Walter Montillo

Walter Montillo

Personal information
Full name	Walter Damián Montillo
Date of birth	April 14, 1984 (1984-04-14)
Place of birth	Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Cruzeiro
Number	10
Youth career
	San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2006	San Lorenzo	89	(6)
2006–2007	Monarcas Morelia	25	(3)
2007	San Lorenzo	6	(0)
2008–2010	Universidad de Chile	62	(15)
2010–	Cruzeiro	51	(19)
National team‡
2003	Argentina U-20	5	(0)
2011–	Argentina	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 12, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 7, 2011

Walter Damián Montillo (born April 14, 1984 in Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays as midfielder for Cruzeiro at the Brazilian Série A.

Club career

He began in the youth ranks of Argentine club San Lorenzo and his professional debut came in 2002. In 2006, he moved to Mexican side Monarcas Morelia. He was a fixture in the starting line-up for the Mexican club. He returned to San Lorenzo in 2007, but did not find regularity with the first team, only playing six games.

In 2008, he was sold to Universidad de Chile for $1 million and signed a five-year contract with the club. At the time the price tag was the most ever paid by a Chilean club. However since the move, Colo-Colo paid $1.2 million for Domingo Salcedo and then paid $2.2 for Macnelly Torres.

In 2010, Montillo renewed his contract with Universidad de Chile until 2014, rejecting on offer from club Flamengo. But on July 5 Montillo signed with the Brazilian club Cruzeiro, and joined the club after Universidad de Chile finished playing the Copa Libertadores 2010.

On 15 August, he makes his debut against São Paulo FC, in a 2-2 away draw, making an assist to the 83rd-minute goal by Thiago Ribeiro. Montillo scored his first goal against Corinthians in a 1-0, at 3rd minute.

International career

He played for Argentina U-20 in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates. He played in most of the team's games. Recently, he was called by Alejandro Sabella to play the second match of the mini-tournament "Superclássico das Américas" against Brazil, where only players who were playing in South America could be called, he wore the number 7.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Libertadores		Sudamericana		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
San Lorenzo	2002	?	?	-	-	-	-	-	-
	2003	?	?	-	-	-	-	-	-
	2004	?	?	-	-	-	-	-	-
	2005	18	2	-	-	-	-	18	2
	2006	12	0	-	-	-	-	12	0
	Total	89	6	-	-	-	-	95	6
Morelia	2006	14	3	-	-	-	-	14	3
	2007	11	0	-	-	-	-	11	0
	Total	25	3	-	-	-	-	25	3
San Lorenzo	2007	6	0	-	-	-	-	6	0
	Total	6	0	-	-	-	-	6	0
Universidad de Chile	2008	35	6	-	-	-	-	35	6
	2009	17	2	4	0	6	3	27	5
	2010	10	2	12	2	-	-	22	4
	Total	62	10	16	2	6	3	84	15
Cruzeiro	2010	23	7	-	-	-	-	23	7
	2011	34	12	7	3	-	-	41	15
	Total	57	19	7	3	-	-	64	22
Career Total		241	39	24	5	6	3	274	46

State League

Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Cruzeiro	Mineiro	2011	11	6
		2012	4	2

International appearances and goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Final Score	Goal	Result	Competition
1.	September 28, 2011	Belém, Brazil	Brazil	2–0	0	Lost	2011 Superclásico de las Américas.

Honours

Team

San Lorenzo

• Copa Sudamericana: 2002
• Primera División Argentina: Torneo Clausura 2007

Universidad de Chile

• Primera División Chilena: Torneo Apertura 2009

Cruzeiro

• Campeonato Mineiro: 2011

Individual

• Série A Team of the Year: 1

2010

• Silver Ball: 2

2010, 2011

External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics