Marcos Mondaini
 Mondaini with Chivas USA | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcos Gustavo Mondaini | ||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Sáenz Peña, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger, Attacking Midfielder, Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Emelec | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Boca Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2010 | Boca Juniors | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Emelec (loan) | 41 | (13) |
| 2008 | → Barcelona SC (loan) | 21 | (3) |
| 2009 | → Nacional (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 2010 | → Atlético Nacional (loan) | 26 | (4) |
| 2011 | Centro Atlético Fénix | 0 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Chivas USA (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2012– | Emelec | 110 | (18) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 July 2012. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Marcos Gustavo Mondaini (born 14 February 1985 in Sáenz Peña) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Emelec in the Ecuadorian Serie A.
Career
South America
Mondaini began his career in the youth ranks of top Argentine side Boca Juniors, debuting with the first team during the 2004 Apertura season. While with Boca, Mondaini appeared in six league matches.
Mondaini spent the 2006–07 season on loan with Ecuadorian club Emelec. During his one season with Emelec he appeared in 41 matches and scored 13 goals. After the season he was recognized as the top player in Ecuador's Serie A for 2006. In 2008 he returned to Ecuador to play for Emelec's arch-rival, Barcelona SC.[1] While with Barcelona SC he appeared in 21 matches and scored 3 goals. After returning briefly to Boca, Mondaini was loaned out to Uruguay's Nacional. While with Nacional he helped the club in capturing the 2008–09 league title. He also participated in the 2009 Copa Libertadores for Nacional appearing in seven matches and scoring two goals as the club reached the semi-final stage.
In 2010 he joined Colombia's Atlético Nacional. On 31 July 2010, "The devil", in his debut, scored his first goal for Atlético Nacional in a 3–1 defeat against Deportivo Cali in the third round of the Torneo Finalización of Colombia.[2]
United States
Mondaini was loaned from Centro Atlético Fénix of the Uruguayan Primera División to C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer on 1 March 2011.[3] He scored his first goal for his new club on 30 April in a 3–0 win over New England Revolution.
On 7 May 2011 he made a tackle from behind with no chance of getting the ball on Real Salt Lake's Javier Morales, sending him off the field with a dislocated ankle and two broken bones. Morales was out for several months. Mondaini received a suspension of four games: 3 games for the tackle plus 1 game for the red card.[4]
After one season in MLS, Mondaini signed with his former Ecuadorian club Emelec in January 2012.[5]
Honours
Club
- Boca Juniors
- Copa Libertadores Champions: 2007
- Emelec
- Ecuadorian Serie A Runners-up: 2006
- Ecuadorian Serie A Runners-up: 2012
- Ecuadorian Serie A Champions: 2013
Individual
- Ecuadorian Serie A Assist Leader: 2006
- Ecuadorian Serie A Best Foreign Player: 2006
- Ecuadorian Serie A Best Player: 2006
- Ecuadorian Serie A Assist Leader: 2012
See also
- List of current MLS players
References
- ↑ Hincha Amallilo (Spanish)
- ↑ "Deportivo Cali venció 3–1 a Atlético Nacional – ESPN Deportes". Espndeportes.espn.go.com. 1 January 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ↑ Chivas USA Communications (1 March 2011). "Chivas USA acquires Argentine forward Marcos Mondaini | Chivas USA". Cdchivasusa.com. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ↑ http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/05/12/mondaini-suspended-four-games-fined-morales-tackle
- ↑ http://www.ecuavisa.com/deporte-nacional/44274-emelec-confirma-a-mondaini-y-anuncia-a-de-jesus.html
External links
- MLS player profile
- (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
- (Spanish) Estadio.com article, Oct. 5, 2006