Luis_Quintero
Luis Quintero
Colombian footballer (born 2004)
Luis Eduardo Quintero Hernández (born 12 October 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Spanish side Deportivo de La Coruña, on loan from Villarreal. Born in Spain, he is a youth international for Colombia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Eduardo Quintero Hernández[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2004-10-12) 12 October 2004 (age 19) | ||
| Place of birth | Alicante, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo La Coruña (on loan from Villarreal C) | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Elche | |||
| 2014–2017 | Kelme | ||
| 2017–2020 | Villarreal | ||
| 2020–2022 | Roda | ||
| 2022–2023 | Villarreal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Villarreal C | 3 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Amorebieta (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Colombia U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022– | Colombia U20 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:36, 5 July 2023 (UTC) | |||
Quintero was born in Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain to Colombian parents from Palmira in the Valle del Cauca Department.[2]
Quintero began his career with Elche and Kelme, before joining the academy of Villarreal in 2017.[2][3] He spent the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons with Villarreal subsidiary Roda.[4] Returning to Villarreal for the 2022–23 season, he made his debut for the club's C-team in the Tercera Federación on 25 September 2022, coming on as a second-half substitute for Sergio Hinojosa against Rayo Ibense and providing the assist for Villarreal's second goal in an eventual 2–1 win.[5]
On 6 July 2023, Quintero was loaned to Segunda División side Amorebieta for the season.[6] He made his professional debut on 11 August, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Levante.[7]
On 31 January 2024, Quintero joined Deportivo de La Coruña on loan for the remainder of the season with the option to buy.[8]
Quintero was first called up to represent Colombia for an under-16 tournament in Portugal in early 2020, where he featured in games against Germany, the Netherlands and hosts Portugal.[2] He was called up to the under-20 side for the 2022 Maurice Revello Tournament, expressing his pride in being able to represent the nation.[9] He would go on to feature in one game, coming on as a second-half substitution for Daniel Luna in a 2–1 win against Japan, as Colombia finished fourth in the tournament.[10]
Ahead of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Quintero was controversially left out of the preliminary squad by manager Héctor Cárdenas, with Cárdenas stating that despite Quintero being on the list of considered players, he had opted to call up Daniel Luna instead.[11] Quintero responded by posting his season statistics on his personal Twitter account, as well as stating "there are things that do not depend on oneself, but life keeps us firm".[12] He followed this up with a Tweet congratulating his compariots on their call-ups.[12]
Quintero remains eligible to represent Spain at international level, and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) first showed interest in the forward in May 2022, with Spanish sports radio programme Carrusel Deportivo stating that the RFEF were attempting to convince Quintero to switch allegiance.[13] Following his snub from the Colombian under-20 side ahead of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, it was reported by another radio broadcaster, Cadena SER, that the RFEF would once again try to convince Quintero to represent Spain.[14]
In his youth career, Quintero mostly featured as both an enganche and a right winger, and this continued during his time at Villarreal, where he also spent time playing as a midfielder.[3][2] A left-footed player, he scored a number of goals for Villarreal's youth team by cutting in from the right wing and shooting.[10]
Quintero is the cousin of fellow professional footballer Juan Sebastián Quintero.[2]
Club
- As of 5 July 2023.[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Villarreal C | 2022–23 | Tercera Federación | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
- Notes
- Luis Quintero at WorldFootball.net
- Henao Bolívar, Francisco (21 June 2022). ""Mi lugar siempre será la Selección Colombia": Luis Quintero, jugador del Villarreal de España" ["My place will always be the Colombian National Team": Luis Quintero, player of Villarreal of Spain]. elpais.com.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- Candel Ortega, Santiago (2 August 2022). "Luis Quintero: «Siempre me he fijado en Hazard»" [Luis Quintero: "I've always noticed Hazard"]. vipdeportivo.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- Maraví Coppa, Jean Pierre (8 December 2021). "Luis Quintero, la joya colombiana que se hace un camino en España" [Luis Quintero, the Colombian jewel that makes its way in Spain]. trome.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- Corazón, Javier (27 September 2022). "Luis Quintero, el futbolista alicantino que ha dado calabazas a España para jugar con Colombia" [Luis Quintero, the footballer from Alicante who has given pumpkins to Spain to play with Colombia]. informacion.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- "Luis Quintero, cedido al Amorebieta" [Luis Quintero, loaned to Amorebieta] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- "El Amore no se arruga ante un buen Levante" [Amore do not crinkle against a good Levante] (in Spanish). Marca. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- "El Dépor ata a Luis Quintero hasta final de temporada" [Dépor ties Luis Quintero until the end of the season]. www.rcdeportivo.es (in Spanish). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- "Luis Quintero: "Mi prioridad ha sido estar con la Selección Colombia, la verdad es un privilegio"" [Luis Quintero: "My priority has been to be with the Colombian National Team, the truth is a privilege"]. gol.caracoltv.com (in Spanish). 7 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- Cavero Olivera, David (30 December 2022). "Luis Quintero, el jugador del Villarreal por el que suspiran España y Colombia" [Luis Quintero, the Villarreal player for whom Spain and Colombia sigh]. juvenildivisiondehonor.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- Zabaleta, Camilo (15 May 2023). "Técnico de la selección Colombia explicó por qué no convocó al colombo-español Luis Quintero al Mundial" [Coach of the Colombian national team explained why he did not summon the Colombian-Spanish Luis Quintero to the World Cup]. infobae.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- "Luis Quintero levanta la voz tras quedarse fuera de la convocatoria al Mundial Sub-20" [Luis Quintero raises his voice after being left out of the call for the U-20 World Cup]. caracol.com.co (in Spanish). 2 May 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- "Luis Quintero, el juvenil que España le quiere quitar a Colombia" [Luis Quintero, the youth that Spain wants to take away from Colombia]. colombia.as.com (in Spanish). 20 May 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- "España va por Luis Quintero, el colombiano excluido de la Sub 20" [Spain goes for Luis Quintero, the Colombian excluded from the Sub 20]. colombia.as.com (in Spanish). 13 May 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- Luis Quintero at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- Luis Quintero at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)