Maximiliano Cantera
Uruguayan footballer (born 1993)
Marcos Maximiliano Cantera Mora (born 10 May 1993) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danubio. He has made over 250 appearances in the Uruguayan Primera División for Cerro Largo, Liverpool Montevideo, Fénix, Deportivo Maldonado, Nacional and Danubio.
He won the Uruguayan Segunda División in 2015 for Liverpool and the Supercopa Uruguaya with Nacional in 2021. Abroad, he played in the Venezuelan Primera División for Deportivo Táchira in 2018 and the Colombian Categoría Primera A for Atlético Nacional in 2023.
Career
Early career
Born in Cerillos in Canelones Department, Cantera began his youth career at Juventud de Las Piedras before joining Peñarol in Montevideo. Aged 18 and having made the fourth team, he moved through his agent to Italian club Bologna for a three-month trial. Without the technology to communicate with his family back home, he entertained himself by watching television in his hotel room, becoming a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Cantera began his professional career at Cerro Largo. On his debut in the Uruguayan Primera División on 23 February 2013, he equalised away to Montevideo Wanderers eight minutes into the second half, albeit in a 2–1 defeat.
Ahead of the 2014–15 season, Cantera left relegated Cerro Largo for another team in the Uruguayan Segunda División, Liverpool Montevideo.
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