Ángel Montoro (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Montoro and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.
Ángel Montoro
Personal information
Full name Ángel Montoro Sánchez[1]
Date of birth (1988-06-25) 25 June 1988[1]
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2012 Valencia B 57 (8)
2007–2012 Valencia 4 (0)
2008–2009 → Murcia (loan) 29 (3)
2009–2010 → Real Unión (loan) 14 (0)
2012–2015 Recreativo 91 (10)
2015–2016 Almería 14 (0)
2016–2017 Las Palmas 26 (0)
2017–2022 Granada 125 (11)
2022–2023 Oviedo 28 (1)
2023–2024 Murcia 6 (0)
Total 394 (33)
International career
2004 Spain U16 3 (0)
2005 Spain U17 3 (0)
2007 Spain U19 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ángel Montoro Sánchez (born 25 June 1988) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Club career

A product of hometown Valencia CF's youth system, Montoro was born in Valencia. He made his first-team debut on 31 October 2007, playing ten minutes in a 1–5 La Liga home loss against Real Madrid as interim manager Óscar Fernández filled in for the recently dismissed Quique Sánchez Flores;[2] with Ronald Koeman's subsequent arrival and the January 2008 signing of Hedwiges Maduro and Éver Banega, he had to return to the reserves.

In the following two years, Montoro served as many loans (both in the Segunda División), with Real Murcia CF[3] and newly promoted Real Unión.[4] Released by Valencia in summer 2012, he continued competing at that level with Recreativo de Huelva.[5]

Montoro signed for UD Almería also of the second division on 30 June 2015.[6] On 26 January 2016, he terminated his contract and joined top-flight club UD Las Palmas for 18 months.[7]

On 15 July 2017, free agent Montoro agreed to a three-year deal with Granada CF.[8] In the 2018–19 season, he scored five goals to help his side return to the top division as runners-up.[9][10]

Montoro contributed 11 appearances in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, in a quarter-final run for the Andalusians. His sole goal came in the round of 32 against Italy's SSC Napoli, who won 2–1 at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona but lost 3–2 on aggregate.[11][12]

Montoro tested positive for COVID-19 in July 2021.[13] He left Granada the following June after their relegation, and signed a one-year contract with second-tier Real Oviedo.[14]

In August 2023, the 35-year-old Montoro returned to Murcia, now in the Primera Federación.[15] He retired midway through the campaign after being waived, and settled in Granada.[16][17]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 May 2022[18][19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Valencia 2007–08 La Liga 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
2010–11 La Liga 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
Murcia (loan) 2008–09 Segunda División 29 3 2 0 — 31 3
Real Unión (loan) 2009–10 Segunda División 14 0 1 0 — 15 0
Recreativo 2012–13 Segunda División 22 0 1 0 — 23 0
2013–14 Segunda División 39 6 1 0 — 40 6
2014–15 Segunda División 30 4 1 0 — 31 4
Total 91 10 3 0 0 0 94 10
Almería 2015–16 Segunda División 14 0 2 0 — 16 0
Las Palmas 2015–16 La Liga 9 0 1 0 — 10 0
2016–17 La Liga 17 0 3 0 — 20 0
Total 26 0 4 0 0 0 30 0
Granada 2017–18 Segunda División 29 2 0 0 — 29 2
2018–19 Segunda División 35 5 0 0 — 35 5
2019–20 La Liga 15 2 0 0 — 15 2
2020–21 La Liga 22 1 3 0 11[a] 1 36 2
2021–22 La Liga 24 1 1 0 — 25 1
Total 125 11 4 0 11 1 140 12
Career total 303 24 18 0 11 1 332 25
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Valencia

Spain U19

References

  1. ^ a b c Ángel Montoro at AS.com (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Valencia 1–5 Real Madrid". ESPN Soccernet. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  3. ^ "El Murcia ficha a Lillo, Montoro, Núñez y Sikora" [Murcia sign Lillo, Montoro, Núñez and Sikora]. Marca (in Spanish). 17 June 2008. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Montoro es la quinta incorporacion del Real Unión" [Montoro is the fifth addition of Real Unión]. Marca (in Spanish). 6 August 2009. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  5. ^ Gamero, Paco (23 June 2012). "Ángel Montoro, procedente del Valencia, segundo refuerzo albiazul" [Ángel Montoro, from Valencia, second white-and-blue addition] (in Spanish). Huelva Información. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  6. ^ "El Almería ficha a Montoro, un organizador para el centro del campo rojiblanco" [Almería sign Montoro, midfield playmaker for the red-and-white] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Montoro, el primero en llegar" [Montoro, the first to arrive]. Marca (in Spanish). 26 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  8. ^ "Comunicado | Montoro se incorpora al Granada CF" [Announcement | Montoro joins Granada CF] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  9. ^ G. Gil, Aimara (4 June 2019). "El ascenso de Granada de la A a la Z: la gloria del equipo nazarí" [Granada's promotion from A to Z: the glory of the nazarí team]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  10. ^ López, Enrique (13 October 2020). "El gol no tiene dueño en el Granada CF" [Goal is everybody's business at Granada CF]. Granada Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  11. ^ Nicita, Maurizio (25 February 2021). "Napoli, rimonta a metà: solo 2–1 al Granada, è fuori dall'Europa League" [Napoli, half-comeback: only 2–1 to Granada, and out of Europa League]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  12. ^ Sánchez, Antonio (26 March 2023). "Ángel Montoro recibe el homenaje que no tuvo" [Ángel Montoro gets the tribute he did not have]. Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  13. ^ "Comunicado | COVID-19" [Announcement | COVID-19] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Ángel Montoro signs for Real Oviedo". Real Oviedo. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  15. ^ Otón, José (30 August 2023). "Un regreso inesperado y el gran culebrón del verano del Murcia" [Unexpected return and Murcia's big summer soap opera]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  16. ^ González, Rubén (4 January 2024). "Ángel Montoro rescinde su contrato en el Real Murcia" [Ángel Montoro terminates his contract at Real Murcia] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  17. ^ Lamelas, Rafael (31 May 2024). "Montoro: «Mi mejor versión la sentí en Granada; fui feliz y por esto voy a vivir aquí»" [Montoro: "I had my best version in Granada; I was happy and that is why i'm going to live here"]. Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  18. ^ a b Ángel Montoro at Soccerway
  19. ^ Ángel Montoro at FBref.com
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