*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:05, 21 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:55, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
Enzo Eduardo Monteiro de Castro Becerra (born 27 May 2004) is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Brazilian club Santos and the Bolivia national team.
Club career
Born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra[2] as his father was playing in the country at the time, Monteiro started his career with a local football school named Toreto Garcia at the age of four.[3] At the age of eleven, he joined professional side Blooming. Still, only two years later, he joined Proyecto Bolivia 2022, a project created to encourage the development of young Bolivian men's footballers.[3][4]
In late 2018, Monteiro moved to Brazil, signing with Santos at the same time as Proyecto Bolivia 2022 teammates Miguel Terceros and Christian Osinaga.[5] Shortly after, the pair were joined by Leonardo Zabala, who Monteiro has known since he was nine, as their parents played football together in Bolivia.[5]
Monteiro signed his first professional contract with Santos in June 2022, signing a three-year deal with the option for two additional years.[2] He made his first team debut on 20 April 2024, starting in a 2–0 Série B home win over Paysandu.[6]
Monteiro's father Edu Monteiro is a former Brazilian footballer who also played forward. His older brother Ronaldo, also born in Bolivia, plays as a forward as well.