Johnnier Montaño

Infobox Football biography
playername = Johnnier Montaño


fullname = Johnnier Esteiner Montaño Caicedo [ [http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=462&pn=Johnnier_Esteiner_Monta%C3%B1o_Caicedo Johnnier Montaño's timeline and stats] , "FootballDatabase.com"]
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|1|14
cityofbirth = Cali
countryofbirth = Colombia
height = 1.74 m
weight = 80 kg
position = Midfielder
currentclub = Alianza Lima
clubnumber =
youthyears = 1997
youthclubs = América de Cali
years = 1998 1998-1999 1999-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004 2005 2005-2006 2006 2007 2008
clubs = América de Cali
Quilmes AC
Parma
Hellas Verona
Piacenza
Parma
América de Cali Santa Fé Al-Wakra Cortuluá Sport Boys Alianza Lima
caps(goals) = 4 (1) 23 (11) 6 (0) 10 (0) 11 (1) 0 (0) 10 (2) 14 (3) 10 (2) 13 (3) 34 (9) 11 (1)
nationalyears = 1999-
nationalteam = Colombia
nationalcaps(goals) = 5 (1)
pcupdate = May 8, 2008
ntupdate = 17 February 2008

Johnnier Montaño (born 14 January 1983 in Bogotá) is a Colombian professional footballer.

Career

Montaño was a highly-rated young player at Quilmes in Argentina and set records by featuring for the Colombian National Team at the young age of 15, doing well enough to earn a spot on the team that went to the 1999 Copa America. Montaño scored the final goal in a 3-0 win for Colombia over Argentina in a game best remembered for Martin Palermo missing 3 penalty kicks. He later went on to represent Colombia at the 2001 South American Youth Championships. He made his last appearance for the full national team in 2003.

Earning recognition on the international scene at such a young age, Montaño was considered a potential star, and signed for Italian club Parma in 1999 along with team-mate Jorge Bolaño. Over the new few years Montaño suffered personal problems, and he was repeatedly loaned out after failing to break into the Parma first team, firstly to Hellas Verona for the 2001-02 season, and then to Piacenza from 2002-2003. He only made limited appearances for both teams, who coincidentally both ended up relegated from Serie A while Montaño was there.

With limited opportunities in Italy, Montaño embarked on a nomadic career, first returning to his native Colombia to sign for America de Cali, and subsequently Independiente Santa Fe. After finishing periods at Al-Wakra in Qatar and Cortuluá back in Colombia, he considered retiring, before enjoying a more successful stint at Sport Boys in Peru.

After scoring 9 goals for Sport Boys, Montaño was wanted by many of the larger Peruvian teams. Both Universitario and Alianza Lima claimed to have signed him, leading to Montaño being temporarily disqualified from playing in Peru.

Montaño is currently linked with a move to Major League Soccer side Toronto FC. Montaño has just played with Alianza Lima from Peru [ [http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2008/02/toronto-fc-to-l.html#comments Soccer By Ives: Toronto FC targets Colombian playmaker Montano ] ] .

References

External links

*ESPNsoccernet|id=12044
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=17301]