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Bruno Montelongo
Personal information
Full name Bruno Montelongo Gesta
Date of birth (1987-09-12) 12 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Fenix
Youth career
River Plate Montevideo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 River Plate Montevideo 57 (5)
2010–2011 → Milan (loan) 0 (0)
2011 → Bologna (loan) 0 (0)
2011 → Peñarol (loan) 3 (0)
2012–2017 River Plate Montevideo 88 (11)
2017 Extremadura 13 (1)
2018 Córdoba 0 (0)
2018 Xerez 9 (0)
2019– Fenix 0 (0)
International career
2007 Uruguay U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 March 2019

Bruno Montelongo Gesta (born 12 September 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Centro Atlético Fénix.

Club career

Montelongo started his professional career with River Plate Montevideo, playing with their first team since 2007. In August 2010, he was loaned out to Italian Serie A club Milan,[1] while River president, Juan José Tudurí has been reported saying that Milan will decide within five or six months whether to fully purchase the player or not.[2]

On 26 January 2011, Bologna announced to have acquired Montelongo's playing rights on loan from Milan, a sub-loan.[3]

Montelongo joined Spanish club Xerez CD on 11 September 2018.[4] Exactly 3 months later the club announced, that they had terminated the players contract because he had received an offer from his home country, that he had accepted.[5] The club turned out to be Centro Atlético Fénix, which he signed for on 8 January 2019.[6]

International career

Montelongo has played internationally for Uruguay U-20, taking part in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[7]

Statistics

As of 26 January 2011.

Team Season Domestic
League 		Domestic
Cup 		Continental
Competition1 		Other
Tournaments2 		Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
River Plate Montevideo 2006–07 11 0 – – – 11 0
2007–08 16 2 – – – 16 2
2008–09 6 0 – 2 0 – 8 0
2009–10 28 6 – 2 1 – 30 7
2010 0 0 – 2 0 – 2 0
Total 61 8 0 0 6 1 0 0 67 9
Milan 2010–11 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Bologna 2011 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Career Total 61 8 0 0 6 1 0 0 67 9

1Continental competitions include Copa Sudamericana and the UEFA Champions League.
2Other tournaments include none to date.

Personal life

Though born in Uruguay, Montelongo is of Italian descent and therefore also holds an Italian passport.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Transfer market update". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010. [dead link]
  2. ^ "Bruno Montelongo al AC Milán". ovaciondigital.com.uy (in Spanish). El País. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Bologna: ecco Montelongo". bolognafc.it (in Italian). Bologna Football Club 1909. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Bruno Montelongo, la nueva ilusión del Xerez CD, xerezclubdeportivo.es, 11 September 2018
  5. ^ Xerez CD: Montelongo rescinde y se va a Uruguay, diariodejerez.es, 11 December 2018
  6. ^ UFFICIALE: Fenix, preso l'ex meteora di Milan e Bologna Montelongo, tuttomercatoweb.com, 8 January 2019
  7. ^ "Uruguay - Squad list". fifa.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  8. ^ "Ecco Montelongo un terzino per Allegri". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 27 August 2010. p. 11. Retrieved 1 September 2010.


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