Cris Montes
Personal information
Full name Cristian Montes López
Date of birth (1997-08-10) 10 August 1997
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

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.

Club career

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]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 16 February 2020
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting Gijón B 2015–16[14] Segunda División B 51——51
2016–17[14] Tercera División 50——50
Total 101——101
Lealtad (loan) 2016–17[14] Segunda División B 7000—70
Langreo (loan) 2017–18[14] Tercera División 382500—3825
Omonia 2018–19[15] Cypriot First Division 20220—222
Badalona (loan) 2019–20[14] Segunda División B 243322[lower-alpha 1]0295
Career total 9931523010733
  1. ↑ Appearance in Copa Catalunya

References

  1. ↑ "La suerte traiciona al Sporting B" [Luck betrays Sporting B] (in Spanish). La Nueva Espana. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Hasta el rabo todo es toro" [Until the tail everything is bull] (in Spanish). Vavel. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Cris Montes busca minutos en el Lealtad" [Cris Montes seeks minutes in Loyalty] (in Spanish). Vavel. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Ποδοσφαιριστής της ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑΣ ο Cris Montes" [Cris Montes is a footballer of Omonia] (in Greek). AC Omonia. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Επέκταση συνεργασίας και δανεισμός Κρις Μόντες" [Partnership extension and Cris Montes loan] (in Greek). 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Cris Montes sale cedido" [Cris Montes leaves on loan] (in Spanish). Futbol Asturiano. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "El Eldense incorpora al extremo Cris Montes" [Eldense sign winger Cris Montes] (in Spanish). Alicante Plaza. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cris Montes". LaPreferente. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  15. ↑ "Cris Montes". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
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