Miguel Montaño (born June 25, 1991) is a Colombian

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who plays for

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in Malta.

Club career

Montaño began his career in the youth ranks of

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in 2006 before moving to Selección Palmira the following season. In 2008, he joined

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and was a top prospect for the club scoring 18 goals in 24 matches with the reserve team. His play while on the books of the Envigado reserve team helped him draw interest from Argentina's

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. He joined Quilmes in 2009 and scored 13 goals in 19 appearances for the club. On March 17, 2010, Montaño joined

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on loan from

. He made his debut for the club in a 4-0 loss at home to the

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. On March 14, 2011, Seattle announced that they had re-signed Montaño. He was sent on loan to NASL club Montreal Impact on August 15, 2011. While on loan with Montreal he appeared in six league matches scoring one goal. Montaño impressed the club and on December 7, 2011 it was announced that he would be joining the club permanently during their inaugural season in

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. Montreal announced in December 2012 that Montaño would not return for the 2013 season. In July 2014, Montaño rejoined his first professional club Quilmes in

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. Miguel Montano joined

after trials in the BOV Premier League in Malta during the summer months. Montano was very present throughout September in the first matches of the Gozo Championship 2015/2016. On 28 January 2019,

announced, that they had re-signed Miguel for the rest of the 2018/19 season. Migual had been away from the club since the end of the 2015/16 season, and had meanwhile been playing for

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in his home country.Orsomarso ganó y es octavo
codigofutbol.co, 21 April 2019

International career

Montaño made his debut for the Colombia Under-20 national team in 2010.

Career statistics

Honors

Seattle Sounders FC

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Uniautónoma

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Montano, Miguel 1991 births Living people People from Palmira, Valle del Cauca Colombian footballers Colombia under-20 international footballers Colombian expatriate footballers Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Seattle Sounders FC players Montreal Impact (1992–2011) players CF Montréal players Deportivo Cali footballers Cúcuta Deportivo footballers Uniautónoma F.C. footballers Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate soccer players in Canada Primera Nacional players Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players Major League Soccer players North American Soccer League players Association football midfielders Sportspeople from Valle del Cauca Department