Place of birth Gava, Spain Name Martin Montoya Career start 1999 1999–2009 Barcelona Weight 74 kg | Number 14 Height 1.74 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Full name Martin Montoya Torralbo Date of birth (1991-04-14) 14 April 1991 (age 24) Current teams Catalonia national football team (#2 / Defender), Inter Milan (#14 / Defender) Similar People Marc Bartra, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Sergi Roberto, Miranda, Jeison Murillo Profiles | ||
Martin Montoya Skills and Goals 2016-2017 Valencia
Martín Montoya Torralbo (born 14 April 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right back for Valencia CF.
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- Martin Montoya Skills and Goals 2016 2017 Valencia
- Barcelona
- Valencia
- International career
- Club statistics
- Club
- International
- References
He started playing with Barcelona, going on to appear in 67 competitive games during five La Liga seasons and win seven major titles.
Barcelona
Born in Gavà, Barcelona, Catalonia, Montoya started playing football for hometown club CF Gavà, moving to FC Barcelona's youth system, La Masia, at the age of nine. After progressing through its ranks, he was promoted to the B-team in 2009.
In the 2009–10 season, Montoya contributed with 22 games as the Luis Enrique-led side returned to the second division after an 11-year absence. On 26 February 2011 he made his debut for the main squad, coming on as a substitute for Adriano in the last five minutes of a 3–0 away win against RCD Mallorca.
Towards the end of March 2011 rumours surfaced linking Montoya with Valencia CF, with the Che willing to pay the €3 million buy-out clause of the player. On 30 April he made his first start for Barcelona in a 1–2 La Liga loss at Real Sociedad, suffering a broken clavicle in the early minutes of the match and being sidelined for the rest of the campaign.
Montoya again spent the vast majority of 2011–12 with the reserves. His first start for the first team occurred on 12 January 2012, in a 2–1 away triumph against CA Osasuna for the Copa del Rey (6–1 on aggregate). Due to injury to Dani Alves he played in the final of the domestic cup, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 win over Athletic Bilbao.
On 1 June 2013, Montoya scored his first goal as a professional, netting the third in a 4–1 home win against Málaga CF. He finished the season with 24 appearances all competitions comprised, totalling 1,678 minutes of action.
Montoya expressed his desire to leave the Camp Nou in December 2014, after the signing of another player for his position, also Brazilian Douglas. He eventually stayed until the end of the campaign, which ended in treble conquest, his only major contribution being playing 80 minutes in a 3–1 success at Paris Saint-Germain F.C. for the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League.
In July 2015, Montoya joined Internazionale on a season-long loan for €1.3 million, with the option of extending the deal for another year pending appearances. The Italian club also had an obligation to buy him for €6 million, if he played 33% of all competitive matches during his tenure and each appearance amounted to at least 30 minutes.
On 1 February 2016, still owned by Barcelona, Montoya signed with Real Betis until 30 June.
Valencia
On 1 August 2016, Montoya signed a four-year deal with Valencia following the expiration of his contract with Barcelona.
International career
In 2011, Montoya earned his first cap with the Spanish under-21 team. He was picked by manager Luis Milla to the squad that competed in that year's UEFA European Championship, and started in all the games as the national side won the tournament in Denmark.
On 25 August 2011, Montoya was selected for the first time to the full side by coach Vicente del Bosque, for games against Chile and Liechtenstein.