Bruno Montelongo Gesta (born 12 September 1987) is a

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an professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Montelongo started his professional career with River Plate Montevideo, playing with their first team since 2007. In August 2010, he was loaned out to Italian

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club

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, while River president, Juan José Tudurí has been reported saying that Milan will decide within five or six months whether to fully purchase the player or not. On 26 January 2011,

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announced to have acquired Montelongo's playing rights on loan from Milan, a sub-loan. Montelongo joined Spanish club

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on 11 September 2018. Exactly 3 months later the club announced, that they had terminated the players contract because he had received an offer from his home country, that he had accepted. The club turned out to be

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, which he signed for on 8 January 2019. He left Fénix again at the end of the year. Montelongo remained without club until the end of July 2020, where he signed with Rampla Juniors for the rest of the year. In December 2020, Montelongo tore his

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for the third time in his career (first time in 2008 and second time in 2011). However, he was offered to stay at the club and extended his contract.

International career

Montelongo has played internationally for Uruguay U-20, taking part in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Statistics

''As of 26 January 2011''. ¹Continental competitions include Copa Sudamericana and the

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.
²Other tournaments include none to date.

Personal life

Though born in

, Montelongo is of

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descent and therefore also holds an

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References

External links

Profile
at official club website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montelongo, Bruno 1987 births Living people Footballers from Montevideo Uruguayan men's footballers Men's association football defenders Uruguayan Primera División players Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players AC Milan players Bologna FC 1909 players Peñarol players Segunda División B players Extremadura UD footballers Córdoba CF players Xerez CD footballers Centro Atlético Fénix players Rampla Juniors players Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Italy Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Spain