Marcos Mondaini

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Marcos Mondaini
Mondaini with Emelec
Personal information
Full name Marcos Gustavo Mondaini
Date of birth (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Sáenz Peña, Argentina
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger, Attacking Midfielder, Striker
Team information
Current team
 Rocafuerte
Youth career
2002–2004 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2010 Boca Juniors 6 (0)
2006–2007 → Emelec (loan) 41 (12)
2008 → Barcelona SC (loan) 21 (3)
2009 → Nacional (loan) 11 (3)
2010 → Atlético Nacional (loan) 26 (4)
2011 Fénix 0 (0)
2011 → Chivas USA (loan) 24 (3)
2012–2019 Emelec 227 (37)
2019–2020 Guayaquil City 11 (0)
2020 Rocafuerte 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcos Gustavo Mondaini (born 14 February 1985 in Sáenz Peña) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career[edit]

South America[edit]

Mondaini began his career in the youth ranks of top Argentine side Boca Juniors, debuting with the first team during the 2004 Apertura season. While with Boca, Mondaini appeared in six league matches.

Mondaini spent the 2006–07 season on loan with Ecuadorian club Emelec. During his one season with Emelec he appeared in 41 matches and scored 12 goals. After the season, he was recognized as the top player in Ecuador's Serie A for 2006. In 2008, he returned to Ecuador to play for Emelec's arch-rival, Barcelona SC.[1] While with Barcelona SC he appeared in 21 matches and scored 3 goals. After returning briefly to Boca, Mondaini was loaned out to Uruguay's Nacional. While with Nacional he helped the club in capturing the 2008–09 league title. He also participated in the 2009 Copa Libertadores for Nacional appearing in seven matches and scoring two goals as the club reached the semi-final stage.

In 2010, he joined Colombia's Atlético Nacional. On 31 July 2010, "The devil", in his debut, scored his first goal for Atlético Nacional in a 3–1 defeat against Deportivo Cali in the third round of the Torneo Finalización of Colombia.[2]

United States[edit]

Mondaini was loaned from Centro Atlético Fénix of the Uruguayan Primera División to C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer on 1 March 2011.[3] He scored his first goal for his new club on 30 April in a 3–0 win over New England Revolution.

On 7 May 2011 he made a tackle from behind with no chance of getting the ball on Real Salt Lake's Javier Morales, sending him off the field with a dislocated ankle and two broken bones. Morales was out for several months. Mondaini received a suspension of four games: 3 games for the tackle plus 1 game for the red card.[4]

After one season in MLS, Mondaini signed with his former Ecuadorian club Emelec in January 2012.[5]

Career statistics[edit]

As of March 20, 2015
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Boca Juniors 2004-05 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 Apertura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Emelec 2006 41 12 – 0 0 41 12
Total 41 12 – 0 0 41 12
Boca Juniors 2007 Clausura 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
2007 Apertura 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Barcelona SC 2008 21 3 – 0 0 21 3
Total 21 3 – 0 0 21 3
Nacional 2009 Clausura 11 3 – 7 2 18 5
Total 11 3 – 7 2 18 5
Boca Juniors 2009 Apertura 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Atlético Nacional 2010 38 4 0 0 0 0 38 4
Total 38 4 0 0 0 0 38 4
Fénix 2011 Clausura 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
Chivas USA 2011 24 3 0 0 0 0 24 3
Total 24 3 0 0 0 0 24 3
Emelec 2012 37 10 – 13 1 50 11
2013 41 7 – 12 0 53 7
2014 32 6 – 8 1 40 7
2015 29 7 – 9 0 38 7
Total 139 30 – 42 2 169 32
Career total 270 55 0 0 50 4 329 59

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Boca Juniors

Emelec

Individual[edit]

Emelec

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hincha Amallilo (in Spanish) Archived 23 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Deportivo Cali venció 3–1 a Atlético Nacional – ESPN Deportes". Espndeportes.espn.go.com. 1 January 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  3. ^ Chivas USA Communications (1 March 2011). "Chivas USA acquires Argentine forward Marcos Mondaini | Chivas USA". Cdchivasusa.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Mondaini suspended four games, fined for Morales tackle | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 15 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Emelec confirma a Mondaini y anuncia a de Jesús". Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

External links[edit]

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