Christian_Montes_López
Cris Montes
Spanish footballer
Cristian Montes López (born 10 August 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Eldense. Mainly an attacking midfielder, he can also play as a winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristian Montes López | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-08-10) 10 August 1997 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Eldense | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sporting Gijón | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Sporting B | 10 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Lealtad (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Langreo (loan) | 38 | (25) |
| 2018–2020 | Omonia | 20 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | → Badalona (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2020 | → Nea Salamina (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Unionistas | 49 | (7) |
| 2022– | Eldense | 45 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2023 | |||
Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Montes graduated from the youth academy of Sporting de Gijón. On 7 February 2016, he made his debut for the reserves, coming on as a substitute of Cyril Dreyer in a 1–0 defeat against Racing de Ferrol.[1] On 13 March, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 victory over UD Logroñés.[2]
In order to get more playing time, Montes joined CD Lealtad on a loan deal on 13 January 2017.[3] On 12 July, he was loaned out to UP Langreo.[4] He scored 25 goals during the season,[5] which included hat-tricks against CD Mosconia,[6] Club Siero and CD Colunga.[7]
On 31 July 2018, Montes moved abroad and joined Cypriot First Division club AC Omonia on a three-year contract.[8] He made his professional debut on 25 August, starting in a 1–0 home win over Alki Oroklini, and scored his first goal on 4 May 2019, in a 3–2 away loss against AEL Limassol.
On 6 August 2019, Montes returned to his home country and was loaned to CF Badalona in the third division, for one year.[9] He moved to fellow Cypriot side Nea Salamina Famagusta FC on 14 September 2020, also on loan.[10]
On 24 December 2020, Montes signed a contract with Unionistas de Salamanca CF back in his country's third tier.[11] He immediately became a regular starter for the side, scoring six goals in the 2021–22 Primera División RFEF.
On 28 June 2022, Montes agreed to a deal with Primera Federación side CD Eldense.[12] He contributed with seven goals in 40 matches overall during the campaign, as the club returned to Segunda División after a 59-year absence.[13]
Club
- As of match played on 16 February 2020
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting Gijón B | 2015–16[14] | Segunda División B | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17[14] | Tercera División | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 10 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Lealtad (loan) | 2016–17[14] | Segunda División B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Langreo (loan) | 2017–18[14] | Tercera División | 38 | 25 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 | 25 | |
| Omonia | 2018–19[15] | Cypriot First Division | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | |
| Badalona (loan) | 2019–20[14] | Segunda División B | 24 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 29 | 5 |
| Career total | 99 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 33 | ||
- Appearance in Copa Catalunya
- "La suerte traiciona al Sporting B" [Luck betrays Sporting B] (in Spanish). La Nueva Espana. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- "Hasta el rabo todo es toro" [Until the tail everything is bull] (in Spanish). Vavel. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- "Cris Montes busca minutos en el Lealtad" [Cris Montes seeks minutes in Loyalty] (in Spanish). Vavel. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- "Álvaro García y Cris Montes, cedidos al UP Langreo" [Álvaro García and Cris Montes, loaned to UP Langreo] (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- "Cris Montes deja el filial para jugar en el extranjero" [Cris Montes leaves the reserve team to play abroad] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- "Cris Montes saca los colores al Mosconia" [Cris Montes takes the colors to Mosconia] (in Spanish). Futbol Asturiano. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- "El Langreo golea (8-0) al Colunga y disputará la Copa del Rey" [Langreo thrash (8-0) Colunga and will play the Copa del Rey] (in Spanish). La Nueva Espana. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- "Ποδοσφαιριστής της ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑΣ ο Cris Montes" [Cris Montes is a footballer of Omonia] (in Greek). AC Omonia. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- "Επέκταση συνεργασίας και δανεισμός Κρις Μόντες" [Partnership extension and Cris Montes loan] (in Greek). 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- "Cris Montes sale cedido" [Cris Montes leaves on loan] (in Spanish). Futbol Asturiano. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- "Nueva adquisición del Unionistas antes de final de año" [New acquisition of Unionistas before the end of the year] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- "El Eldense incorpora al extremo Cris Montes" [Eldense sign winger Cris Montes] (in Spanish). Alicante Plaza. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- "Cris Montes jugará con el Eldense en Segunda" [Cris Montes will play with Eldense in Segunda] (in Spanish). Killer Asturias. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- "Cris Montes". LaPreferente. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- "Cris Montes". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- Cris Montes at BDFutbol
- Cris Montes at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Cris Montes at Soccerway