Back فريدي مونتيرو Arabic فريدى مونتيرو ARZ Fredy Montero German Fredy Montero Spanish Fredy Montero Finnish Fredy Montero French Fredy Montero Hungarian Fredy Montero Italian フレディ・モンテーロ Japanese Fredy Montero Dutch
 Montero in July 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fredy Henkyer Montero Muñoz[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 July 1987[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Campo de la Cruz, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo Cali | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2005 | Deportivo Cali | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2010 | Deportivo Cali | 65 | (22) |
| 2005 | → Academia (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Atlético Huila (loan) | 39 | (14) |
| 2009–2010 | → Seattle Sounders FC (loan) | 56 | (22) |
| 2011–2014 | Seattle Sounders FC | 63 | (25) |
| 2013 | → Millonarios (loan) | 22 | (8) |
| 2013–2014 | → Sporting CP (loan) | 16 | (13) |
| 2014–2016 | Sporting CP | 51 | (14) |
| 2016–2017 | Tianjin TEDA | 29 | (9) |
| 2017 | → Vancouver Whitecaps FC (loan) | 33 | (13) |
| 2018–2019 | Sporting CP | 20 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 48 | (13) |
| 2021–2023 | Seattle Sounders FC | 55 | (11) |
| 2024– | Deportivo Cali | 5 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2009 | Colombia | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 December 2018 | |||
Fredy Henkyer Montero Muñoz (born 26 July 1987), known as Fredy Montero (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfɾeði monˈteɾo], is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Deportivo Cali. He was the all-time top scorer for the Seattle Sounders until being surpassed by Raúl Ruidíaz in 2024. He scored 79 goals with the club across two stints: from 2009 to 2012, and from 2021 to 2023. Montero has been called up to the Colombia national team five times, scoring once in an unofficial match against Catalonia.
Montero began playing youth soccer at Deportivo Cali at age six. He earned his professional debut at age 18 in 2005 before being sent on loan to Academia for the season. Montero was loaned to Atlético Huila for two additional years, becoming the league topscorer in the 2007 Torneo Apertura before returning to Deportivo Cali and becoming league top scorer for a second time in the 2008 Torneo Finalización.
Montero was loaned to the Major League Soccer expansion team Seattle Sounders in 2009, where he was named Newcomer of the Year and led the team in goals. Montero was sold to the Sounders in 2010 and became a Designated Player and a permanent resident of the United States. During his four seasons as a Sounders player, Montero was named to the MLS All-Star squad twice, playing against Everton in 2009 and being named inactive in 2010.
Montero played for a number of years in Portugal at Sporting CP; across two stints from 2013 to 2016 and 2018 to 2019, he netted 43 goals across all competitions for Os Leões. He also played in Canada for Vancouver Whitecaps and in China for Tianjin TEDA.
- ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Seattle Sounders FC" (PDF). FIFA. 7 February 2023. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
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