Brian Montenegro
 Montenegro warming up for West Ham, October 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian Guillermo Montenegro Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | 18 June 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Rubio Ñú | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2010 | Tacuary | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010–2011 | Tacuary | 51 | (7) |
| 2011–2012 | Deportivo Maldonado | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → West Ham United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | Tacuary | 7 | (2) |
| 2013– | Rubio Ñú | 1 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011– | Paraguay U20 | 3 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:41, 19 August 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Brian Guillermo Montenegro Martínez (born 18 June 1993) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for Libertad.
Club career
Montenegro began his career at Paraguayan club Tacuary where he made 51 appearances and scored seven goals before joining Maldonado.[2]
West Ham United
He joined West Ham on 29 August 2011 where he signed a season-long loan contract saying, "I am very excited to come here and play in England, especially for a club like West Ham. I am hoping to get a chance to show the fans what I can do."[2][3] Montenegro's debut game came on 8 January 2012 in a 1–0 FA Cup third round away defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.[4] At the end of the season, a new contract was not agreed and he returned to Paraguay.[5][6]
Tacuary
He came on as a second-half substitute for Tacuary in their match against Libertad in August 2012.[7]
International career
Montenegro has played for Paraguay's Under-20 side and featured in the 2011 South American Youth Championship in January 2011.
Montenegro was included in the Paraguay's Under-20 squad for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey. He scored one of the best goals in the tournament with an overhead kick in a 1-1 draw with Greece on 28 June 2013.[8]
References
- ↑ "Player Profile". Footballzz.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Brian Montenegro". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ↑ "Montenegro signs". www.whufc.com. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ↑ "Sheffield Wed 1 - 0 West Ham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ↑ "Brian vuelve a Inglaterra". ABC Color (in Spanish). 25 June 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ↑ "Brian Montenegro no queda en West Ham". ABC Color (in Spanish). 14 July 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ↑ "Brian Montenegro". footballzz.co.uk. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ↑ "Overhead Golazo! Brian Montenegro (Paraguay U-20) vs Greece U-20". inside World Soccer. Retrieved 29 June 2013.