Fausto Montero

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Fausto Montero
Personal information
Full name Fausto Emanuel Montero
Date of birth (1988-10-22) 22 October 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Paraná, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Atlanta
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2016 Unión Santa Fe 129 (9)
2013–2014Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) 9 (0)
2016–2017 Independiente Rivadavia 34 (0)
2017–2020 Argentinos Juniors 45 (0)
2021 Sarmiento 8 (0)
2022–2024 Deportivo Maipú 106 (10)
2025– Atlanta 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:04, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Fausto Emanuel Montero (born 22 October 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Atlanta. [1]

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Career

Unión Santa Fe was Montero's first senior career club, who he began featuring for in the 2008–09 Primera B Nacional season. [1] [2] Aldosivi were the opponents in his debut appearance, Montero was subbed on for the final minutes of a 0–3 victory. [1] In his fourth league match for Unión Santa Fe, Montero scored for the first time during a Primera B Nacional fixture with Deportivo Merlo. [1] In total, he made ninety-nine appearances and scored eight goals in his first five seasons with the club. [1] In July 2013, Montero joined Arsenal de Sarandí on loan. [1] [3] Twelve appearances followed in all competitions. [1]

He returned to Unión Santa Fe for 2014 and 2015, prior to departing to sign for Primera B Nacional's Independiente Rivadavia on 1 August 2016. [1] [4] [5] He was subsequently selected in thirty-four matches by managers Martín Astudillo and Alfredo Berti; the latter leading them to a fourth-place finish. [1] Argentine Primera División side Argentinos Juniors completed the signing of Montero ahead of the 2017–18 campaign. [1] [6] He made his Argentinos Juniors debut against River Plate on 24 September 2017, which was followed by his 200th career appearance eight months later versus Vélez Sarsfield. [1]

Career statistics

As of 2 October 2018. [1]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] League CupContinental [b] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Unión Santa Fe 2008–09 Primera B Nacional 10000010
2009–10 91000091
2010–11 3550000355
2011–12 Primera División 2821000292
2012–13 2500000250
2013–14 00000000
2014 Primera B Nacional 1600000160
2015 Primera División 1511000161
2016 00000000
Total129920001319
Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) 2013–14 Primera División 90102 [c] 000120
Independiente Rivadavia 2016–17 Primera B Nacional 3401000350
Argentinos Juniors 2017–18 Primera División 2101000220
2018–19 40100050
Total2502000270
Career total19796020002059
  1. Includes the Copa Argentina
  2. Includes the Copa Libertadores
  3. Two appearances in the 2014 Copa Libertadores

Honours

Arsenal de Sarandí [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Fausto Montero at Soccerway
  2. "Ficha Estadistica de FAUSTO MONTERO". BDFA. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. "El paranaense Fausto Montero jugará en Arsenal de Sarandí". Analisis Digital. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. "Fausto Montero siempre estará en la Memo-ria del hincha tatengue". El Litoral. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. "Llegaron tres pero Leo limpió a cuatro: se va Rivas". El Litoral. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. "Fausto Montero jugará en Argentinos". Sin Mordaza. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.