Goal of the Year . Due to his achievements, he was also elected the team's top scorer and was also on July 29, 2009 in the squad for the MLS All-Star Games , where he was used over the entire first half of the game. With 86 shots Montero was at the end of the season in this category in first place and was the second most fouled in the entire league (62 fouls). The Colombian also played both of his team's play-offs and was one of the main contributors to their triumph in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup in 2009 , when the team beat DC United 2-1 in the cup final for the first time in their short history . Due to his opening goal in the 67th minute of the game and his performance throughout the game, he was also voted player of the evening at the end of the encounter. As early as August 2009, those responsible for Major League Soccer negotiated with Montero's regular club Deportivo Cali about the transfer rights of the fast attacking player. However, further details about these rights were never disclosed.

Highly advertised loan player

Fredy Montero (left) in action against Sébastien Le Toux (2010)
Fredy Montero in training at Seattle Sounders FC (2009)

After his remarkable performance in his first MLS season, several top international clubs announced their interest in the young Colombian. At that time he was already in contact with the Turkish club Fenerbahçe Istanbul . In an interview with a Colombian radio station, he said that he was already in contact with the Russian club CSKA Moscow , but the club from Russia denied it. At the end of May 2010, Montero was finally associated with a German club. There should have been contact with the Hertha BSC club . Almost a year earlier, Montero had already hit the headlines when he was accused of sexual assault , but the whole thing afterwards turned out to be a misunderstanding. The 2010 season was just as successful for Montero from a sporting point of view as the previous season. In a total of 29 league appearances, he scored ten goals and as many assists. While he was only ranked tenth on the scorer list with other players, he was in fifth place with three other players with his assists. He led his club in almost every category in the offensive statistics. He was with his ten goals and ten assists, as well as 91 shots, 34 shots on goal, 44 committed fouls and 60 sustained fouls in first place within the team. Together with him, his team-mate Steve Zakuani scored the same number of goals.

Furthermore, Montero, who was used for the team in the various competitions this season in 40 games, started in 35 from the start and scored twelve goals and contributed eleven assists, was named Player of the Month for July 2010 and made it because of his Performances again in the line-up of the MLS All-Star Games 2010, where he was only listed as an inactive All-Star . In November 2010, the young Colombian received the Green Card , which is a permanent residence and work permit in the USA. Through this, Montero could now also be accepted by the North American clubs and no longer had to act as a loan player. In addition, Montero, who was also used in two play-off games at the end of the season, was also used in the CONCACAF Champions League 2010/11 and played all six of his team's group games before the team finished bottom of the current competition retired. He succeeded on July 28, 2010 in a 1-0 victory over the Honduran club CD Marathón also his first and so far only CL goal. Furthermore, Montero was also one of the main responsible for the renewed victory in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 2010 , where they defeated the Columbus crew 2-1 in the final . Both of the Sounders' goals were scored by the young Sanna Nyassi . Due to this success, the team will again take part in the CONCACAF Champions League in 2011/12 .

Fixed commitment by the Seattle Sounders

After receiving the green card in November 2010, Montero was that in December 2010 in the Designated Player Rule , an existing since 2007 regulation that allows MLS franchises, even to commit players to the salary cap ( salary cap lie) , fell as a permanent signing for Seattle Sounders FC in the 2011 season . In the current season he has so far (as of April 11, 2011) been used in three goalless championship games. After Juan Pablo Ángel (2007) and Fabián Castillo , who joined in 2011, he is one of three Colombian compatriots who already fell under this rule.

Sporting Lisbon

On June 22, 2013 Montero was loaned to the Portuguese first division club Sporting Lisbon. The Sounders received $ 1.2 million on loan and gave Sporting an option to purchase the player. This was drawn on January 30, 2014.

National team career

After he was previously used in the junior teams of his home country, Fredy Montero was called up after or during his successful season 2007 for the first time in the senior national team of Colombia , where he made his debut in an international match against Panama . Another use followed on October 11, 2007 in a qualifying game of the South American zone against Paraguay from the start and was replaced from the 55th minute of the game. Further drafts and assignments followed in the following years. His first and so far only goal for the senior national team of his home country, he scored in an unofficial international match against the Catalan football team on December 28, 2008; the game ended in a 2-1 defeat by Colombia.

successes

with Deportivo Cali
with Atlético Huila
with Seattle Sounders FC

Web links

Commons : Fredy Montero  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes & individual references

  1. ↑ Combined deployment data from the data from playerhistory.com and the MLS homepage
  2. ↑ Whitecaps FC bring back MLS All-Star striker Fredy Montero , accessed February 15, 2019
  3. ↑ a b c Seattle signs Colombian striker Montero ( Memento April 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 11, 2011
  4. ↑ a b Sounders FC 3: 0 New York Red Bulls ( Memento from December 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) | Start Spreading the News - We're Top of the League, accessed April 11, 2011.
  5. ^ Report: Fredy Montero's rights now belong to MLS , accessed April 11, 2011.
  6. ↑ Will both Montero and Ljungberg leave? (English), accessed April 11, 2011.
  7. ↑ Is Montero coming? ( Memento of April 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed April 11, 2011.
  8. ↑ World Football: Seattle Sounders Forward Fredy Montero To CSKA Moscow? (English), accessed April 11, 2011
  9. ↑ Mad Ramos Plan | Consultant offers 2 strikers in exchange for the Hertha star , accessed on April 11, 2011
  10. ↑ Agent defends Sounders FC soccer star Fredy Montero , accessed April 11, 2011
  11. ↑ Kasey Keller, Fredy Montero and (perhaps surprisingly) Freddie Ljungberg named inactive all-stars by MLS , accessed April 11, 2011
  12. ^ Montero Becomes Third Designated Player , accessed April 11, 2011
  13. ↑ Lista oficial de convocados para partidos amistosos en Estados Unidos (Spanish), accessed on April 11, 2011
  14. ↑ Colombia vence 2-1 a El Salvador en juego amistoso en Houston (Spanish), accessed April 11, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Montero, Fredy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Montero Muñoz Jr., Fredy Henkyer (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Campo de la Cruz , Colombia