Bruno Montelongo Gesta (born 12 September 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right-back.
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 Serie A club Milan, 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, Bologna announced that it had acquired Montelongo's playing rights on loan from Milan, a sub-loan.
Montelongo joined Spanish club Xerez CD on 11 September 2018.Bruno Montelongo, la nueva ilusión del Xerez CD , xerezclubdeportivo.es, 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.Xerez CD: Montelongo rescinde y se va a Uruguay, diariodejerez.es, 11 December 2018 The club turned out to be Centro Atlético Fénix, which he signed for on 8 January 2019.UFFICIALE: Fenix, preso l'ex meteora di Milan e Bologna Montelongo, tuttomercatoweb.com, 8 January 2019 He left Fénix again at the end of the year.
Montelongo remained without a club until the end of July 2020, when he signed with Rampla Juniors for the rest of the year.Montelongo, Díaz y Da Silva en Rampla Juniors, tenfield.com.uy, 31 July 2020 In December 2020, Montelongo tore his anterior cruciate ligament 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.Rampla vuelve a cancelar deudas sobre la hora para poder, elobservador.com.uy, 12 January 2021Bruno Montelongo y su maldita rodilla, elpais.com.uy, 23 March 2021
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. Team Season DomesticLeague DomesticCup ContinentalCompetition1 OtherTournaments2 Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals River Plate Montevideo 2006–07 11 0 – – – 11 0 2007–08 16 2 – – – 16 2 2008–09 6 0 – 2 0 – 8 0 2009–10 28 6 – 2 1 – 30 7 2010 0 0 – 2 0 – 2 0 Total 61 8 0 0 6 1 0 0 67 9 Milan 2010–11 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 Bologna 2011 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0 Career Total 61 8 0 0 6 1 0 0 67 9 1Continental competitions include Copa Sudamericana and the UEFA Champions League. 2Other tournaments include none to date.
Personal life Though born in Uruguay, Montelongo is of Italian descent and therefore also holds an Italian passport.
References
External links Profile at official club website