David Monsalve
David Monsalve ( born December 21, 1988 in North York, Toronto, Ontario ) is a Canadian football goalkeeper Colombian descent. At present (March 2011) he is out of contract; last he played at Inter Turku in the First Division, the highest division in the Finnish football.
Both of his parents were born in Medellin, Colombia, why Monsalve both English and speaks fluent Spanish.
Career
Career start in Toronto
The in North York, a suburb of Toronto, grew up Monsalve began his active career as a football player at the age of four years and still came in the junior age amateur club CS Azzurri based in the city of Toronto. This he finally held until 2006, and then moved as so-called loyalty Injury Relief player, ie a player (usually a goalkeeper ), the. During an injury-related loss of another player, occupying the position for Toronto FC When MLS franchise, he was brought by coach Mo Johnston frequently as a substitute goalkeeper on the bench of the team.
After the 18 -year-old Monsalve gave his team debut in a 2:4 defeat in a friendly match against Aston Villa on 25 July 2007, he completed only four days later, his first professional use in the jersey for the Canadian MLS franchises. He was employed in the 0-3 away defeat against the Chicago Fire SC over the full duration.
About the FC Dallas at the North York Astros
In the 2007 Monsalve stood as one of six goalies of Toronto FC in the first team and was actually used as one of five goalkeepers in the course of the season in a match of the North American Football League. Furthermore, stood the young Canadians as goalkeeper in the housing of the reserve team of the club, which had its playing operations in the then still existing MLS Reserve Division. After the exemption from Toronto FC mid-July 2008 came Monsalve in the " MLS League -Wide Reserve Goalkeeper Pool ", a " reservoir " for your goalkeeper position in an MLS franchise. From the local " Waiverliste ", similar to the system which is also used in the National Hockey League ( NHL), he was taken during the 2008 season from FC Dallas. There, however, he found afterwards in any championship game use and had to be content with inserts in the MLS Reserve Division. In the same year the kolumbianischstämmige scored the North York Astros was issued, based in his birth city of North York. For the team with gaming operations in the Canadian Soccer League, the top division in the Canadian football, he came in six league games for use until 2009.
Move to Europe
After a short trial with the Norwegian club Lillestrøm SK, took Monsalves players' agent in February 2009 Contact with the keeper on and thought a European club for him to know. In March 2009, eventually followed Monsalves signing of the contract with the Finnish first division side Inter Turku, where he signed a contract with a three-year term until 2011. His debut in the top Finnish league gave the then 20 -year-old finally on July 1, 2009, when he, the goalkeeper of the club, Patrick Bantamoi, who was sent in the previous league match against HJK Helsinki with red from the square and was therefore locked in gate replaced. Since Monsalve was sent to 57 completed compulsory game minutes after a rough foul the referee with a red card from the place in this game, had the third goalkeeper of the team, Eemeli Reponen, in the case of the Finnish professional clubs. For Reponen this insert was his pro debut; the game against Tampere United was ultimately narrowly lost with 2:3. After seven championship stakes in his first season at the new club, also inserts followed in the Finnish Football Cup, where he was, among other things, also used in the final, also against Tampere United. At the end of the game coached by Job Dragtsma team won with a 2-1 win for the first time in club history the Finnish Cup. In league action Monsalve reached the fifth rank with the team in the final table. Furthermore, the 1.88 m wide goalkeeper was also used in nine league matches of FC Sinimustat, the actual B- team of Inter Turku, Kakkonen, the third highest Finnish football league.
After a successful season ending 2009 Monsalve started with the team in the 2010 season, in seven league games where he came to August 2010 are used and an injury to his previously Meisterscahftseinsatz on 31 May 2010 the court had. Furthermore followed for the 21 -year-olds use in the Suomen Cup 2010, where he retired with the team in the quarter-final against IFK Mariehamn. Then Monsalve sat until 8 August 2010 four league games on the bench and did so on 29 July 2010 at the 1:5 home defeat in the third qualifying round of the Europa League 2010/11 against KRC Genk. When little meaningful return match in Belgium Monsalve was used for the last time in a competitive match of FC Turku. He played through the full game time and lost the game with his teammates with 2:3. Even at the end of the game in 2010 broke away from the Association of Finnish young Canadians, who then went to club search. In February 2011, he was brought to the North American first division club Toronto FC, where he once was since pro debut. When Canadian MLS franchise, he completed several weeks of trial and participated with the team in various camps. End of January 2011, he was next to Eddy Sidra and Gianluca Zavarise one of three Canadian International who were registered with the Toronto FC as a practice player. In the course of a few weeks Monsalve was taken without further notice for any reason from the training or preseason squad.
National team career
First international experience gained Monsalve in 2004, when he was appointed by U-17 national team coach Stephen Hart for the first time in the Canadian U- 17 team for an international youth tournament in Northern Ireland Ballymena. He was on 1 May 2004 his team debut when he took calculated against the country to which he would change about five years later. In the 1-2 defeat against Finland goalkeeper guarded the gate with Colombian roots over the full playing time and was used in the course of the tournament one more time. End of October 2004 was followed by two more operations against the U-17 national team of El Salvador, which Monsalve also finished his career as a U-17 national team. He also completed in 2005, two more unofficial U-17 inserts which he completed against Italian club youth teams at a youth tournament in Italy.
From 2005 he was eventually used in the U-20 national team of his native land, and gave it during the Jeux de la Francophonie in 2005 in Niger to be U-20 national team debut. He stood on 6 December 2005 in the 0-5 defeat against the junior selection of Cameroon on the total playing time between the two posts. After another use during the Jeux de la Francophonie Monsalve came to 2007 in eight friendly internationals used. Under U-20 national team coach Dale Mitchell, he participated in the Junior World Cup in 2007 in part in their own country, where, however, he did not play and the team already in the group stage Group A retired as Group Last by ongoing competition. In addition Monsalve denied in the years 2005 to 2007 seven more but unofficial U-20 caps for his country.
After he came on 7 March 2008 at an unofficial game of the U-23 National Team Canada against a selected team of the football team at UC Santa Barbara used, he completed 23 March 2008 his first and so far (as of July 2010) only official U-23 national game in his career. He was employed at the CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2008 Olympic Games football tournament against Guatemala; the game ended in a 0-0 draw. The beginning of 2010 was appointed to the senior team in his home country Monsalve by his former youth national team coach Stephen Hart, who is from the year 2009 as the head coach of the senior national team of Canada in office, especially due to its good performance in Finland. In the friendly match against Jamaica on 31 May 2010 Monsalve played through the entire match times and so came to his first senior national commitment to his homeland. The game, which took place in the Jamaican capital Kingston was lost with 0:1.
Game Type
The 1.88 m wide Monsalve is a fast, agile and athletic goalkeeper who can both catch and ward off long and short balls without major problems. From a young age he showed at youth level and in the national selections of his home country his talent as safe parierender goalkeeper.