Alberto Quintana (footballer, born 2001)

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Alberto Quintana
Personal information
Full name Alberto Miguel Quintana Moreno
Date of birth (2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Villanueva del Trabuco, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Valladolid B
Number 6
Youth career
2011–2019 Málaga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Málaga B 68 (4)
2020–2022 Málaga 3 (0)
2022– Valladolid B 32 (0)
2023– Valladolid 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2023

Alberto Miguel Quintana Moreno (born 5 October 2001) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid Promesas. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a defensive midfielder.

Club career[edit]

Born in Villanueva del Trabuco, Málaga, Andalusia, Quintana joined Málaga CF's youth setup in 2011 at the age of ten.[1] On 3 June 2019, he renewed his contract with the club until 2022,[2] being subsequently promoted to the reserves in Tercera División.

Quintana made his senior debut on 25 August 2019, starting in a 4–0 home routing of Alhaurín de la Torre CF.[3] He scored his first senior goal on 18 October of the following year, netting the game's only in a home success over Juventud de Torremolinos CF.[4]

Quintana made his first team debut on 1 December 2020, coming on as a late substitute for Pablo Chavarría in a 2–0 away win against CF Fuenlabrada in the Segunda División championship.[5] On 4 July 2022, he moved to another reserve team, Real Valladolid Promesas in Segunda Federación.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Así es Quintana: trabajo, humildad y precisión en el centro del campo" [This is Quintana: labor, humility and precision in the centre of midfield] (in Spanish). Diario Sur. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Quintana renueva con el Málaga CF hasta 2022" [Quintana renews with Málaga CF until 2022] (in Spanish). JM10Sport. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. ^ "El Atlético Malagueño vence y convence ante el Alhaurín (0–4)" [Atlético Malagueño win and play well against Alhaurín (0–4)] (in Spanish). Málaga Deporte. 26 August 2019. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Reserve team wins in Torremolinos in league opener (1–0)". Málaga CF. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Este Málaga tiene mucho peligro lejos de La Rosaleda" [This Málaga is very dangerous away from La Rosaleda] (in Spanish). Marca. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Alberto Quintana, primer refuerzo del Promesas" [Alberto Quintana, first addition of Promesas] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

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