Johnnier Montaño
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Johnnier Esteiner Montaño Caicedo[1] | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alianza Lima | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 February 2008 | |||
Johnnier Montaño (born 14 January 1983 in Bogotá) is a Colombian professional footballer.
Career
Montaño was a highly-rated young player at Quilmes in Argentina and set records by featuring for the Colombian National Team at the young age of 15, doing well enough to earn a spot on the team that went to the 1999 Copa America. Montaño scored the final goal in a 3-0 win for Colombia over Argentina in a game best remembered for Martin Palermo missing 3 penalty kicks. He later went on to represent Colombia at the 2001 South American Youth Championships. He made his last appearance for the full national team in 2003.
Earning recognition on the international scene at such a young age, Montaño was considered a potential star, and signed for Italian club Parma in 1999 along with team-mate Jorge Bolaño. Over the new few years Montaño suffered personal problems, and he was repeatedly loaned out after failing to break into the Parma first team, firstly to Hellas Verona for the 2001-02 season, and then to Piacenza from 2002-2003. He only made limited appearances for both teams, who coincidentally both ended up relegated from Serie A while Montaño was there.
With limited opportunities in Italy, Montaño embarked on a nomadic career, first returning to his native Colombia to sign for America de Cali, and subsequently Independiente Santa Fe. After finishing periods at Al-Wakra in Qatar and Cortuluá back in Colombia, he considered retiring, before enjoying a more successful stint at Sport Boys in Peru.
After scoring 9 goals for Sport Boys, Montaño was wanted by many of the larger Peruvian teams. Both Universitario and Alianza Lima claimed to have signed him, leading to Montaño being temporarily disqualified from playing in Peru.
Montaño is currently linked with a move to Major League Soccer side Toronto FC. Montaño has just played with alianza lima from Peru[2].
References
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Colombian footballers
- Colombia international footballers
- América de Cali footballers
- Independiente Santa Fe footballers
- Quilmes footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Parma F.C. players
- Hellas Verona F.C. players
- Piacenza Calcio players
- Sport Boys footballers
- Alianza Lima footballers