Marcos Mondaini

Marcos Mondaini

Personal information
Full name	Marcos Gustavo Mondaini
Date of birth	February 14, 1985 (1985-02-14) (age 26)
Place of birth	Sáenz Peña, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Chivas USA (on loan from Centro Atlético Fénix)
Number	23
Youth career
2002–2004	Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2010	Boca Juniors	6	(0)
2006–2007	→ Emelec (loan)	41	(13)
2008	→ Barcelona SC (loan)	21	(3)
2009	→ Nacional (loan)	11	(3)
2010	→ Atlético Nacional (loan)	26	(4)
2011–	Centro Atlético Fénix	0	(0)
2011–	→ Chivas USA (loan)	24	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 23, 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Marcos Gustavo Mondaini (born 14 February 1985 in Sáenz Peña) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for C.D. Chivas USA in Major League Soccer, on loan from Centro Atlético Fénix.

Career

South America

Mondaini began his career in the youth ranks of top Argentine side Boca Juniors, debuting with the first team during the 2004 Apertura season. While with Boca, Mondaini appeared in 6 league matches.

Mondaini spent the 2006-07 season on loan with Ecuadorian club Emelec. During his one season with Emelec he appeared in 41 matches and scored 13 goals. After the season he was recognized as the top player in Ecuador's Serie A for 2006. In 2008 he returned to Ecuador to play for Emelec's arch-rival, Barcelona SC.^[1] While with Barcelona SC he appeared in 21 matches and scored 3 goals. After returning briefly to Boca, Mondaini was loaned out to Uruguay's Nacional. While with Nacional he helped the club in capturing the 2008-09 league title. He also participated in the 2009 Copa Libertadores for Nacional appearing in 7 matches and scoring 2 goals as the club reached the semi-final stage.

In 2010 he joined Colombia's Atlético Nacional. On July 31, 2010, "The devil" in his debut scored his first goal for Atlético Nacional in a 3-1 defeat against Deportivo Cali in the third round of the Torneo Finalización of Colombia.^[2]

United States

Mondaini was loaned from Centro Atlético Fénix of the Uruguayan Primera División to C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer on March 1, 2011.^[3] He scored his first goal for his new club on April 30, in a 3-0 win over New England Revolution.

On May 7, he made a tackle from behind with no chance of getting the ball on Real Salt Lake's Javier Morales, sending him off the field with a dislocated ankle and two broken bones. Javier Morales will likely be out for five months; while Marcos received a suspension of four games: 3 games for the tackle + 1 game for the red card.

See also

• List of current MLS players

References

1. ^ Hincha Amallilo (Spanish)
2. ^ http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=1070631&s=col&type=story
3. ^ http://www.cdchivasusa.com/news/2011/03/chivas-usa-acquires-argentine-forward-marcos-mondaini

External links

• MLS player profile
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• (Spanish) Estadio.com article, Oct. 5, 2006

Persondata
Name	Mondaini, Marcos
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Date of birth	1985-02-14
Place of birth	Sáenz Peña, Argentina
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