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Costa Rican footballer (born 1948)

Fernando Montero
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Montero Mata
Date of birth	(1948-11-01) 1 November 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Limón, Costa Rica
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1970	Limonense
1971–1972	Cartaginés
1973–1982	Herediano
1975	→ Platense (loan)
1981	→ Municipal (loan)
1982	Limonense
1983	Jade East Dynamos
1983–1984	El Carmen
1985	Águila
1986	Club España
International career
197?–1980	Costa Rica	10	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 April 2015

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Montero and the second or maternal family name is Mata.

Fernando Montero Mata (born 1 November 1948) is a retired Costa Rican football striker.

Club career

Nicknamed Macho, Montero most prominently played for Herediano with whom he won three league titles and became the league's top goalscorer in 1974 with 19 goals.

He also played for hometown club Limonense and had spells abroad in El Salvador, Guatemala, South Africa and the United States.

International career

Montero represented Costa Rica in the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games qualifiers and earned a total of 10 caps, scoring 2 goals.

Personal life

Born in Limón to Emilio Montero and Consuelo Mata,"Macho" is married to Francini Soto Arguedas and they have 4 children.

References

^ El último salvador - Nación (in Spanish)
Goleadores de Campeonato Nacional Archived 26 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine - UNAFUT (in Spanish)
La trayectoria del exfutbolista herediano Fernando Montero - Nación (in Spanish)

External links

Profile - Herediano

v t e Costa Rican Primera División Top scorers
1925: Arguedas 1929: Madrigal 1938: Piedra / Meza 1939: Morera 1940: Meza 1941: Cordero / Araya 1942: Fernández / Solano 1943: Zeledón 1945: Rodríguez 1948: Muñoz 1949: Zeledón 1950: Armijo 1951: J. Meza / Goñi / Ovares 1952: J. Meza / J.R. Meza / Zeledón / Zúñiga 1953: Herrera 1955: González 1957: J. Soto 1958: J.L. Soto 1959: Ulloa 1960: Ulloa 1961 Fed: Armijo 1961 Aso: Bolaños / Meléndez / Soto 1962: Monge / Jiménez 1963: Elizondo 1964: Daniels 1965: Daniels 1966: Daniels / Ulloa 1967: Daniels 1968: Daniels / Chavarría 1969: Sáenz 1970: Daniels 1971: Sáenz 1972: Odir 1973: Hernández 1974: Montero 1975: Cordero 1976: Solano 1977: Mansilla 1978: Gutiérrez 1979: Rooper / Izquierdo 1980: Torres 1981: Coronado 1982: Guardia 1983: Chacón 1984: Ulate 1985: Ulate 1986: Flores 1987: Jara 1988: Coronado 1989: Rodríguez 1991: Hilario 1992: Astúa 1992–93: Nildeson de Melo 1993–94: Astúa 1994–95: Arguedas 1995–96: R. Gómez 1996–97: Oviedo 1997–98: Larrea 1998–99: Mahía / Miso 1999–00: Arguedas 2000–01: Díaz 2001–02: Cubero 2002–03: Ciccia 2003–04: Saborío 2004–05: Brenes 2005–06: Bernard 2006–07: Solís 2007 I: Núñez 2008 V: Alpizar 2008 I: Núñez 2009 V: Camacho / Herron 2009 I: Núñez 2010 V: Sequeira 2010 I: Alfaro / Brenes 2011 V: Díaz 2011 I: Brenes 2012 V: Lagos / Cancela 2012 I: Lagos 2013 V: Núñez 2013 I: Lagos 2014 V: Ronchetti / L. Gómez / Moya 2014 I: Ruiz 2015 V: McDonald 2015 I: A. Rodríguez 2016 V: Ortiz / Ruiz / Cordero 2016 I: Ruiz 2017 V: Scott 2017 A: McDonald 2018 C: Rojas 2018 A: Saborío 2019 C: Saborío 2019 A: Saborío 2020 C: Bolaños 2020 A: Hernández 2021 C: East / Venegas 2021 A: Ruiz 2022 C: Hernández 2022 A: Lesme 2023 C: Venegas 2023 A: Godínez 2024 C: Cárdenas 2024 A: East / Hernández

Costa Rican Primera División Top scorers

1925: Arguedas
1929: Madrigal
1938: Piedra / Meza
1939: Morera
1940: Meza
1941: Cordero / Araya
1942: Fernández / Solano
1943: Zeledón
1945: Rodríguez
1948: Muñoz
1949: Zeledón
1950: Armijo
1951: J. Meza / Goñi / Ovares
1952: J. Meza / J.R. Meza / Zeledón / Zúñiga
1953: Herrera
1955: González
1957: J. Soto
1958: J.L. Soto
1959: Ulloa
1960: Ulloa
1961 Fed: Armijo
1961 Aso: Bolaños / Meléndez / Soto
1962: Monge / Jiménez
1963: Elizondo
1964: Daniels
1965: Daniels
1966: Daniels / Ulloa
1967: Daniels
1968: Daniels / Chavarría
1969: Sáenz
1970: Daniels
1971: Sáenz
1972: Odir
1973: Hernández
1974: Montero
1975: Cordero
1976: Solano
1977: Mansilla
1978: Gutiérrez
1979: Rooper / Izquierdo
1980: Torres
1981: Coronado
1982: Guardia
1983: Chacón
1984: Ulate
1985: Ulate
1986: Flores
1987: Jara
1988: Coronado
1989: Rodríguez
1991: Hilario
1992: Astúa
1992–93: Nildeson de Melo
1993–94: Astúa
1994–95: Arguedas
1995–96: R. Gómez
1996–97: Oviedo
1997–98: Larrea
1998–99: Mahía / Miso
1999–00: Arguedas
2000–01: Díaz
2001–02: Cubero
2002–03: Ciccia
2003–04: Saborío
2004–05: Brenes
2005–06: Bernard
2006–07: Solís
2007 I: Núñez
2008 V: Alpizar
2008 I: Núñez
2009 V: Camacho / Herron
2009 I: Núñez
2010 V: Sequeira
2010 I: Alfaro / Brenes
2011 V: Díaz
2011 I: Brenes
2012 V: Lagos / Cancela
2012 I: Lagos
2013 V: Núñez
2013 I: Lagos
2014 V: Ronchetti / L. Gómez / Moya
2014 I: Ruiz
2015 V: McDonald
2015 I: A. Rodríguez
2016 V: Ortiz / Ruiz / Cordero
2016 I: Ruiz
2017 V: Scott
2017 A: McDonald
2018 C: Rojas
2018 A: Saborío
2019 C: Saborío
2019 A: Saborío
2020 C: Bolaños
2020 A: Hernández
2021 C: East / Venegas
2021 A: Ruiz
2022 C: Hernández
2022 A: Lesme
2023 C: Venegas
2023 A: Godínez
2024 C: Cárdenas
2024 A: East / Hernández

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