José Quintanilla

Antonio Quintanilla

Personal information
Full name	José Antonio Quintanilla Escobar
Date of birth	29 October 1947
Place of birth	Sonsonate, El Salvador
Date of death	1977
Place of death	El Salvador
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1965–1967	Alianza
1970–1971	Atlético Marte
1974	Alianza
1976–1977	Once Municipal
National team
1968–1970	El Salvador	22	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

José Antonio Quintanilla Escobar (29 October 1947–1977) is a former soccer player from El Salvador.

Club career

Quintanilla was a member of the 1966 and 1967 league championship winning side of Alianza.^[1] 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,^[2] in 10 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.^[3] He earned 22 caps.^[4]

References

1. Historia del Alianza FC – Alianza FC (Spanish)
2. "José Quintanilla Biography and Statistics". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
3. José Quintanilla – FIFA competition record
4. La historia de la clasificacion a la Copa Mundo 1970 – El Balon Cuscatleco

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