Bruno Montelongo

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Bruno Montelongo
Personal information
Full name Bruno Montelongo Gesta
Date of birth (1987-09-12) 12 September 1987 (age 34)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Fenix
Youth career
River Plate Montevideo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 River Plate Montevideo 57 (5)
2010–2011 → Milan (loan) 0 (0)
2011 → Bologna (loan) 0 (0)
2011 → Peñarol (loan) 3 (0)
2012–2017 River Plate Montevideo 88 (11)
2017 Extremadura 13 (1)
2018 Córdoba 0 (0)
2018 Xerez 9 (0)
2019– Fenix 0 (0)
National team
2007 Uruguay U20 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 March 2019

Bruno Montelongo Gesta (born 12 September 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Centro Atlético Fénix.

Club career[]

Montelongo started his professional career with River Plate Montevideo, playing with their first team since 2007. In August 2010, he was loaned out to Italian Serie A club Milan,[1] while River president, Juan José Tudurí has been reported saying that Milan will decide within five or six months whether to fully purchase the player or not.[2]

On 26 January 2011, Bologna announced to have acquired Montelongo's playing rights on loan from Milan, a sub-loan.[3]

Montelongo joined Spanish club Xerez CD on 11 September 2018.[4] Exactly 3 months later the club announced, that they had terminated the players contract because he had received an offer from his home country, that he had accepted.[5] The club turned out to be Centro Atlético Fénix, which he signed for on 8 January 2019.[6]

International career[]

Montelongo has played internationally for Uruguay U-20, taking part in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7]

Statistics[]

As of 26 January 2011.

Team Season Domestic
League 		Domestic
Cup 		Continental
Competition1 		Other
Tournaments2 		Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
River Plate Montevideo 2006–07 11 0 – – – 11 0
2007–08 16 2 – – – 16 2
2008–09 6 0 – 2 0 – 8 0
2009–10 28 6 – 2 1 – 30 7
2010 0 0 – 2 0 – 2 0
Total 61 8 0 0 6 1 0 0 67 9
Milan 2010–11 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Bologna 2011 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Career Total 61 8 0 0 6 1 0 0 67 9

1Continental competitions include Copa Sudamericana and the UEFA Champions League.
2Other tournaments include none to date.

Personal life[]

Though born in Uruguay, Montelongo is of Italian descent and therefore also holds an Italian passport.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Transfer market update". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Bruno Montelongo al AC Milán". ovaciondigital.com.uy (in Spanish). El País. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Bologna: ecco Montelongo". bolognafc.it (in Italian). Bologna Football Club 1909. 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  4. ^ Bruno Montelongo, la nueva ilusión del Xerez CD Archived 2019-03-24 at the Wayback Machine, xerezclubdeportivo.es, 11 September 2018
  5. ^ Xerez CD: Montelongo rescinde y se va a Uruguay, diariodejerez.es, 11 December 2018
  6. ^ UFFICIALE: Fenix, preso l'ex meteora di Milan e Bologna Montelongo, tuttomercatoweb.com, 8 January 2019
  7. ^ "Uruguay - Squad list". fifa.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  8. ^ "Ecco Montelongo un terzino per Allegri". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 27 August 2010. p. 11. Retrieved 1 September 2010.

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