Yeangel Montero

Yeangel Emilio Montero Manzano (born 25 December 1998) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a forward for Venezuelan Primera División club Puerto Cabello.

Yeangel Montero
Personal information
Full name Yeangel Emilio Montero Manzano
Date of birth (1998-12-25) 25 December 1998
Place of birth Higuerote, Venezuela
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Puerto Cabello
Number 77
Youth career
40 Fútbol Club
2014–2018 Atlético Venezuela
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Atlético Venezuela 21 (4)
2019 → Estudiantes Caracas (loan) 7 (0)
2021 Carabobo 22 (4)
2022 Monagas 8 (1)
2022 UCV 13 (4)
2023 Mineros de Guayana 9 (2)
2023– Puerto Cabello 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:42, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Early years

Montero is a product of Atlético Venezuela and joined the club at the age of 16 from 40 Fútbol Club.[2][3] He was born and raised in Higuerote, approximately an hour and a half from Caracas, and in an interview Montero revealed, that he travelled more than three hours a day to be able to train with Atlético Venezuela.[4]

In 2014, he debuted for the U-18s and in 2015 he scored 12 goals in 24 games for the team. In December 2016, Montero signed a two-year deal with the club, after a good season where he had been a protagonist for the U-18s and also had played for the U-20s, although his young age, where he scored 10 goals.[5]

Promotion to the first team

After a stunning 2017 season with the clubs U-20 team, where he scored 20 goals and made 9 assists, becoming the topscorer of the team and helping them winning the U-20 championship in Venezuela, he signed his first professional deal with the club and was promoted into the first team squad for the 2018 season.[6][7]

Montero got his official debut for Atlético Venezuela on 24 February 2018 against Aragua FC in the Venezuelan Primera División.[8] He started on the bench, before coming on as a substitute for Cristian Alessandrini in the half time.[9] He made a total of 12 league appearances in that season and scored four goals.

In 2019, Montero had a loan spell at Estudiantes Caracas, where he played seven league game for the team, before returning to Atlético Venezuela for the 2020 season. In 2020, Montero played six league games for Atlético Venezuela.

Later career

On 4 March 2021, Montero joined Carabobo.[10] On 19 January 2022, Montero moved to Monagas.[11] In June 2022, he joined fellow league club UCV.[12] In February 2023, Montero moved to Mineros de Guayana.[13]

References
  1. Yeangel Montero at WorldFootball.net
  2. Yeangel Montero: “En ningún momento bajamos los brazos”, atleticovenezuelacf.com, 9 May 2016
  3. YEANGEL MONTERO, UN HIGUEROTENSE GOLEADOR, titanssportsblog.wordpress.com, 24 April 2017
  4. Yeangel Montero: 250 kilómetros al día para ir a entrenar, lapizarradeldt.blogspot.com
  5. Yeangel Montero, otro juvenil que seguirá en el Atlético, atleticovenezuelacf.com, 5 December 2016
  6. YEANGEL MONTERO, EL PRESENTE Y FUTURO GOLEADOR DE ATLÉTICO VENEZUELA, titanssportsblog.wordpress.com, 16 December 2017
  7. Atlético se asegura al atacante del futuro: Yeangel Montero, atleticovenezuelacf.com, 11 December 2017
  8. Yeangel Montero, otro diamante nacional que debutó con el profesional, atleticovenezuelacf.com, 26 February 2018
  9. ATLÉTICO VENEZUELA VS. ARAGUA 0 - 4, soccerway.com, 24 February 2018
  10. Carabobo FC suma el talento ofensivo de Yeangel Montero, fccarabobo.com, 4 March 2021
  11. Yeangel Montero reforzará la delantera del Monagas SC, laverdaddemonagas.com, 19 January 2022
  12. MONTERO LLEGÓ Y MARCÓ PARA UNA UCV CON PLENO DE PUNTOS FRENTE A CARACAS, ligafutve.org, 18 June 2022
  13. 𝗢𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗿𝘇𝗮 𝗹𝗮 𝗼𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘇𝘂𝗹 🔥, twitter.com, 3 February 2023
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