Joni Montiel

Joni Montiel
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Montiel Caballero
Date of birth (1998-09-03) 3 September 1998
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Rayo Vallecano
Number 26
Youth career
2010–2016 Rayo Vallecano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Rayo Vallecano B 33 (7)
2015– Rayo Vallecano 10 (0)
National team‡
2014 Spain U17 2 (0)
2016 Spain U18 2 (0)
2016– Spain U19 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 August 2016

Jonathan "Joni" Montiel Caballero (born 3 September 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Rayo Vallecano.

Club career

Montiel was born in El Pozo del Tío Raimundo, Puente de Vallecas, Madrid.[1][2] He joined Rayo Vallecano's youth setup in 2010 at the age of 11. He made his senior debut on 25 October 2015, starting with the reserves in a 1–1 Tercera División home draw against Fútbol Alcobendas Sport.[3]

Montiel was first included in a first team matchday squad at the age of 17, remaining an unused substitute in Rayo Vallecano's 3–1 loss at neighbours Getafe CF in the last 32 second leg of the season's Copa del Rey, advancing on the away goals rule.[4] Four days later, he featured in a La Liga game for the first time, playing the final ten minutes in place of Zé Castro as the team lost 10–2 at Real Madrid;[5] aged 17 years and 108 days, he became the youngest player ever to appear for the club in an official match, surpassing Isi by 32 days.[6]

On 24 April 2016 Montiel scored his first senior goal, netting the second for the B's in a 3–0 home win against AD Parla.[7] In the 2016 summer, after the main squad's relegation, he was definitely promoted to José Ramón Sandoval's team.

References

  1. ↑ "Del barrio al Santiago Bernabeu" [From the neighborhood to Santiago Bernabéu] (in Spanish). Mucha Calidad. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Raúl Uche y Joni Montiel: “Todo por el barrio”" [Raúl Uche and Joni Montiel: "Everything for the neighborhood"] (in Spanish). Vallecas Web. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rayo B, punto por punto" [Rayo B, point by point] (in Spanish). Vavel. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Cornago, Eduardo (19 December 2015). "Joni Montiel, novedad en la lista del Rayo Vallecano" [Joni Montiel, new name in Rayo Vallecano's list] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Goles no son amores" [Goals are not lovers] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Joni Montiel, la esperanza de Vallecas" [Joni Montiel, the hope of Vallecas] (in Spanish). Capital Deporte. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Rayo Vallecano B 3–0 Parla | Permanencia a lo grande" [Rayo Vallecano B 3–0 Parla | Permanence through the big door] (in Spanish). El Gol de Madriz. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
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