26 Facts About Marcelo Montoya

Marcelo Eduardo Montoya Jr was born on 17 February 1996 and is a Fijian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger or centre for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League and Fiji at international level.

Marcelo Montoya previously played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL.

Marcelo Montoya played his junior rugby league for the Bankstown Bulls, and attended both Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield and Patrician Brothers' College, Blacktown.

Marcelo Montoya was signed by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and played in their Harold Matthews Cup team.

Marcelo Montoya progressed through Canterbury's youth system, and played in their NYC team between 2014 and 2016, scoring 36 tries in 46 matches.

In February 2017, Marcelo Montoya was named in Canterbury's 2017 NRL Auckland Nines squad.

Marcelo Montoya is the first player of Chilean and South American descent to play in the NRL.

Marcelo Montoya scored his first career double against the Newcastle Knights on the 7th April 2017 in a 22 points to 12 win.

On 6 June, Marcelo Montoya re-signed with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs for a further three seasons until the end of 2020.

In 2018, Marcelo Montoya made 15 appearances for Canterbury and scored two tries.

Marcelo Montoya was pictured on the street asleep by photographers after vomiting earlier.

Marcelo Montoya was handed a fine of $10,000 by the club for his involvement.

Marcelo Montoya played the first two games of the 2019 season at centre as Canterbury suffered back to back heavy defeats against the New Zealand Warriors and the Parramatta Eels.

Marcelo Montoya was one of five players demoted to reserve grade by coach Dean Pay.

Scans later revealed that Marcelo Montoya would be ruled out for the rest of the season after it was shown he had tears to his posterior cruciate ligament, lateral ligament and medial meniscal ligament.

On 22 September, it was revealed that Marcelo Montoya would be released by Canterbury at the end of the 2020 NRL season.

Marcelo Montoya was one of eight players who were released as the club looked to rebuild for the 2021 season.

In round 4 of the 2021 NRL season, Marcelo Montoya made his club debut against the Sydney Roosters.

In round 5 of the 2022 NRL season, Marcelo Montoya used a homophobic slur against North Queensland winger Kyle Feldt in a match between their sides.

Marcelo Montoya was referred to the NRL judiciary and entered an early guilty plea.

Marcelo Montoya made a total of 18 appearances for the New Zealand club as they finished 15th on the table.

Marcelo Montoya played 27 games for the New Zealand Warriors in the 2023 NRL season and scored eleven tries as the club finished 4th on the table and qualified for the finals.

Marcelo Montoya played in all three finals games as the club reached the preliminary final before being defeated by Brisbane.

Marcelo Montoya played 19 games for the New Zealand Warriors in the 2024 NRL season and scored eight tries which saw the club finish 13th on the table.

On 11 October 2024, the Warriors announced that Marcelo Montoya had been released from his contract to return to Australia.

Marcelo Montoya has been an ambassador for Latin Heat Rugby League.