Aitor Monroy Rueda

Aitor Monroy

Monroy with Maccabi Petah Tikva in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Aitor Monroy Rueda
Date of birth	18 October 1987
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Maccabi Petah Tikva
Number	62
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–	Maccabi Petah Tikva	28	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 16 May 2016 (UTC).

Aitor Monroy Rueda (born 18 October 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Israeli club Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. as a defensive midfielder.

Football 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 during his four-year spell with the Colchoneros, the latter in the third division.

From 2009 to 2011 Monroy continued to compete in the third level, with UD Logroñés. He missed most of his first season due to injury,^[1] appearing in only 12 league games.

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

In January 2014, he transferred to another team in the league, CFR Cluj, for €40,000.^[2] That November, he chose to terminate his contract over unpaid wages.^[3] The following February, he resumed his career at Moldova's FC Sheriff Tiraspol.^[4]

Club statistics

As of 14 November 2015

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Atlético Madrid B	2007–08[5]	Segunda División B	13	0	—		—		13	0
	2008–09[5]	Segunda División B	29	0	0	0	—		29	0
	Total		42	0	—		—		42	0
Logroñés	2009–10[5]	Segunda División B	12	1	1	0	—		13	1
	2010–11[5]	Segunda División B	5	1	1	0	—		6	1
	Total		17	2	2	0	—		19	2
Ceahlăul	2011–12[6]	Liga I	31	0	1	0	—		32	0
	2012–13[6]	Liga I	28	1	2	0	—		30	1
	Total		59	1	3	0	—		62	1
CFR Cluj	2013–14[6]	Liga I	12	0	0	0	—		12	0
	2014–15[6]	Liga I	15	0	1	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	20	0
	Total		27	0	1	0	4	0	32	0
Sheriff	2014–15[6]	Divizia Națională	11	0	1	0	—		12	0
Petah Tikva	2015–16[6]	Israeli Premier League	28	0	6	0	—		34	0
	2016–17[6]	Israeli Premier League	6	0	0	0	—		6	0
Career total			162	3	7	0	4	0	173	3

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References

1. Pepe y Aitor Monroy se operan el mismo día (Pepe and Aitor Monroy have surgery on the same day); Diario AS, 21 November 2009 (Spanish)
2. "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). Digi 24. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
3. "NTERVIU. Monroy s-a despărţit de CFR Cluj: "N-am mai putut suporta! Nu înţeleg ce se vrea în fotbalul românesc"" [INTERVIEW. Monroy leaves CFR Cluj: "I could not stand it! I do not understand what it is like in Romanian football"] (in Romanian). 29 November 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
4. "Aitor Monroy: "FC Sheriff is a good team which is popular in Europe"". FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
5. "Monroy: Aitor Monroy Rueda". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
6. "Aitor Monroy". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

External links

• Aitor Monroy profile at BDFutbol