Walter Montillo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Walter Montillo
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 14, 1984(1984-04-14)
Age	40
Country	Argentina
Birth City	Lanús
Horoscope	Aries

Walter Montillo Biography

Walter Montillo is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on April 14, 1984 in Lanús, Argentina. Walter Damian Montillo (Spanish pronunciation”walter mon’tijo” ; born on 14 April, 1984) is an Argentine footballer currently playing in the midfield position as an attacker with the Chilean team Universidad de Chile.

While as a student at Universidad de Chile, after having a bad start and a slow start, he became famous and one of La U’ s most revered ones, and was considered by manager Sergio Markarian itself the one who was the one who ruled the game within the team. At the time of the 2011 Copa Libertadores, he obtained prominence in Brazil following his impressive performances during the games against Flamengo as well as scoring an amazing coverage goal in the second game.

In 2011, at the first match in the Copa Libertadores done by Cruzeiro in the year, Montillo scored twice, as well as giving assistance in the rout over the Argentinean Estudiantes by 5-0 — in a beautiful spectacle that had a special taste for Cruzeiro, once their last match was played their elimination at the 2009 Copa Libertadores by 1-2 at the Mineirão —. Wondrously, the Celeste squad was eliminated at the round of, against Colombian Once Caldas, a fact that shocked supporters and the South America’s media.

In 2012’s 25 February, Montillo became Cruzeiro’s biggest foreign scorer of all time since 1942 — when the team left its old name Palestra Itália —, after scoring twice against Democrata, reaching the mark of 30 goals, beating Víctor Aristizábal, which scored 28 times with the Celeste uniform. In March, the player renewed its contract to actuate in Cruzeiro until the end of 2015. Cruzeiro’s president Gilvan Tavares increased the termination fine to €80 million, making Montillo the most expensive player in the South America.

In the month of December, 2010 following Cruzeiro were runner-up at the Brazilian League, montillo was awarded the Armando Nogueira Trophy as the most outstanding player in the tournament. On the next day, he was awarded Placar to be named Bola of Prata to be named one of the top midfielders in the League and was presented with it by the hand of Sorin who was an old school idol from Cruzeiro.

Walter Montillo Net Worth

Walter Montillo is one of the richest Association Football Player from Argentina. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Walter Montillo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a player as a player in the youth groups at Argentine team San Lorenzo and his professional debut was in 2002. The year 2006 saw him was transferred to Mexican team Monarcas Morelia. He was part of the first line-up of Monarcas Morelia, the Mexican club. He was back in San Lorenzo in 2007, but was not able to find regularity in the first team and only played six games.

In 2008 the team was transferred in 2008 to Universidad de Chile for $1 million. He also signed a contract for five years to the club. The cost was the highest ever paid by an Chilean club. Since the deal, Colo-Colo paid $1.2 million for Domingo Salcedo and then paid $2.2 for Macnelly Torres.

In the Brazilian league, after being criticized along the entire Cruzeiro squad, which began very poorly the championship, Montillo recovered its football with the arising of the manager Joel Santana. He did the two goals of the victory over Grêmio by the 8th round, in July 6, getting the best scorer position in the league for a few rounds. Diverging among the bad Cruzeiro appearance in the Brazilian League in that year, Montillo then won his second Bola de Prata followed by the title as one of the best midfielders in the league again. In 2011, he was the Argentinean midfielder who most scored in all the world.

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On 15 August, he made his debut against São Paulo FC, in a 2-2 away draw, making an assist to the 83rd-minute goal by Thiago Ribeiro. Montillo scored his first goal against Corinthians in a 1-0 win in the 3rd minute, match that took in place in Uberlândia. Besides conducting the team’s midfield, he showed himself as a scorer as never did before — in 15 matches, he scored 7 times, beating his total score at San Lorenzo, which he considered the best moment in its career —. With Montillo, the squad’s avail increased from 50% to 62%.

Facts & Trivia

Walter Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Argentina. Walter Montillo celebrates birthday on April 14 of every year.

Montillo announced his retirement on 29 June 2017.