Gonzalo Montiel
Argentine footballer (born 1997) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gonzalo Ariel Montiel (born 1 January 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as right-back for Premier League club Nottingham Forest, on loan from La Liga club Sevilla, and the Argentina national team.
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Full name | Gonzalo Ariel Montiel[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | González Catán, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Nottingham Forest (on loan from Sevilla) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
River Plate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2021 | River Plate | 72 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | Sevilla | 46 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Argentina U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019– | Argentina | 24 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:09, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 October 2023 |
Montiel began his professional career with River Plate in 2016, playing 139 games and winning honours including the Argentine Primera División in 2021 and the Copa Libertadores in 2018. In 2021, he signed for Sevilla for €11 million.
Montiel made his international debut for Argentina in 2019. He was a part of the squads that won the 2021 Copa América and 2022 FIFA World Cup, scoring the winning penalty in the shoot-out of the latter final.