Daniel Montenegro

Daniel Montenegro

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Personal information
Full name	Daniel Gastón Montenegro
Date of birth	March 28, 1979 (1979-03-28)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Club América
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1999	Huracán	79	(19)
1999	Independiente	19	(7)
2000–2002	Marseille	6	(1)
2000–2001	→ Zaragoza (loan)	28	(2)
2001	→ Osasuna (loan)	10	(0)
2002	→ Huracán (loan)	18	(11)
2002–2003	Independiente	37	(7)
2003–2004	River Plate	29	(5)
2004–2005	Saturn Moscow	19	(1)
2005–2006	River Plate	28	(6)
2006–2009	Independiente	104	(41)
2009–	América	89	(18)
National team‡
2007–	Argentina	6	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 April 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:52, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Daniel Gastón Montenegro (born March 28, 1979 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who mainly plays as an attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Club América, in the Mexican first division.

Rolfi holds an Italian passport, and is the younger brother of Ariel Montenegro, also a professional footballer.

Club career

Montenegro began his professional career at Club Atlético Huracán in 1997; he went to represent Club Atlético Independiente (on three different spells, teaming up with sibling Ariel in the first), Olympique de Marseille (who loaned him three times during his contract, namely to Spanish outfits), FC Saturn Moscow Oblast in Russia, and Club Atlético River Plate (two stints).

His goal scoring record for Independiente is very impressive with 41 goals in 104 matches from midfield.

In 2006, Montenegro re-joined Independiente for a third time, often acting as team captain.

In 2009, the Mexican soccer club Club America was interested in his services. The first attempt to sign him failed, as the 2.5 million dollar offer was rejected by Independiente; the president of Independiente said that he will only be leaving for 6 million dollars. However, on July 17, 2009 it was confirmed that he will be playing for Club America for the sum of 3 million dollars. He made his goal scoring debut against Deportivo Toluca F.C.with a goal from half of the pitch. Club America won 7-2 that evening. Rolfi Montenegro has family in Los Angeles in Huntington Park, Currently Rolfi and Alberto Santos are bestfriends since Rolfi used to play in Independiente de Argentina. Alberto Santos is currently a player in the U21 of Club America.

International career

Montenegro represented the Argentina Under-20 team at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, and made his full international debut against Chile, on April 18, 2007.

He was called up again late in the following year (November 19, 2008) for a friendly against Scotland, with the national side then coached by Diego Maradona.

Titles

Season	Club	Title
2000-01	Real Zaragoza	Spanish Cup
Apertura 2002	Independiente	Argentine League
Clausura 2004	River Plate	Argentine League

External links

• Argentine League statistics (Spanish)
• Daniel Montenegro French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
• BDFutbol profile
• Daniel Montenegro at National-Football-Teams.com
• Daniel Montenegro stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)