Roberto Monserrat Explained

Roberto Monserrat
Fullname:	Roberto Carlos Monserrat
Birth Date:	13 September 1968
Years1:	1989–1992
Years2:	1993–1996
Years3:	1996–1998
Years4:	1998–1999
Years5:	1999–2000
Years6:	2000–2001
Years7:	2002–2003
Years8:	2003–2005
Years9:	2005–2006
Caps1:	163
Caps2:	109
Caps3:	52
Caps4:	34
Caps5:	27
Caps6:	26
Caps7:	21
Caps8:	18
Caps9:	2
Goals1:	18
Goals2:	22
Goals3:	10
Goals4:	1
Goals5:	3
Goals6:	0
Goals7:	1
Goals8:	2
Goals9:	0
Totalcaps:	452
Totalgoals:	57
Nationalyears1:	1993–1997
Nationalcaps1:	4
Nationalgoals1:	0
Pcupdate:	June 2008

Roberto Carlos Monserrat (born 13 September 1968 in Córdoba) is an Argentine former football midfielder. He played for the Argentina national team and won several major championships with River Plate.

Career

Monserrat started his playing career in 1989 with Belgrano de Córdoba in the Argentine 2nd division. In 1991 the club won promotion to the Argentine Primera. Monserrat played with the club until the end of 1992 when he moved to San Lorenzo de Almagro.

In 1995, he was part of the San Lorenzo team that won the Clausura 1995 championship.

Monserrat joined River Plate in 1996, he was part of the team that won three consecutive league championships, Copa Libertadores 1996 and Supercopa Sudamericana in 1997.

In 1997, he was called up to play for Argentina in Copa América 1997.

Monserrat also played in the Argentine Primera with Colón de Santa Fe, Racing Club de Avellaneda and Argentinos Juniors before returning to lower league football.

In 2002–03, he helped Villa Dálmine to win promotion from Primera C to Primera B.

In 2003, he returned to his home city of Córdoba to play for Racing de Córdoba where he helped the club win promotion from Argentino A to the 2nd division, where he played a further season.

In 2005, he joined Alumni de Villa María helping them to gain promotion from Argentino B to Argentino A. He retired in 2006 at the age of 38.