Marcos Mondaini

Marcos Mondaini

Mondaini with Chivas USA
Personal information
Full name Marcos Gustavo Mondaini
Date of birth (1985-02-14) 14 February 1985
Place of birth Sáenz Peña, Argentina
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Winger, Attacking Midfielder, Striker
Club information
Current team
Emelec
Youth career
2002–2004 Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2010 Boca Juniors 6 (0)
2006–2007Emelec (loan) 41 (12)
2008Barcelona SC (loan) 21 (3)
2009Nacional (loan) 11 (3)
2010Atlético Nacional (loan) 26 (4)
2011 Centro Atlético Fénix 0 (0)
2011Chivas USA (loan) 24 (3)
2012– Emelec 120 (28)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 May 2015.


Marcos Gustavo Mondaini (born 14 February 1985 in Sáenz Peña) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a Striker for Emelec in the Ecuadorian Serie A.

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 six 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 seven matches and scoring two goals as the club reached the semi-final stage.

In 2010 he joined Colombia's Atlético Nacional. On 31 July 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 1 March 2011.[3] He scored his first goal for his new club on 30 April in a 3–0 win over New England Revolution.

On 7 May 2011 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. Morales was out for several months. Mondaini received a suspension of four games: 3 games for the tackle plus 1 game for the red card.[4]

After one season in MLS, Mondaini signed with his former Ecuadorian club Emelec in January 2012.[5]

Career statistics

As of March 20, 2015
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Boca Juniors 2004-05 20000020
2005 Apertura 00000000
Total 20000020
Emelec 2006 4112004112
Total 4112004112
Boca Juniors 2007 Clausura 30001040
2007 Apertura 00000000
Total 30001040
Barcelona SC 2008 21300213
Total 21300213
Nacional 2009 Clausura 11372185
Total 11372185
Boca Juniors 2009 Apertura 10000010
Total 10000010
Atlético Nacional 2010 3840000384
Total 3840000384
Fénix 2011 Clausura 000000
Chivas USA 2011 2430000243
Total 2430000243
Emelec 2012 37101315011
2013 417120537
2014 32681407
2015 29790387
Total 1393042216932
Career total 270550050432959

Honours

Club

Boca Juniors

Emelec

Individual

Emelec

See also

References

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