Daniela Montoya

Daniela Montoya Quiroz (born August 22, 1990) is a Colombian international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Junior and the Colombia women's national team. She represented her country at the 2011 and 2015 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup, and the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4]

Daniela Montoya
Montoya in 2019
Personal information
Full name Daniela Montoya Quiroz[1]
Date of birth (1990-08-22) August 22, 1990
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Junior
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Formas Íntimas
2013–2014 CD Burela FS (Futsal)
2016 Levante 11 (0)
2017–2018 Envigado
2019– Junior
2019 → Al-Riffa (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2010 Colombia U20
2010– Colombia 36[3] (3)
Colombia futsal
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:14, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Montoya and the second or maternal family name is Quiroz.

Montoya competed at the 2019 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship for Bahraini club Riffa SC, scoring once in four matches.

International career

At the 2015 World Cup in Canada, Montoya's goal in a 1–1 draw with Mexico was described as one of the best goals of the tournament.[5] She was not included in the selection for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, after criticizing the Colombian Football Federation for its failure to pay the team's contractual bonuses at the previous year's World Cup.[6]

References
  1. "List of Players - Colombia" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 6. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. "Daniela Montoya Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  5. "Women's World Cup 2015: Colombia's Montoya rivals Rodriguez with wonder goal". BBC Sport. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  6. "Not Everything Is Rose-Colored at the Olympics". FARC. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.


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