Enzo Eduardo Monteiro de Castro Becerra (born 27 May 2004) is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Brazilian club Santos and the Bolivia national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Enzo Eduardo Monteiro de Castro Becerra[1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 May 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Santos | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2015 | Toreto Garcia | ||
2015–2017 | Blooming | ||
2017–2018 | Proyecto Bolivia 2022 | ||
2018– | Santos | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | Santos | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Bolivia U15 | 5 | (0) |
2023– | Bolivia | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:05, 21 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:35, 29 August 2023 (UTC) |
Born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra[2] as his father was playing in the country at the time, Monteiro started his career with a local football school named Toreto Garcia at the age of four.[3] At the age of eleven, he joined professional side Blooming, but only two years later he joined Proyecto Bolivia 2022, a project created to encourage the development of young Bolivian men's footballers.[3][4]
In late 2018, Monteiro moved to Brazil, signing with Santos at the same time as Proyecto Bolivia 2022 teammates Miguel Terceros and Christian Osinaga.[5] Shortly after, the pair were joined by Leonardo Zabala, who Monteiro has known since he was nine, as their parents played football together in Bolivia.[5]
Monteiro signed his first professional contract with Santos in June 2022, signing a three-year deal with the option for two additional years.[2] He made his first team debut on 20 April 2024, starting in a 2–0 Série B home win over Paysandu.[6]
Monteiro represented Bolivia at the 2019 South American U-15 Championship, making five appearances.[1] On 18 August 2023, he was called up to the full side for a friendly against Panama,[7] and made his full international debut eleven days later, coming on as a late substitute for Víctor Ábrego in the 2–1 loss at the Estadio Félix Capriles in Cochabamba.[8]
Monteiro's father Edu Monteiro is a Brazilian former footballer who also played as a forward. His older brother Ronaldo, also Bolivian, is also a forward.
Club | Season | League | Paulista | Copa do Brasil | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Santos | 2024 | Série B | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
National team | Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bolivia | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Santos