Jurguens Montenegro

Jurguens Josafat Montenegro Vallejo (born 13 December 2000) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a forward for LD Alajuelense.

Jurguens Montenegro
Personal information
Full name Jurguens Josafat Montenegro Vallejo
Date of birth (2000-12-13) 13 December 2000
Place of birth Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 LD Alajuelense
Number 7
Youth career
2016–2018 LD Alajuelense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– LD Alajuelense 41 (7)
2019 → Cartaginés (loan) 17 (3)
2020 → Jicaral (loan) 19 (8)
National team
2018 Costa Rica U20 6 (1)
2020– Costa Rica U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

LD Alajuelense

Growing up in Fray Casiano, Chacarita, Puntarenas, Motenegro played a lot matches on the beach along the central Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Montenegro left his home when he was 16 years old to move to the province of Alajuela to play for the academy teams of the LD Alajuelense in mid 2016, after the club discovered him.[2][3] As revealed by Montenegro, he sometimes had to borrow money to go to train with Alajuelense and also went out several times with his stepfather to fish.[4] He started on the clubs U17 team and in just 12 games, scored 16 goals.

On 5 November 2017, 17-year old Montenegro got his professional debut for Alajuelense against A.D. Municipal Liberia in the Liga FPD, when he came on as a substitute for Barlon Sequeira in the 77th minute.[3] He played a total of 74 minutes, spread over four games, in that season. In the 2018–19 season, he played 557 minutes in 14 games and scored two goals.

Loan spells

To continue his development and add some more minutes, Montenegro was loaned out to C.S. Cartaginés on 17 July 2020 for six months.[5][6] Montenegro played 17 games and scored three goals for the club.

Returning to the club at the end of 2019, he was loaned out once again, this time to A.D.R. Jicaral until June 2020.[7] Here, he played 19 games, 15 of them as a starter and 4 as a substitute, and scored eight goals.

Return to Alajuelense

He returned to Alajuelense in the summer 2020[8] Although starting the pre-season with an injury, Montenegro played in the first ten games for Alajuelense. In October 2020, Montenegro's agent revealed, that there was interest in Montenegro from international clubs.[9]

International career

On 26 October 2018, Montenegro was called up for the Costa Rican U20 national team to participate in the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship that started on 1 November in the United States. Montenegro scored his first goal in the first game against the Bermuda U-20 on November 1, 2018 in Costa Rica's 5–0 victory. He played a total of six games in the tournament.

Montenegro also played games for Costa Rica U23 during 2020.[10] In August 2020, he was also called up for the training of the Costa Rican A-national team.[11]

Honours

Club
Alajuelense

Personal life

Family

In the summer 2020, Montenegro revealed that he came from a family with financial difficulties and that his father was an alcoholic.[4] He also said, that when he sometimes goes to visit his hometown Fray Casiano, Chacarita, Puntarenas, he finds his father on the streets.

References
  1. Jurguens Montenegro at WorldFootball.net
  2. Jurguens Montenegro is Making his Dreams Become Reality, agrinzonis.com
  3. (VIDEO) JURGENS MONTENEGRO, EL DELANTERO QUE DESCUBRIÓ LA LIGA EN UNOS JUEGOS ESTUDIANTILES, lda.cr, 13 September 2018
  4. Jurguens Montenegro desea brillar en el fútbol para sacar a su padre del alcoholismo, espn.com.mx, 1 June 2020
  5. Jurguens Montenegro no jugará con Alajuelense la próxima temporada, futbolcentroamerica.com, 17 July 2020
  6. JURGUENS MONTENEGRO JUGARÁ A PRÉSTAMO EN EL CLUB SPORT CARTAGINÉS, lda.cr, 17 July 2020
  7. Jurguens Montenegro será nuevo jugador de Jicaral y llegará sin «cláusula del miedo», amprensa.com, 31 December 2019
  8. Jurguens Montenegro regresa a la casa manuda, yashinquesada.com, 6 July 2020
  9. Jurguens Montenegro, la perla de Alajuelense que empieza a llamar la atención en el extranjero, espn.com.co, 10 October 2020
  10. Preolímpica finaliza microciclo con dos victorias ante El Salvador, fedefutbol.com, 27 February 2020
  11. La Sele volvió a los entrenamientos, futbolcentroamerica.com, 25 August 2020
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