Cristian Montes López (born 10 August 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristian Montes López | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-08-10) 10 August 1997 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Tenerife, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sporting Gijón | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Sporting B | 10 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Lealtad (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Langreo (loan) | 38 | (25) |
| 2018–2020 | Omonia | 20 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | → Badalona (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 2020 | → Nea Salamina (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:54, 24 December 2020 (UTC) | |||
Born in Tenerife, Montes graduated from the youth academy of Sporting de Gijón. On 7 February 2016, he made his debut for the reserves, coming on as a substitute of Cyril Dreyer in a 1–0 defeat against Racing de Ferrol.[1] On 13 March, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 victory over UD Logroñés.[2]
In order to get more playing time, Montes joined CD Lealtad on a loan deal on 13 January 2017.[3] On 12 July, he was loaned out to UP Langreo.[4] He scored 25 goals during the season,[5] which included hat-tricks against CD Mosconia,[6] Club Siero and CD Colunga.[7]
On 31 July 2018, Montes moved abroad and joined Cypriot First Division club AC Omonia on a three-year contract.[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting Gijón B | 2015–16[9] | Segunda División B | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17[9] | Tercera División | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 10 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Lealtad (loan) | 2016–17[9] | Segunda División B | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Langreo (loan) | 2017–18[9] | Tercera División | 38 | 25 | 0 | 0 | — | 38 | 25 | |
| Omonia | 2018–19[10] | Cypriot First Division | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | |
| Badalona (loan) | 2019–20[9] | Segunda División B | 24 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 29 | 5 |
| Career total | 99 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 33 | ||