Johnnier Montaño

Johnnier Esteiner Montaño Caicedo (born 14 January 1983) is a retired Colombian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Montaño and the second or maternal family name is Caicedo.

Johnnier Montaño
Montaño in 2018
Personal information
Full name Johnnier Esteiner Montaño Caicedo[1]
Date of birth (1983-01-14) 14 January 1983
Place of birth Cali, Colombia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1997 América de Cali
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 América de Cali 4 (1)
1998–1999 Quilmes 23 (11)
1999–2004 Parma 16 (3)
2001–2002 → Hellas Verona (loan) 11 (0)
2002–2003 → Piacenza (loan) 12 (1)
2004 América de Cali 10 (2)
2005 Santa Fé 14 (3)
2005–2006 Al-Wakra 10 (2)
2006 Cortuluá 13 (3)
2007 Sport Boys 34 (9)
2008–2012 Alianza Lima 108 (14)
2010–2011 → Konyaspor (loan) 18 (1)
2012–2014 Universidad San Martín 80 (8)
2015 FBC Melgar 33 (0)
2016 Alianza Lima 27 (1)
2017–2018 Sport Boys 56 (11)
2019 Cantolao 18 (0)
2020 Chavelines Juniors 10 (0)
International career
1999–2003 Colombia 6 (1)
Medal record
FBC Melgar
WinnerPeruvian League2015
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:30, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

His brother, Victor Hugo Montaño is also a footballer.

Club career

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 to 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 América 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. Finally, despite having signed a pre-contract with Universitario, Montaño was signed by Alianza Lima.

After a two-season stay with no mayor achievement in the Peruvian league he was loaned to Konyaspor.

Johnier Montaño dissociated himself from his team after problems with the club if the club back to its pass Deuno Alianza Lima.

In June 2010, Montaño signed a 1-year contract with Turkish side Konyaspor.[2]

After a spell at Chavelines Juniors in 2020, Montaño retired at the end of the year.[3]

International career

Montaño was a highly rated young player at Quilmes in Argentina and set records by featuring for the Colombia national team at the young age of 15, doing well enough to earn a spot on the team that went to the 1999 Copa América. Montaño scored the final goal in a 3–0 win for Colombia over Argentina in a game best remembered for Martin Palermo missing three 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.

Personal life

Johnnier is the father of Jhonnier Montaño Jr, who also is a professional footballer.[3]

References
  1. "Johnnier Montaño's timeline and stats". FootballDatabase.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008.
  2. "Johnnier Montaño jugará en Turquía" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 17 June 2010.
  3. Johnnier Montaño envió emotivo mensaje a su hijo por el debut en Municipal – FOTO, futbolenlinea.club, 11 May 2021
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