Miguel Ángel Montes Moreno (born 12 February 1980) is a Salvadoran former professional

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who played as a

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. He was banned for life in 2013, for

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while playing for the El Salvador national team.

Club career

On 13 November 2009, Montes was linked with a move to the

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(La Primera) club

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. He did not sign with the club, as Indios coach José Treviño stated that reinforcements, including Montes, would not be brought in. On 15 April 2011, Miguel Montes left C.D. Águila after 2 years in the club, first being capped in the La Primera's Apertura 2009. He left because the club had not paid him for over a month and a half. On 14 May 2011, Miguel Montes signed for one year at Isidro Metapán. He told a Salvadoran radio station, "I'm happy because I reached an agreement with the people of Isidro Metapán. They were interested like me and came to the concentration, spoke with me and we reached an agreement." In May 2012, he signed for Alianza.

International career

Montes received call ups to the national team in 1998 and in 2001, but did not get his first cap until 24 May 2004, in a friendly match against

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. Following the Haiti game, Montes was once again ignored by national team coaches, that is until June 2007 when Mexican coach

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called him up to participate in the

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. Although he missed out on the opening two game, Montes did play in the team's third and final cup game against the

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. After that, Montes became a mainstay of the national team. On 20 March 2010, Montes was given a one-year ban and a fine of $250 by the El Salvador Football Federation on account of not wearing the team's sponsored kit. He wore gloves and socks for a different sponsor on numerous occasions, including the Gold Cup in the U.S in 2009. The federation signed a $600,000 deal with the sponsor in 2008, meaning all players were to wear the same sponsored kit to fulfill the sponsorship deal

After a year of suspension, Montes was called up by then coach

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in a friendly international against

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on 24 March 2011. He entered as substitute for the injured

Dagoberto Portillo Dagoberto Portillo Gamero (born November 16, 1979) is a El Salvador, Salvadoran former Association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He was banned for life in 2013, for match fixing while playing for the El Salvad ...

in the second half. On September 20, 2013, Montes was one of 14 Salvadoran players banned for life for

References

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