Gonzalo Montiel

Gonzalo Montiel
Montiel playing for River Plate in 2019
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Ariel Montiel
Date of birth (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997
Place of birth González Catán, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
River Plate
Number 4
Youth career
River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2021 River Plate 72 (3)
2021–2025 Sevilla 52 (1)
2023–2024Nottingham Forest (loan) 14 (0)
2025– River Plate 17 (1)
International career
2017 Argentina U20 2 (0)
2019– Argentina 36 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Winner2022 Qatar
Copa América
Winner2021 Brazil
Winner2024 United States
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Gonzalo Ariel Montiel (born 1 January 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as right-back for the Argentine Primera División club River Plate and the Argentina national team.

Montiel began his professional career with River Plate in 2016, playing 140 games and winning honours including the Argentine Primera División in 2021 and the Copa Libertadores in 2018. In 2021, he signed for Sevilla for €11 million but was loaned to Nottingham Forest in England for the 2023/24 season before returning to Seville for another year. Then, four years after his departure from Argentina, he returned in January 2025 to River Plate.

Montiel made his senior international debut for Argentina in 2019. He was a part of the squads that won the Copa América in 2021 and 2024 and the FIFA World Cup in 2022, scoring the winning penalty in the shoot-out of the latter final.