Jurguens Montenegro

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Jurguens Montenegro
Personal information
Full name Jurguens Josafat Montenegro Vallejo
Date of birth (2000-12-13) 13 December 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Alajuelense
Number 9
Youth career
2016–2018 Alajuelense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Alajuelense 59 (16)
2019 → Cartaginés (loan) 17 (3)
2020 → Jicaral (loan) 19 (8)
2021 → Bolívar (loan) 11 (1)
National team‡
2018 Costa Rica U20 6 (1)
2020– Costa Rica U23 3 (0)
2021– Costa Rica 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:50, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:50, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Jurguens Josafat Montenegro Vallejo (born 13 December 2000) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bolivian club Club Bolívar on loan from Liga FPD club Alajuelense.

Club career[]

LD Alajuelense[]

Growing up in Fray Casiano, Chacarita, Puntarenas, Montenegro played a lot matches on the beach along the central Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Montenegro left his home when he was 16 years old to move to the province of Alajuela to play for the academy teams of the LD Alajuelense in mid 2016, after the club discovered him.[2][3] As revealed by Montenegro, he sometimes had to borrow money to go to train with Alajuelense and also went out several times with his stepfather to fish.[4] He started on the clubs U17 team and in just 12 games, scored 16 goals.

On 5 November 2017, 17-year old Montenegro got his professional debut for Alajuelense against A.D. Municipal Liberia in the Liga FPD, when he came on as a substitute for Barlon Sequeira in the 77th minute.[3] He played a total of 74 minutes, spread over four games, in that season. In the 2018–19 season, he played 557 minutes in 14 games and scored two goals.

Loan spells[]

To continue his development and add some more minutes, Montenegro was loaned out to C.S. Cartaginés on 17 July 2020 for six months.[5][6] Montenegro played 17 games and scored three goals for the club.

Returning to the club at the end of 2019, he was loaned out once again, this time to A.D.R. Jicaral until June 2020.[7] Here, he played 19 games, 15 of them as a starter and 4 as a substitute, and scored eight goals.

Return to Alajuelense[]

He returned to Alajuelense in the summer 2020[8] Although starting the pre-season with an injury, Montenegro played in the first ten games for Alajuelense. In October 2020, Montenegro's agent revealed, that there was interest in Montenegro from international clubs.[9]

On 27 July 2021 it was confirmed, that Montenegro had joined Bolivian club Club Bolívar on a one-year loan with an option to buy.[10] However, Bolívar didn't trigger the option, and Montenegro returned to Alajuelense at the end of 2021, after 1 goal in 11 games for the Bolivian club.[11][12]

International career[]

On 26 October 2018, Montenegro was called up for the Costa Rican U20 national team to participate in the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship that started on 1 November in the United States. Montenegro scored his first goal in the first game against the Bermuda U-20 on November 1, 2018, in Costa Rica's 5–0 victory. He played a total of six games in the tournament.

Montenegro also played games for Costa Rica U23 during 2020.[13] In August 2020, he was also called up for the training of the Costa Rican A-national team.[14]

He made his debut for Costa Rica national football team on 3 June 2021 in a CONCACAF Nations League semi-final against Mexico. He substituted Randall Leal in the 85th minute.[15]

Honours[]

Alajuelense

Personal life[]

Family[]

In the summer 2020, Montenegro revealed that he came from a family with financial difficulties and that his father was an alcoholic.[4] He also said, that when he sometimes goes to visit his hometown Fray Casiano, Chacarita, Puntarenas, he finds his father on the streets.

References[]

  1. ^ Jurguens Montenegro at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Jurguens Montenegro is Making his Dreams Become Reality, agrinzonis.com
  3. ^ a b (VIDEO) JURGENS MONTENEGRO, EL DELANTERO QUE DESCUBRIÓ LA LIGA EN UNOS JUEGOS ESTUDIANTILES, lda.cr, 13 September 2018
  4. ^ a b Jurguens Montenegro desea brillar en el fútbol para sacar a su padre del alcoholismo, espn.com.mx, 1 June 2020
  5. ^ Jurguens Montenegro no jugará con Alajuelense la próxima temporada, futbolcentroamerica.com, 17 July 2020
  6. ^ JURGUENS MONTENEGRO JUGARÁ A PRÉSTAMO EN EL CLUB SPORT CARTAGINÉS, lda.cr, 17 July 2020
  7. ^ Jurguens Montenegro será nuevo jugador de Jicaral y llegará sin «cláusula del miedo», amprensa.com, 31 December 2019
  8. ^ Jurguens Montenegro regresa a la casa manuda, yashinquesada.com, 6 July 2020
  9. ^ Jurguens Montenegro, la perla de Alajuelense que empieza a llamar la atención en el extranjero, espn.com.co, 10 October 2020
  10. ^ Jurguens Montenegro leaves the League and takes route to South America, world-today-news.com, 27 July 2021
  11. ^ Jurguens Montenegro dejaría el Club Bolívar y sería el tercer refuerzo manudo, columbia.co.cr, 21 December 2021
  12. ^ Jurguens Montenegro volvió a Alajuelense con gol en partido amistoso, teletica.com, 5 January 2022
  13. ^ Preolímpica finaliza microciclo con dos victorias ante El Salvador, fedefutbol.com, 27 February 2020
  14. ^ La Sele volvió a los entrenamientos, futbolcentroamerica.com, 25 August 2020
  15. ^ "Mexico v Costa Rica game report". ESPN. 3 June 2021.

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