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Carlos Quintero

Darwin Quintero
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Quintero while playing for Santos Laguna in 2012
Personal information
Full name Carlos Darwin Quintero Villalba
Date of birth (1987-09-19) 19 September 1987 (age 29)
Place of birth Tumaco, Colombia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
América
Number 31
Youth career
2004–2005 Deportes Tolima
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Deportes Tolima 55 (24)
2007–2008 Krylia Sovetov 11 (1)
2008 Deportivo Pereira 34 (17)
2009–2014 Santos Laguna 187 (50)
2015– América 72 (15)
National team
2008–2012 Colombia 14 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 January 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2013

Carlos Darwin Quintero Villalba (born 19 September 1987) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mexican club América. He is a naturalized citizen of Mexico.

After being transferred from Deportes Tolima in the Copa Mustang to FC Krylia Sovetov Samara along with fellow Colombian and Tolima Team Mate Juan Carlos Escobar in Russia he quickly returned to Colombia after an unsuccessful run in Europe.

In 2009, Quintero was transferred to Club Santos Laguna of the Mexican Primera División for $4 million. Quintero made his debut against Club América losing 2–1 playing all 90 minutes. Quintero scored his first goal against Chivas in which Santos won 2–1. Quintero scored two goals against Montreal Impact in the Concacaf Champions League in a 5–2 win.

Quintero scored his first & goal of the 2011–2012 season against Atlante F.C. in a 3–0 win. He then scored his second goal against Club Tijuana, which Santos lost 3–1. Quintero scored another goal against Puebla F.C. in which the game ended 2–1 to Santos. On week 12 Quintero scored another goal against Querétaro F.C.. The game ended 3–1. After six games undefeated Santos lost to Estudiantes Tecos where Quintero scored the first goal for Santos, but the game ended in a 5–2 defeat for his club. The week after that Quintero scored the first goal of the game against Club América on the third minute in an eventual 1–1 draw. In the playoffs Quintero scored the first goal against Chiapas in a 2–1 win. Quintero scored his first goal of the Calusura 2012 against Club Tijuana, where Santos won 3–1. On Week 11 he scored his second goal away at Cruz Azul in a 1–0 win for Santos. Quintero scored his third goal of the Clausura 2012 season making this his ninth goal in the 2011–2012 season against Toluca in an away game which ended 3–1 on April 1.


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