Enzo Monteiro

Enzo Monteiro
Monteiro playing with Santos in 2024
Personal information
Full name Enzo Eduardo Monteiro de Castro Becerra[1]
Date of birth (2004-05-27) 27 May 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Santos
Youth career
2008–2015 Toreto Garcia
2015–2017 Blooming
2017–2018 Proyecto Bolivia 2022
2018– Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– Santos 1 (0)
International career‡
2019 Bolivia U15 5 (0)
2023– Bolivia 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:05, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:12, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Enzo Eduardo Monteiro de Castro Becerra (born 27 May 2004) is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Brazilian club Santos and the Bolivia national team.

Club career

Born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra[2] as his father was playing in the country at the time, Monteiro started his career with a local football school named Toreto Garcia at the age of four.[3] At the age of eleven, he joined professional side Blooming. Still, only two years later, he joined Proyecto Bolivia 2022, a project created to encourage the development of young Bolivian men's footballers.[3][4]

In late 2018, Monteiro moved to Brazil, signing with Santos at the same time as Proyecto Bolivia 2022 teammates Miguel Terceros and Christian Osinaga.[5] Shortly after, the pair were joined by Leonardo Zabala, who Monteiro has known since he was nine, as their parents played football together in Bolivia.[5]

Monteiro signed his first professional contract with Santos in June 2022, signing a three-year deal with the option for two additional years.[2] He made his first team debut on 20 April 2024, starting in a 2–0 Série B home win over Paysandu.[6]

International career

Monteiro represented Bolivia at the 2019 South American U-15 Championship, making five appearances.[1] On 18 August 2023, he was called up to the full side for a friendly against Panama,[7] and made his full international debut eleven days later, coming on as a late substitute for Víctor Ábrego in the 2–1 loss at the Estadio Félix Capriles in Cochabamba.[8]

Personal life

Monteiro's father Edu Monteiro is a former Brazilian footballer who also played forward. His older brother Ronaldo, also born in Bolivia, plays as a forward as well.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 April 2024[10]
Club Season League Paulista Copa do Brasil Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Santos 2024 Série B 1 0 — — — 1 0
Career total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

International

As of match played 19 November 2024[10]
National team Year Competitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bolivia 2023 0 0 1 0 1 0
2024 4 1 0 0 4 1
Total 4 1 1 0 5 1

International goals

Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 September 2024 Estadio Municipal de El Alto, El Alto, Bolivia  Venezuela 4–0 4–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Santos

References

  1. ^ a b c Enzo Monteiro at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b "Enzo Monteiro y Leonardo Zabala firman contrato con el Santos de Pelé" [Enzo Monteiro and Leonardo Zabala sign a contract with Santos de Pelé]. reduno.com.bo (in Spanish). 8 June 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b Musetti Perazolli, Lucas (4 October 2022). "Liderados por 'lenda' Miguelito, bolivianos constroem uma família no Santos" [Led by 'legend' Miguelito, Bolivians build a family in Santos]. UOL Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  4. ^ Galiano, Renzo (27 October 2022). "Los otros "meninos" bolivianos del Santos: Zabala y Monteiro" [The other Bolivian "meninos" of Santos: Zabala and Monteiro]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Enzo Monteiro exalta oportunidade como titular e adaptação ao Santos: 'Minha casa'" [Enzo Monteiro extols opportunity as a starter and adaptation to Santos: 'My house']. UOL Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 August 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. ^ "¡Al fin! Enzo Monteiro debutó en el equipo profesional del Santos" [Finally! Enzo Monteiro debuted in the first team of Santos] (in Spanish). El Deber. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Miguelito e Enzo são convocados pela Seleção Boliviana para amistoso contra Panamá" [Miguelito and Enzo are called up to the Bolivia national team for a friendly against Panama] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Atacante do sub-20 do Santos celebra estreia pela seleção da Bolívia: "Sonho de criança"" [Santos under-20 forward celebrates debut for the Bolivia national team: "Child's dream"] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Bolívar da prioridad a los más jóvenes" (in Spanish). El Diario. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  10. ^ a b Enzo Monteiro at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 August 2023.