Ernesto Goñi

Ernesto Goñi
Personal information
Full name	Ernesto Goñi Ameijenda
Date of birth	13 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
2005–2007	Defensor Sporting
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2009	Racing Montevideo
2010	→ Nacional (loan)
2011–2013	Quilmes
2013–2015	Estudiantes
2015	Tigre
2016	Almería
2016–2017	Racing Montevideo
2017	Torque
2018	Defensor Sporting
2019	Danubio
2020–2021	Liverpool Montevideo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernesto Goñi Ameijenda (born 13 January 1985) is an Uruguayan former footballer who played as a left back. His nickname is "Teto", an abbreviation of his name.

Club career

Goñi was born in Montevideo. A Defensor Sporting youth graduate, he made his senior debut with Racing Club de Montevideo in 2005. In August of that year, he went on a trial at Italy's Sambenedettese Calcio, but nothing came of it.^[1]

On 8 January 2010 Goñi moved to Club Nacional de Football on loan.^[2] He returned to his parent club in January 2011, and in July of that year, moved abroad after agreeing to a deal with Argentine Primera B Nacional side Quilmes Atlético Club.

After achieving promotion to Primera División during his first season and being a regular starter afterwards, Goñi moved to Estudiantes de La Plata on 8 July 2013.^[3] After being sparingly used, he rescinded his link and moved to fellow league team Club Atlético Tigre on 28 January 2015.^[4]

On 8 January 2016 Goñi signed for UD Almería in Segunda División.^[5]

Honours

Racing Montevideo

Segunda División Uruguay: 2007–08

Nacional

Copa Bimbo: 2010

References

^ "Compatriotas en Italia: informe especial" [Compatriots in Italy: special report] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 26 July 2005. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
^ "Goñi sube por el lateral" [Goñi joins from the flanks] (in Spanish). Ovación Digital. 8 January 2010. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
^ "Estudiantes (LP): firmó Ernesto Goñi" [Estudiantes (LP): Ernesto Goñi signed] (in Spanish). ESPN. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
^ "El marcador lateral Ernesto Goñi es el octavo refuerzo de Tigre" [Full back Ernesto Goñi is the eighth addition of Tigre] (in Spanish). ESPN. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
^ "El lateral zurdo Ernesto Goñi se convierte en el segundo fichaje del mercado de invierno" [Left back Ernesto Goñi becomes the second winter signing] (in Spanish). Almería's official website. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

External links

Ernesto Goñi at BDFutbol
Ernesto Goñi at ESPN FC
Ernesto Goñi at Soccerway

[1] "Compatriotas en Italia: informe especial" [Compatriots in Italy: special report] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 26 July 2005. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

[2] "Goñi sube por el lateral" [Goñi joins from the flanks] (in Spanish). Ovación Digital. 8 January 2010. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

[3] "Estudiantes (LP): firmó Ernesto Goñi" [Estudiantes (LP): Ernesto Goñi signed] (in Spanish). ESPN. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

[4] "El marcador lateral Ernesto Goñi es el octavo refuerzo de Tigre" [Full back Ernesto Goñi is the eighth addition of Tigre] (in Spanish). ESPN. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

[5] "El lateral zurdo Ernesto Goñi se convierte en el segundo fichaje del mercado de invierno" [Left back Ernesto Goñi becomes the second winter signing] (in Spanish). Almería's official website. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

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