Luis Montes

Luis Montes
Personal information
Full name	Luis Arturo Montes Jiménez
Date of birth	15 May 1986 (age 35)
Place of birth	Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	León
Number	10
Youth career
	Pachuca
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2006	Indios
2007–2013	Pachuca
2011–2013	→ León (loan)
2013–	León
National team
2013–2019	Mexico
Honours
Men's football
Representing Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 March 2022

Luis Arturo Montes Jiménez (born 15 May 1986) is a Mexican professional footballer who captains and plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club León.

Club career[]

He started his career playing for Pachuca's youth team. When he was 19 years old, he was loaned out to second-tier Indios de Ciudad Juarez.

He made his professional debut on January 8, 2006, in a league game against Irapuato, entering the game as a substitute for Luis Esqueda in the 79th minute in the Olimpico Benito Juarez Stadium.

He returned to Pachuca for the Clausura 2007 tournament and remained at the team through the Clausura 2011 tournament. He played 86 official league games for the first team, plus 25 international games in the Copa Sudamericana, CONCACAF Champions League, Club World Cup, Copa Libertadores and the now-defunct North American SuperLiga.

At the start of the 2011-12 season, he was transferred to, then second division side, Club Léon on a yearlong loan. He became an important first team player, playing a total of 38 games between the Apertura 2011 and the Clausura 2012 Tournaments. Club Léon clinched the Liga de Ascenso title, now Ascenso MX, and the promotion to the Primera Division.

International career[]

Mexico national team[]

Montes made his senior international debut as a second-half substitute in a goalless friendly with Peru on 17 April 2013.^[1] He was selected by coach José Manuel de la Torre to participate in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup held in the United States, and scored his first international goal on his third Mexico appearance, in a 3–1 win over Martinique in the group stage of the Gold Cup on 14 July.^[2]

Montes was selected in October 2013 by new coach Miguel Herrera to dispute the Intercontinental play-off between Mexico and New Zealand in which he played both games and helped Mexico qualify to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Luis Montes received his first call up in 2014, in Mexico's first game in 2014 against South Korea. Eventually Montes was called up to be in Mexico's squad for the 2014 World Cup along with teammates, Carlos Peña, José Vázquez, and Rafael Márquez.

On 31 May 2014, in a friendly match against Ecuador two minutes after scoring a long range goal, Montes suffered a double fracture [tibia and fibula] in a challenge with Segundo Castillo. Due to the injury Montes missed the 2014 FIFA World Cup and did not return to action until 8 February 2015 against UNAM.^[3]^[4]

On 23 March 2019, Montes returned to international football in a 3–1 victory against Chile after a two-year absence. He also scored Mexico's fourth goal three days later in a 4–2 victory over Paraguay.

Career statistics[]

International[]

As of match played 3 July 2019^[5]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mexico	2013	7	2
	2014	4	1
	2015	5	0
	2016	1	0
	2017	1	0
	2019	6	2
Total		24	5

International goals[]

Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.^[6]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 July 2013	Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, United States	Martinique	2–0	3–1	2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2	24 July 2013	Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, United States	Panama	1–1	1–2	2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3	31 May 2014	AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States	Ecuador	1–0	3–1	Friendly
4	26 March 2019	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, United States	Paraguay	4–2	4–2	Friendly
5	9 June 2019	AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States	Ecuador	2–1	3–2	Friendly