Joël Monteiro, born on 5 August 1999 (age 27), is a Swiss left winger now with Lecce. A rangy wide player at 6ft 3in (1.91m), he is valued at around £6m by Transfermarkt.
His early senior development included loan football, the sort of spell that tends to matter more to the player than to the wider record. The career that followed has been shaped overwhelmingly by Young Boys, where he became a regular across six seasons and made 132 league appearances, scoring 28 league goals.
His best league return came in 2023–24, when he scored 12 times in 32 appearances for Young Boys. That was the season that gave some weight to his profile beyond simply being a useful, durable wide option.
In 2026–27, Monteiro made five league appearances and scored three goals for Young Boys before moving on to Lecce, where he has added five league appearances. His career to this point is still largely a Young Boys story, with Italy now the next test rather than the main body of the work.
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