Martin Montoya is a young 24-year-old footballer from Spain. Today, the athlete stands for the Italian club Internationale, which bought it in 2015. Well, you should talk in more detail about this football player and talk about his career.
About clubs
Martin Montoya was born in 1991, on April 14, in Spain. He began his career at the club, which was located in his hometown of Gava. And he began to play from a very young age. At eight years old, he moved to Barcelona, where he began to be brought up in the youth team of the Catalans. And in 2009, he was included in the reserve of the club. The team was called Barcelona B. I must say, for his age and such a lot of competition (everyone knows what strong players stand for the Catalan club), he quite often went out on the field. In the season 2009-2010. Martin Montoya played 22 times in Segunda B. matches. It should be noted that it was in these years that the team returned to Segunda.
In 2011, on February 26, the Spaniard made his debut in the first team. It was a game against Mallorca, and he replaced Adriano Korea and spent five minutes on the field. “Barcelona” in that match won 3-0.
Success, popularity and injury
Martin Montoya, whose biography is rather stingy with various kinds of facts, became popular quite quickly. In any case, representatives of other clubs have become interested in him since 2010. In 2011, at the end of March, rumors began to appear: supposedly Martin Montoya would move to FC Valencia. Moreover, the amount was quite small - 3 million euros. But the rumors did not materialize: at the end of April, the footballer entered the field with the starting lineup of Barcelona (it was a game against Real Sociedad). However, in the first minutes of the match there was a failure in the form of a collarbone fracture, and the rest of the season the player had to heal and recover.
In 2011-2012. he entered the field again. It was a match held as part of the Spanish Cup, and Barcelona played against Osasuna FC. On May 25, he was included in the starting lineup, which was released in the Cup final match. Then the team played against Athletic Bilbao. The match ended 3-0 in favor of the Catalans. Well, the first goal after an injury a football player registered only in 2013, on June 1, - then the Catalans played with “Malaga” and won the match with a score of 4: 1.
Difficulties and perspectives
Martin Montoya, whose photos show us a still very young and cheerful athlete, already managed to encounter some difficulties and even “burn out” (but not fade away). He was considered one of the most talented and promising Spanish footballers. If not for the injury. However, he did not give up and continued to pursue his. And he managed to achieve results. Its peculiarity lies in the fact that he knows how to concentrate technically and competently compete in defense. When he played for Barcelona, he sometimes even looked more profitable and professional than many other players. Well, it remains to be hoped that in Milan “Inter” the Spaniard will be able to progress and will only improve the quality of his game and technique. This will benefit him, and after renting in Barcelona he will return to the position of the rightmost defender.