Diego Montiel (footballer, born 1995)

Diego Montiel
Personal information
Full name Diego Nicolas Montiel
Date of birth (1995-04-26) 26 April 1995
Place of birth Västerås, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Örgryte IS
Number 20
Youth career
IK Franke
Västerås SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Västerås SK 1 (0)
2013–2014 IF Brommapojkarna 0 (0)
2014 Västerås SK 13 (3)
2015–2016 Dalkurd FF 53 (6)
2017 IK Sirius 5 (0)
2017 → Gefle IF (loan) 14 (2)
2018– Örgryte IS 20 (8)
National team
2012 Sweden U17 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:17, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Diego Nicolas Montiel (born 26 April 1995) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Örgryte IS.[1]

Career

Club

Montiel had youth spells with IK Franke and Västerås SK,[2] he made his first-team debut with the latter on 7 July 2012 in a Division 1 Norra match against Östersund.[1] In 2013, Montiel joined Allsvenskan club IF Brommapojkarna.[1][2] He was named on the substitutes bench twice for the club's 2014–15 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round ties against VPS.[1][3][4] After not appearing for the club's senior team he left and rejoined Västerås SK in 2014.[1] He went onto score three goals in thirteen fixtures during the 2014 Division 1 season.[1] In January 2015, Montiel completed a transfer to fellow Division 1 Norra team Dalkurd FF.[1]

He participated in twenty-four games in his debut season with them as they won promotion to the 2016 Superettan.[1] On 11 November 2016, it was announced that Montiel had agreed to sign for Allsvenskan side IK Sirius on a three-year contract and would officially join on 1 January 2017.[2] He made his debut for IK Sirius in a Svenska Cupen match versus Arameisk-Syrianska IF and scored the fifth goal in a 0–5 win.[1] On 28 July, Montiel joined Superettan side Gefle IF on loan.[5] He scored his first Gefle goal in his second match, on 6 August, against IFK Värnamo.[1] In total, Montiel scored two goals in fourteen matches for Gefle as they finished 12th.[1]

He terminated his contract with Sirius in November 2017.[6] On 5 December, Montiel agreed to join Superettan club Örgryte IS.[7][8] In his opening six matches, Montiel scored five goals and assisted four.[1][9]

International

Montiel has represented Sweden at U17 level, debuting in a friendly tournament match against Iceland U17 in July 2014.[10][11] His next cap came later that month in the same competition against Romania U17.[11]

Career statistics

As of 12 September 2018.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Västerås SK 2012 Division 1 Norra 1000——0010
IF Brommapojkarna 2013 Allsvenskan 0000——0000
2014 0000—000000
Total 0000—000000
Västerås SK 2014 Division 1 Norra 13320——00153
Dalkurd FF 2015 24330——00273
2016 Superettan 29310——00303
Total 53640——00576
IK Sirius 2017 Allsvenskan 5021——0071
Gefle IF (loan) 2017 Superettan 14210——00152
Örgryte IS 2018 20800——00208
Career total 1061991—000011520
  1. ↑ Includes the Svenska Cupen
  2. ↑ Includes the UEFA Europa League

Honours

Dalkurd FF[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Diego Montiel profile". Soccerway. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Diego Montiel till Sirius". IK Sirius Fotboll. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "UEFA Europa League 2014/15 - History - VPS-Brommapojkarna". UEFA. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "UEFA Europa League 2014/15 - History - Brommapojkarna-VPS". UEFA. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Diego Montiel klar för Gefle". Gefle IF. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Montiel bryter med Sirius – öppnar för att stanna i GIF: "Det är absolut ett alternativ"". VLT. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Välkommen till Örgryte IS, Diego Montiel!". Örgryte IS. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Möt ÖIS nyförvärv Diego Montiel". Örgryte IS. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Öis tog tredje raka - skyttekungen avgjorde trots tio man". Fotbollskanalen. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Montiel i blågul debut mot Island". Västerås SK Fotboll. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Diego Montiel". Swedish Football Association. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "Dalkurds historiska seger – är nu klart för Superettan 2016". DT. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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