 Montero playing with Levante | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jefferson Antonio Montero Vite | ||
| Date of birth | 1 September 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Babahoyo, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Morelia | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Emelec | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007 | Emelec | 22 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Independiente José Terán | 37 | (19) |
| 2008 | → Dorados (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Villarreal B | 32 | (10) |
| 2010–2012 | Villarreal | 9 | (1) |
| 2011 | → Levante (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Betis (loan) | 32 | (1) |
| 2012– | Morelia | 41 | (9) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007– | Ecuador | 36 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 October 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2013 | |||
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Jefferson Antonio Montero Vite (born 1 September 1989) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Monarcas Morelia of Mexico as a winger.
Club career
Early years
Born in Babahoyo, Los Ríos, Montero started playing professionally with Club Sport Emelec, but first impressed whilst at Club Social y Deportivo Independiente José Terán, in the Ecuadorian second division.
Shortly after arriving he was loaned to Mexican outfit of Dorados de Sinaloa, which was pushing for promotion to the top level: he signed alongside compatriot José Madrid, and made his official debut for the club on 11 October 2008, playing the entire match against Irapuato FC.
Villarreal
On 27 April 2009, Villarreal CF from Spain signed the 20-year-old Montero to a five-year contract, effective from the start of the 2009–10 campaign inLa Liga.[1] On 19 July, he contributed with two goals and five assists as the Valencian Community side trounced amateurs Navata 27–0;[2] he spent the vast majority of his first season with the club, however, with the reserves in division two, being one of the most important offensive elements as the club overachieved in its first season in that category, finishing seventh.
Subsequently Montero was definitely promoted to the main squad, as a complement for more experienced Santi Cazorla and Cani. He made his top division debut on 29 August 2010, replacing the latter in a 0–1 loss at Real Sociedad, in the season opener.
Montero failed to find a regular first team place at Villarreal, and moved to fellow top-divisioner Levante UD in late January 2011, on a four-month loan. He returned in June but, on the 28th, left in the same predicament to freshly promoted Real Betis.[3]
On 10 March 2012 Montero scored his first goal of the season, in a 2–3 home loss against Real Madrid. He was first-choice throughout most of the campaign for the Pepe Mel-led squad, who managed to retain its league status.
Morelia
On 15 June 2012 Montero was transferred to Liga MX club Monarcas Morelia, on a three-year contract.[4] The move was made official 11 days later and, on 15 July, he scored his first goal against Club América, also making two assists in the game; on 21 August, in a Copa MX contest against his former team Dorados, he netted a hat-trick in a 6–0 win.[5]
On 4 January 2013, Montero scored the opening and inaugural goal of the Clausura, in a 3–3 home draw against Cruz Azul, assisted by international team-mate Joao Rojas.[6] After the latter left Los Canarios he was given the number 10 shirt, starting off the new campaign on 19 July with a goal in a 3–1 victory over Querétaro FC; the following weekend he netted three past Deportivo Toluca FC, but in a 3–4 home defeat.
International career
Montero represented Ecuador in the 2007 Pan American Games, scoring in the final match against Jamaica, a 2–1 win which brought the first international trophy in Ecuadorian football history.[7] He received his first senior international call-up from national team coach Luis Fernando Suárez, in an August 2007 friendly with Bolivia.[8]
Montero made his full debut for Ecuador in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Peru, coming on late in the second half in a 5–1 home win.[9] He scored his first goal for the national team on 27 May 2009, in a 1–3 friendly loss with El Salvador. On 7 June he netted his second, in another victory over Peru in the World Cup qualifying campaign, now 2–1 in Lima
