 Montenegro in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Gastón Montenegro Casella | ||
| Date of birth | (1979-03-28)28 March 1979 (age 46) | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Huracán | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | Huracán | 79 | (19) |
| 1999 | Independiente | 19 | (7) |
| 2000–2002 | Marseille | 6 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | →Zaragoza (loan) | 28 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | →Osasuna (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2002 | →Huracán (loan) | 18 | (11) |
| 2002–2003 | Independiente | 37 | (7) |
| 2003–2004 | River Plate | 30 | (5) |
| 2004–2005 | Saturn | 24 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | River Plate | 29 | (6) |
| 2006–2009 | Independiente | 104 | (41) |
| 2009–2012 | América | 128 | (23) |
| 2013–2014 | Independiente | 77 | (14) |
| 2015–2018 | Huracán | 68 | (5) |
| Total | 657 | (143) | |
| International career | |||
| 1999 | Argentina U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Argentina | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Daniel Gastón Montenegro Casella (born 28 March 1979) is an Argentine formerfootballer who played mainly as anattacking midfielder.
He spent most of his professional career withHuracán andIndependiente, having several spells with both clubs over 21 years. He appeared three times forArgentina in the late 2000s.
Born inBuenos Aires, Montenegro began his professional career atClub Atlético Huracán in 1997. He subsequently signed forClub Atlético Independiente, going on to represent the club on three different spells and teaming up with siblingAriel in the first.[1]
In the 1999 Januarytransfer window, Montenegro moved to France withOlympique de Marseille, being loaned several times by theLigue 1 side for the duration of his contract, mostly to teams in Spain (Real Zaragoza – where he contributed four matches to theirconquest of theCopa del Rey – andCA Osasuna, both inLa Liga). He then played in quick succession for Independiente andClub Atlético River Plate, before spending parts of two seasons in theRussian Premier League withFC Saturn Ramenskoye.[2]
Montenegro returned to his main club for the2006–07 season, going on to often act ascaptain and scoring in double digits in three of his first four years, including a career-best 15 goals in2008–09. He moved abroad again in 2009, signing withMexico'sClub América for$3.5 million after lengthy negotiations.[3] He made hisLiga MX debut for his new team on 2 August, in a 1–2 home loss toMonarcas Morelia.[4] Late in the same month, he scored from his own half in a 7–2 rout ofDeportivo Toluca F.C. also at theEstadio Azteca.[5]
On 22 December 2012,free agent Montenegro rejoined Independiente for a fourth spell, agreeing to a one-and-a-half-year contract.[6] In early 2015, he was ousted from the squad after a run-in with managerJorge Almirón and forced to train alone.[7][8]
Aged 36, Montenegro returned to Huracán after 13 years having rejected an offer fromNueva Chicago.[9] He remained onthe bench forthe final of theSupercopa Argentina, won againstClub Atlético River Plate shortly after his arrival.[10]
At the end of the2017–18 campaign, in which he helped theParque Patricios-based sidequalify to theCopa Libertadores after a fourth-place league finish, Montenegro announced his retirement.[11][12]
Montenegro represented theArgentina under-20 team at the1999 FIFA World Youth Championship,[13] and made his debut withthe full side on 18 April 2007, againstChile.[14] He won the second of his threecaps on 1 April 2009, appearing as a latesubstitute in theAlbiceleste's 6–1 defeat inBolivia for the2010 FIFA World Cupqualifiers.[15]
Montenegro's older brother,Ariel, was also a footballer and a midfielder. They shared teams at Independiente, and he spent most of his career in Spain.[16]
Zaragoza
Independiente
River Plate
Huracán
