Yeferson Quintana

Yeferson Agustín Quintana Alonso (born 19 April 1996) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Uruguayan Primera División club Defensor Sporting.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quintana and the second or maternal family name is Alonso.
Yeferson Quintana
Personal information
Full name Yeferson Agustín Quintana Alonso
Date of birth (1996-04-19) 19 April 1996
Place of birth Bella Unión, Uruguay
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Defensor Sporting
Youth career
Atlético Cañero
2011–2013 Deportivo Tropezón Tablero Bella Unión
2013–2016 Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2022 Peñarol 26 (3)
2018 → San Jose Earthquakes (loan) 13 (1)
2019 → Cerro Largo (loan) 26 (1)
2020 → Danubio (loan) 6 (0)
2020–2022 → Racing Ferrol (loan) 36 (4)
2022– Defensor Sporting 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2022

Career

Peñarol

Born in Bella Unión, Quintana played in his home town from 2011 to 2013 with Deportivo Tropezón Board.[1] He soon joined the youth academy of Primera División team Peñarol.[2] In September 2015, Quintana earned a temporary promotion to the first team after Gonzalo Viera left the club.[3] In June 2016, Quintana signed his first professional contract with Peñarol.[4]

Quintana appeared for Peñarol's first team for the first time on 16 August 2016 on the bench in their Copa Sudamericana match against Sportivo Luqueño.[5] He made his competitive debut for the club on 3 September 2016 in a Primera División match against Fénix. He came on as a 52nd-minute substitute for Bressan as Peñarol won 2–0.[6]

During the 2017 season, Quintana played 22 matches for Peñarol as he helped lead the club to a league title.[7] He scored his first goal for the club on 10 June 2017 in a 4–1 victory over Rampla Juniors.[8] The following week on 18 June, Quintana scored the winning goal for Peñarol in a 2–1 victory over El Tanque Sisley.[9]

Loan spells

On January 17, 2018, MLS side the San Jose Earthquakes announced that they had signed Quintana to a yearlong loan, with an option to buy.[10] He stated after his arrival in San Jose that he hoped the team would decide to keep him at the season's end.[11]

Quintana made his MLS debut on March 3, 2018, in San Jose's season-opening 3-2 victory over Minnesota United. However, he was substituted in the 54th minute after suffering an injury.[12] He scored his first MLS goal against New York City in a 1-2 loss on March 31, 2018.[13]

On 14 February 2019, Quintana was loaned out again, this time to Cerro Largo for the rest of the year.[14] He made 26 appearances for the team and scored one goal. Returning to Peñarol in the beginning of 2020, he was loaned out for the third time, to Danubio. On 29 September 2020, he moved to Spanish club Racing de Ferrol on loan until 30 June 2021.[15]

Career statistics
As of match played 20 February 2021[14]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peñarol 2016 Primera División 40000040
2017 223003[lower-alpha 1]0253
Total 2630030293
San Jose Earthquakes (loan) 2018 MLS 13100—131
Cerro Largo (loan) 2019 Primera División 26100—261
Danubio (loan) 2020 Primera División 6000—60
Racing de Ferrol (loan) 2020–21 Segunda División B 10200—102
Career total 8170030847
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores

References
  1. "Debutantes de la 1a y 2a fecha". AUF.
  2. "EL JUVENIL Y EL AUTÓGRAFO DEL COMPAÑERO". Tenfield. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  3. "Gonzalo Viera se va para el Al Rayyan de Fossati". Lr21. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  4. "CUIDANDO EL FUTURO". Tenfield. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  5. "Penarol 1-1 Sporting Luqueno". Soccerway. 17 August 2016.
  6. "Penarol 2-0 Fenix". Soccerway. 4 September 2016.
  7. "¿Reemplazo para Jara? La U sondea a defensa uruguayo pensando en la Libertadores 2018". Publimetro. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  8. "Peñarol pisó el acelerador". Tenfield. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  9. "Peñarol apunta y bien alto, 2:1". Tenfield. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  10. "NEWS: Earthquakes Acquire 21-Year-Old Center Back Yeferson Quintana on Loan". San Jose Earthquakes. 17 Jan 2018. Retrieved 17 Jan 2018.
  11. "New loan signing Quintana eager to earn permanent stay with Quakes". mlssoccer.com. 28 Jan 2018. Retrieved 29 Jan 2018.
  12. "RECAP: Quakes win on Opening Night 3-2!". San Jose Earthquakes. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  13. "RECAP: Quakes suffer home defeat to NYCFC". San Jose Earthquakes. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  14. Yeferson Quintana at Soccerway
  15. YEFERSON QUINTANA YA ESTÁ EN FERROL, racingclubferrol.net, 29 September 2020
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