Jefferson Montero

Jefferson Montero

Personal information
Full name	Jefferson Antonio Montero Vite
Date of birth	1 September 1989 (1989-09-01)
Place of birth	Babahoyo, Ecuador
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Betis
Number	20
Youth career
	Emelec
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007	Emelec	22	(1)
2008–2009	Independiente José Terán	37	(19)
2008	→ Dorados (loan)	5	(1)
2009–2010	Villarreal B	32	(10)
2010–	Villarreal	9	(1)
2011	→ Levante (loan)	11	(0)
2011–	→ Betis (loan)	17	(0)
National team‡
2007–	Ecuador	12	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 November 2010

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Montero and the second or maternal family name is Vite.

Jefferson Antonio Montero Vite (born 1 September 1989 in Babahoyo, Los Ríos) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Real Betis in La Liga, as a left winger.

Club career

Montero started playing professionally with Club Sport Emelec, but first impressed whilst at Club Social y Deportivo Independiente José Terán, in the Ecuadorian second division. Shortly after arriving, he was loaned to Mexican outfit of Dorados de Sinaloa, which was pushing for promotion to the top division; he signed alongside compatriot José Madrid, and made his official debut for the club on 11 October 2008, playing the entire match against Irapuato FC.

On 27 April 2009, Villarreal CF from Spain signed the 20-year old Montero to a five-year contract, effective from the start of the 2009–10 season in La Liga. On July 19, he contributed with two goals and five assists as the Valencian Community side trounced amateurs Navata 27–0; he spent the vast majority of his first season with the club, however, with the reserves in the second division, being one of the most important offensive elements as the club overachieved in its first season in that level, finishing seventh.

Subsequently, Montero was definitely promoted to the main squad, as a complement for more experienced Santi Cazorla and Cani. He made his top division debut on 29 August 2010, replacing the latter in a 0–1 loss at Real Sociedad, in 2010–11's opener.

Montero failed to find a regular first team place at Villarreal, and moved to fellow top-divisioner Levante UD in late January 2011, on a four-month loan. He returned in June but, on the 28th, left in the same predicament to freshly promoted Real Betis.

International career

Montero represented Ecuador in the 2007 Pan American Games, scoring in the final match against Jamaica, a 2–1 win which brought the first international trophy in Ecuadorian football history. He received his first senior international call-up from national team coach Luis Fernando Suárez, in an August 2007 friendly with Bolivia.

Montero made his full debut for Ecuador in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Peru, coming on late in the second half in a 5–1 home win. He scored his first goal for the national team on 27 May 2009, in a 1–3 friendly loss with El Salvador. On 7 June, he netted his second, in another defeat of Peru in the World Cup qualifying campaign, now 2–1 in Lima.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 May 2009	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	El Salvador	3–1	3–1	Friendly
2	7 June 2009	Estadio Monumental "U", Lima, Peru	Peru	0–1	1–2	2010 World Cup qualification

Honours

National team

Ecuador U20

• Pan American Games: 2007

External links

• Betis official profile (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Futbolme profile (Spanish)
• Jefferson Montero at National-Football-Teams.com
• Jefferson Montero – FIFA competition record
• Transfermarkt profile