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Antonio Quintanilla

Quintanilla in 1970
Personal information
Full name	José Antonio Quintanilla Escobar
Date of birth	(1947-10-29)29 October 1947
Place of birth	Sonsonate, Sonsonate Department, El Salvador
Date of death	1977 (aged 29-30)
Place of death	Ahuachapán, Ahuachapán Department, El Salvador
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1967	Alianza
1970–1971	Atlético Marte
1974	Alianza
1976–1977	Once Municipal
International career
1968–1970	El Salvador	22	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Antonio Quintanilla Escobar (29 October 1947 – 1977) was a former footballer from El Salvador who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Quintanilla was a member of the 1966 and 1967 league championship winning side of Alianza. He also played for Atlético Marte and Once Municipal. He died in a road accident when on his way for a training at Once Municipal.

International career

Nicknamed el Ruso, Quintanilla represented El Salvador at the 1968 Summer Olympics, in 10 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in México. He earned 22 caps.

References

1. Historia del Alianza FC Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine – Alianza FC (in Spanish)
2. "José Antonio Quintanilla Biography and Statistics". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
3. José Quintanilla – FIFA competition record (archived)
4. La historia de la clasificacion a la Copa Mundo 1970 – El Balon Cuscatleco

External links

El Salvador squads

v t e El Salvador squad – 1968 Summer Olympics 1 R. Martínez 2 Rivas 3 Castro 4 Morales 5 Vásquez 6 Ruano 7 Flamenco 8 Villalta 9 Quintanilla 10 Rodríguez 11 Acevedo 12 Flores 13 González 14 J. Martínez 15 Azúcar 16 Méndez 17 Angel 18 Alabi 19 Fernández Coach: Guzmán v t e El Salvador squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup 1 Magaña 2 Rivas 3 Mariona (c) 4 Cortés 5 Osorio 6 Quintanilla 7 Rodríguez 8 Vásquez 9 Martínez 10 Flamenco 11 Aparicio 12 Monge 13 Pineda 14 Manzano 15 Cabrera 16 Sermeño 17 Portillo 18 Castro 19 Méndez 20 Fernández 21 Acevedo 22 Villalta Coach: Carrasco

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