Fabian Monzon

Luciano Fabian Monzon (born 13 April 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left back for Atletico Tucuman.

Club Career

Boca Juniors

Born in Granadero Baigorria, Monzon began his professional career with Boca Juniors in 2007 after being promoted out of the club's youth academy. He made his Boca Juniors debut during the 2008 Clausura tournament in Boca Juniors, and was a surprise choice for the Argentina squad for the 2008 Olympic Games later that year. This doubt was put to rest as Monzon started every match as the team went on to win gold.

Unsurprisingly, after Monzon's performance at the Olympics he moved to Europe to play for Real Betis in La Liga for a reported €9 million after being linked with a move to German side, Hamburg since the Olympics had begun. It was later revealed that Monzon had moved on a loan deal with the option to purchase the player outright in the summer of 2009. Monzon scored his first goal with Betis on his debut against FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou on 24 September 2008, however, Real Betis eventually lost the game 3–2.

Monzon returned to Boca after his loan deal with Betis ran out in July 2009. Upon his return he revealed his remarkably low wage compared to other stars at Boca.

In his first season back with Boca, Monzon earned a regular playing time for his native club, playing in 23 league matches, with 2 goals. In August 2010, after his first season back in Argentina, he had two failed transfer attempts. First, he failed to move to Ukrainian side Dnipro due to a congenital heart condition and a few days later a second transfer was cancelled, this time to Serie A team Udinese, admittedly by differences in payment method. Despite the failed transfer attempts, Monzon continued to feature for the club, making 20 league appearances during the 2010-11 campaign, which ultimately would be his last at the club, before finally completing a per

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