Ariel Montenegro
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ariel Alfredo Montenegro Casella | ||
| Date of birth | 3 November 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1998 | San Lorenzo | 85 | (11) |
| 1998 | Belgrano | 19 | (7) |
| 1999–2000 | Independiente | 40 | (5) |
| 2000–2005 | Córdoba | 129 | (19) |
| 2005–2006 | Pontevedra | 17 | (1) |
| 2006 | Numancia | 19 | (8) |
| 2006–2008 | Hércules | 56 | (8) |
| 2008–2009 | Gimnasia Jujuy | 12 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Lucena | 25 | (2) |
| 2010–2012 | Peñarroya | ||
| Total | 402 | (63) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Ariel Alfredo Montenegro Casella (born 3 November 1975) is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
He also held an Italian passport, and spent most of his career in Spain, amassing Segunda División totals of 204 games and 35 goals over the course of eight seasons, mainly at the service of Córdoba.
Football career
Born in Buenos Aires, Montenegro played in his country for San Lorenzo de Almagro, Club Atlético Belgrano and Club Atlético Independiente, teaming up with sibling Daniel in the latter. In 2000 he moved to Spain, signing with Segunda División's Córdoba CF and remaining in the country the following eight years, without however making his debuts in La Liga; he also teamed up for CD Numancia and Hércules CF in the category.
In the latter nation, Montenegro represented Pontevedra CF and Lucena CF in Segunda División B, returning to his homeland in between to play for Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy. In 2010 he moved back to Spain and joined lowly Peñarroya CF, retiring at nearly 37 after one season with the club – his second – in the regional championships.
Personal life
Montenegro's younger brother, Daniel, was also a footballer and a midfielder. He two played in Spain, and was an Argentine international.[1]
References
- ↑ Los Montenegro gritaron goles en dos direcciones (The Montenegro shouted goal in two directions); Clarín, 14 March 2009 (Spanish)
External links
- Argentine League statistics (Spanish)
- Ariel Montenegro profile at BDFutbol
- Stats at Footballdatabase
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Argentine emigrants to Italy
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
- Argentine footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Argentine Primera División players
- San Lorenzo footballers
- Club Atlético Belgrano footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy footballers
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Córdoba CF footballers
- Pontevedra CF footballers
- CD Numancia players
- Hércules CF players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Argentine expatriates in Spain
