.jpg) Mondaini with Emelec, 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcos Gustavo Mondaini | ||
| Date of birth | (1985-02-14)14 February 1985 (age 40) | ||
| 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) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as astriker.
Mondaini began his career in the youth ranks of top Argentine sideBoca 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 clubEmelec. 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 withBarcelona SC he appeared in 21 matches and scored 3 goals. After returning briefly to Boca, Mondaini was loaned out to Uruguay'sNacional. While with Nacional he helped the club in capturing the2008–09 league title. He also participated in the2009 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'sAtlético Nacional. On 31 July 2010, "The devil", in his debut, scored his first goal forAtlético Nacional in a 3–1 defeat againstDeportivo Cali in the third round of theTorneo Finalización of Colombia.[2]
Mondaini was loaned fromCentro Atlético Fénix of theUruguayan Primera División toC.D. Chivas USA ofMajor League Soccer on 1 March 2011.[3] He scored his first goal for his new club on 30 April in a 3–0 win overNew England Revolution.
On 7 May 2011 he made a tackle from behind with no chance of getting the ball onReal Salt Lake'sJavier 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 clubEmelec in January 2012.[5]
| 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 | |