Aitor Monroy

Aitor Monroy
Monroy with Maccabi Petah Tikva in 2015
Personal information
Full name Aitor Monroy Rueda[1]
Date of birth (1987-10-18) 18 October 1987[1]
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Racing Madrid
Youth career
2000–2005 Alcalá
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Atlético Madrid C
2007–2009 Atlético Madrid B 42 (0)
2009–2011 Logroñés 17 (0)
2011–2014 Ceahlăul 59 (1)
2014 CFR Cluj 27 (0)
2015 Sheriff 11 (0)
2015–2017 Maccabi Petah Tikva 52 (0)
2018 Dinamo București 5 (0)
2018 Dunărea Călărași 4 (0)
2019 Internacional Madrid 17 (0)
2019–2021 Jamshedpur 37 (1)
2022–2024 Alcalá 64 (0)
2024–2025 Azuqueca 32 (1)
2025– Racing Madrid 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:19, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Aitor Monroy Rueda (born 18 October 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Tercera Federación club Racing Madrid.

Career

Born in Madrid, Monroy signed with Atlético Madrid in 2005 from neighbouring club RSD Alcalá. He could only represent the C and B teams over a four-year spell, the latter in the Segunda División B.[2]

From 2009 to 2011, Monroy continued to compete in division three, with UD Logroñés. He was rarely played during his spell, mainly due to injuries.[3][4][5]

Monroy's first top-flight experience occurred in 2011–12, with FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț in Romania.[6] In the following campaign he appeared in 28 Liga I matches and scored his first goal as a professional, in a 3–0 win against CS Concordia Chiajna.[7]

In January 2014, Monroy transferred to fellow top-flight side CFR Cluj for €40,000.[8] That November, he chose to terminate his contract over unpaid wages,[9] and the following February he signed with Moldovan National Division's FC Sheriff Tiraspol.[10]

After two seasons with Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. of the Israeli Premier League, Monroy returned to Romania in January 2018, signing for FC Dinamo București.[11] In the following years, he represented in quick succession FC Dunărea Călărași (Romanian top division),[12] Internacional de Madrid (Spanish third tier)[13] and Jamshedpur FC (Indian Super League).[14]

Monroy returned to the Spanish lower leagues and Alcalá in March 2022, aged 34.[2] On 12 September 2024, he joined CD Azuqueca also of Tercera Federación.[15]

Career statistics

As of 1 May 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlético Madrid B 2007–08[16] Segunda División B 130——130
2008–09[16] Segunda División B 29000—290
Total 4200000420
UD Logroñés 2009–10[16] Segunda División B 12010—130
2010–11[16] Segunda División B 5010—60
Total 1702000190
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 2011–12[17] Liga I 31010—320
2012–13[17] Liga I 28120—301
Total 5913000621
CFR Cluj 2013–14[17] Liga I 12000—120
2014–15[17] Liga I 150104[a]0200
Total 2701040320
Sheriff Tiraspol 2014–15[17] National Division 11010—120
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2015–16[17] Israeli Premier League 28060—340
2016–17[17] Israeli Premier League 24030—270
Total 5209000610
Dinamo București 2017–18[17] Liga I 5010—60
Dunărea Călărași 2018–19[17] Liga I 4000—40
Internacional Madrid 2018–19[17] Segunda División B 17000—170
Jamshedpur 2019–20[17] Indian Super League 18100—181
2020–21[17] 19000—190
Total 3710000371
Alcalá 2021–22 Tercera División RFEF 50——50
Career total 2762170402972
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. 1 2 3 Aitor Monroy at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 "Chato, Aitor Monroy y Huelves, son los tres primeros jugadores de la RSD Alcalá en renovar para la temporada 2022/23" [Chato, Aitor Monroy and Huelves, are the first three RSD Alcalá players to renew for the 2022/23 season] (in Spanish). Futmadrid. 9 June 2022. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Pepe y Aitor Monroy se operan el mismo día" [Pepe and Aitor Monroy have surgery on the same day]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 21 November 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  4. ↑ Ferrer, Carlos (3 March 2010). "Aitor vuelve a sonreír" [Aitor smiles again] (in Spanish). La Rioja. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  5. ↑ Labarga, Nacho (5 January 2011). "Arpón, descartado por la UD Logroñés" [Arpón, released by UD Logroñés]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "RoMercato în Liga I | Naţionala se mută la ProRapid" [RoMarket in League I | Naţionala renamed ProRapid] (in Romanian). Tribuna. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  7. ↑ Alexandru, Dan (13 April 2013). "Liga I: Concordia lui Stan pierde fara drept de apel la Piatra Neamt" [League I: Stan's Concordia lose to Piatra Neamt without a doubt] (in Romanian). Ziare. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Aitor Monroy, mijlocaș CFR Cluj: "Am venit la CFR pentru cupele europene"" [Aitor Monroy, CFR Cluj midfielder: "I came to CFR for European cups"] (in Romanian). Digi24. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Şchiopu, Valentin (29 November 2014). "Exclusiv INTERVIU. Monroy s-a despărţit de CFR Cluj: "N-am mai putut suporta! Nu înţeleg ce se vrea în fotbalul românesc"" [Exclusive INTERVIEW. Monroy leaves CFR Cluj: "I could not stand it! I do not understand what it is like in Romanian football"] (in Romanian). Stiridesport. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Aitor Monroy: "FC Sheriff are a good team which are popular in Europe"". Sheriff Tiraspol. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Monroy a semnat cu Dinamo! Spaniolul a mai jucat la Ceahlaul si CFR Cluj" [Monroy signed for Dinamo! The Spaniard also played for Ceahlaul and CFR Cluj] (in Romanian). Sport Total. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  12. ↑ Stănilă, Ionela (13 June 2018). "Transfer de Liga 1. Mijlocaşul central de la Dinamo București, Aitor Monroy Rueda, a semnat cu AFC Dunărea" [Liga 1 transfer. Dinamo Bucharest central midfielder, Aitor Monroy Rueda, has signed with AFC Dunărea]. Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "INTERNACIONAL | Aitor Monroy vuelve a Madrid para jugar en el Inter" [INTERNACIONAL | Aitor Monroy returns to Madrid to play in Inter] (in Spanish). El Gol de Madriz. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Jamshedpur FC sign Spanish midfielder Aitor Monroy". The Times of India. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  15. ↑ Andrés, David (12 September 2024). "El CD Azuqueca anuncia cuatro nuevos fichajes" [CD Azuqueca announce four new signings] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  16. 1 2 3 4 Aitor Monroy at BDFutbol
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Aitor Monroy at Soccerway
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.