Clemente Montes

Clemente Montes
Montes with Universidad Católica in 2023
Personal information
Full name Clemente José Montes Barroilhet
Date of birth (2001-04-25) 25 April 2001
Place of birth Vitacura, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Universidad Católica
Number 11
Youth career
2010–2020 Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Universidad Católica 101 (13)
2023 → Celta Vigo B (loan) 11 (1)
International career‡
2021– Chile 4 (0)
2023–2024 Chile U23 7 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 October 2025

Clemente José Montes Barroilhet (born 25 April 2001) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Universidad Católica.

Early life

Montes was born on 25 April 2001 in the commune of Vitacura, in the city of Santiago, Chile.[1]

Club career

Universidad Catolica

Montes joined the Universidad Católica youth academy at just nine years old.[2] In October 2019, he signed his first professional contract and was promptly promoted to the first team.[3][4]

He made his official debut on 30 December 2020, replacing José Pedro Fuenzalida in the 80th minute of a 1-1 draw against Santiago Wanderers.[5] Just days later, on 4 January 2021, Montes scored his first professional goal in a 3-0 victory over Huachipato.[6] On 5 May 2021, he made his Copa Libertadores debut in a 3-1 win against Nacional.[7]

At the end of the 2025 season, Montes extended his contract with the club for two more seasons.[8]

International career

After being called up to the first training microcycle on 2021 of the Chile senior team by Martín Lasarte,[9] he received his first official call up for the friendly match against Bolivia on 26 March 2021, making his international debut at the minute 87 along with his teammate Ignacio Saavedra.[10] In addition, he was in the Chile squad for the 2021 Copa América, but he didn't make any appearance.

He was included in the squad for the 2023 Pan American Games,[11][12] where Chile won the silver medal.[13]

In 2024, he took part in the Pre-Olympic Tournament by replacing Lautaro Pastrán due to an injury.[14]

Personal life

He has two cousins – brothers to each other – who are professional footballers: the English-born French-Chilean older brother, Richard Barroilhet,[15] who came to Chile on 2017 to join O'Higgins[16] and the French-Chilean younger brother, Jordan Barroilhet, who came to Chile on 2020 to join Deportes Puerto Montt.[17]

On 24 August 2026, Montes married María José Cerda in an intimate ceremony.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of As of match played 21 June 2026[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Universidad Católica 2020 Primera División 91————91
2021 Primera División 121——4[c]11[d]0172
2022 Primera División 17330—001[d]0214
2023 Primera División 15130———181
2024 Primera División 25220—1[e]0—282
2025 Primera División 28650—1[e]0—345
2026 Primera División 11311516[c]22[d]1258
Total 1171714151624115223
Celta Vigo B (loan) 2022–23 Primera Federación 101———1[f]0111
Career total 1281814151625116324
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Chile
  2. ↑ Includes Copa de la Liga
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
  4. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in the Supercopa de Chile
  5. 1 2 Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
  6. ↑ Appearance in promotion play-offs

International

As of 10 October 2025[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Chile 202130
202510
Total40

Honours

Universidad Católica

Chile U23

References

  1. ↑ "El chileno Clemente Montes llegará al Celta para jugar en el filial". OneFootball (in Spanish). 22 January 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Llegó a Católica a los 10 años y ha brillado en todas sus categorías: Gonzalo Tapia, la figura de la "Roja" Sub 17". Emol (in Spanish). 28 March 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  3. ↑ M, Cristian Barrera (8 October 2019). "La UC ya piensa en el futuro: blinda a seis joyas de la cantera". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Las seis 'joyas' de la UC que firmaron su primer contrato". Diario AS (in Spanish). 9 October 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Tobar, Daniel (31 December 2020). "Clemente Montes, el debutante que casi le da el triunfo a la UC". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "La acrobática celebración de Clemente Montes tras anotar en el duelo ante Huachipato". AlAireLibre.cl: Noticias de deportes en Chile y el mundo (in Spanish). 4 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Universidad Católica liquidó a Nacional con un golazo de un colosal Clemente Montes". AlAireLibre.cl: Noticias de deportes en Chile y el mundo (in Spanish). 5 May 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Clemente Montes y Agustín Farías renovaron sus vínculos con Universidad Católica". Radio Cooperativa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Martín Lasarte inicia su primer microciclo con la Selección Chilena Local". LaRoja.cl. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  10. ↑ @LaRoja (26 March 2021). "87. Doble cambio cruzado en Rancagua" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2021 – via Twitter.
  11. ↑ "Team roster CHI - Chile" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Individual Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "[Audio] Clemente Montes por volver a la sub 23: Estoy sorprendido, no me lo esperaba". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  15. ↑ "Richard Barroilhet, el francés que juega en Barnechea: "Estoy acá para salir de mi zona de confort"" (in Spanish). Goal. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "Chileno-francés de O'Higgins: "Es una aventura interesante"" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  17. ↑ ""Me vine a jugar a Chile porque mi sueño es defender a la Roja"" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  18. ↑ Barrientos, Marcelo (25 August 2026). "En íntima ceremonia: Clemente Montes compartió tierna foto tras contraer matrimonio". www.chilevision.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  19. 1 2 "Clemente Montes". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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