Dany Luis Quintero

Danis Luis Quintero Chevans (born 10 December 1984 in Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos Province) is a Cuban footballer, who is currently playing for German amateur side FSV Rheinfelden.

Dany Quintero
Personal information
Full name Danis Luis Quintero Chevans
Date of birth (1984-12-10) December 10, 1984
Place of birth Cienfuegos, Cuba
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Rheinfelden
Youth career
1997–2002 Cienfuegos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Cienfuegos 90 (0)
2009–2010 Valdevez 18 (0)
2010–2013 Nollingen 10 (0)
2013– Rheinfelden 105 (0)
International career
1998–1999 Cuba U-17 9 (0)
2002 Cuba U-20 6 (0)
2007–2008 Cuba[1] 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Quintero began play with FC Cienfuegos and played eight years for the team before fleeing the country. After a trial with Swiss side Servette[2] he signed for C.A. Valdevez in summer 2009.[3] After a half-year in Portugal, he left Valdevez in February 2010 to sign on 2 February 2010 for the German lower League club SV Nollingen.[4][5]

In 2013 he joined FSV Rheinfelden.[6]

International career

He made his international debut for Cuba in a January 2007 Caribbean Cup qualification match against Guadeloupe and has earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals.

During 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign he played four matches.[7] He was part of the under-20 national team in the qualification for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.[8][9] He was part of the Cuba national football team at 2007 Caribbean Nations Cup[10] and back-up keeper at 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[11]

His final international was a December 2008 Caribbean Cup qualification match against Guadeloupe.

Personal life

Defection to Germany

Nicknamed Pulpo (The Octopus), Quintero disappeared from the national team at Frankfurt Airport[12] or Düsseldorf Airport in July 2009[13] after a friendly match against German Bundesliga side SC Freiburg. After spending time in Switzerland and Portugal he returned to Germany and received a political refugee status after a few months.[14]

References

  1. Dany Luis Quintero at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Dany Quintero, el cubano que acabó en el 'infierno' del fútbol por escapar de Fidel Castro - El Confidencial (in Spanish)
  3. Zeitung, Badische. "Nationaltorwart spielt bald in der Kreisliga - Kreisliga Hochrhein - Badische Zeitung".
  4. "SVN verpflichtet A-Nationaltorhüter Quintero". SV Nollingen.
  5. "Fussball: B-Kreisligist verpflichtet Nationaltorwart". Die Welt (in German). 4 February 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  6. FSV Rheinfelden holt Quintero und Catanzaro - Südkurier (in German)
  7. Dany Luis QuinteroFIFA competition record (archived)
  8. "Panama, Mexico post opening night wins in Group A final". Archived from the original on 2011-02-14. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  9. "Panama joins Mexico with historic qualification to FIFA finals". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  10. "Haiti claims Caribbean title". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  11. CONCACAF (Hrsg.): CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007 – Technical Report. New York 2007, S. 15
  12. Die Odyssee des Dany Quintero Nationaltorhüter in der Provinz - Der Spiegel (in German)
  13. Portero cubano deserta, hace vídeo promocional y es contratado en Alemania - Nación (in Spanish)
  14. Dany Quintero: un cubano en el fútbol alemán - Deutsche Welle (in Spanish)


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