Walter Montillo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Damián Montillo | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Botafogo | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Lorenzo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2007 | San Lorenzo | 95 | (6) |
| 2006–2007 | → Morelia (loan) | 25 | (3) |
| 2008–2010 | Universidad de Chile | 62 | (10) |
| 2010–2012 | Cruzeiro | 89 | (23) |
| 2013–2014 | Santos | 26 | (5) |
| 2014–2016 | Shandong Luneng | 64 | (14) |
| 2017– | Botafogo | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Argentina U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Argentina | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 September 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 July 2013 |
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Walter Damián Montillo (born 14 April 1984) is an Argentine footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Brazilian club Botafogo.
He began in the youth ranks of Argentine club San Lorenzo and his professional debut came in 2002. In 2006, he moved to Mexican side Monarcas Morelia. He was a fixture in the starting line-up for the Mexican club. He returned to San Lorenzo in 2007, but did not find regularity with the first team, only playing six games.
In 2008, he was sold to Universidad de Chile for $1 million and signed a five-year contract with the club. At the time the price tag was the most ever paid by a Chilean club. However, since the move, Colo-Colo paid $1.2 million for Domingo Salcedo and then paid $2.2 for Macnelly Torres.
Actuating at Universidad de Chile, after a poor beginning, he started becoming a notorious player, as well as one of the La U's most respectable ones, considered by the manager Sergio Markarián itself the one who usually commanded the moves in the team. In the Copa Libertadores 2010, he obtained visibility in Brazil, after good appearances in the matches against Flamengo, doing even a beautiful coverage goal in the second match.
Although losing it, they won over Flamengo by away goal. During the competition, Montillo dedicated his goals to his newborn baby Santino, who has down syndrome; he grew visibly emotional after the crowd then chanted in support of Santino.
During the campaign in La U into Libertadores, Montillo became harassed in many Brazilian teams, including Flamengo and Vasco da Gama, but the one who really did get the Argentinean midfielder was Cruzeiro; even though his contract renew with Universidad de Chile until 2014, after rejecting the Flamengo's offer. His hiring at the Celeste squad was announced in July 2 by US$3.5 million, and he joined the club after Universidad de Chile finished playing the Copa Libertadores, which the team left in the semifinals.
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