Darwin Quintero

Early career and Deportes Tolima

Quintero began his career with Panadería Kuty training school and Barsa Fútbol Club. His mentor Élkin Congote tried to find a better situation for Quintero to develop and set up trials with more prestigious youth teams in Cali, Carlos Sarmiento Lora School and Selección Valle, as well as Boca Juniors, but they all rejected him. Quintero did catch the attention of Humberto Ortiz, a former top flight coach and now a scout for Categoría Primera A club Deportes Tolima. Tolima and Ortiz negotiated with Barsa and Quintero joined the youth ranks of Tolima in 2004. Quintero was part of Jorge Luis Bernal's Tolima youth side that won gold for men's football at the 2004 National Games of Colombia. Quintero made his first team debut at the age of 18 on 18 September 2005 in a 1–0 defeat to Atlético Junior. That would be his only first team appearance of the year. In 2006, after being placed on a special vitamin supplement and workout routine to help Quintero bulk up, he was called up to the Tolima first team, which was now managed by Quintero's former youth coach Jorge Luis Bernal. He scored his first goal on 19 February 2006 in a 3–1 win over Boyacá Chicó. Quintero scored his first career hat-trick on 26 February in a 7–3 victory against Envigado. He went on to score 19 times in 42 appearances in his first full season. Quintero and Tolima finished the Campeonato Finalización top of the table, but they lost in the final 2–1 on aggregate to…

Quintero was part of the Colombia U-20 national team in 2007, making 8 appearances and scoring one goal, the winner against Argentina, at the 2007 South American U-20 Championship. He made his senior Colombia debut against Paraguay on 11 October 2008 in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match. He scored his first goal against Mexico in a 2–1 friendly win on 30 September 2009. Although he has not been called up since 2012, Quintero says he still hopes to rejoin the national team and represent his country again.

Club

As of 12 May 2024

International

As of match played 27 November 2019

Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first.

Santos Laguna

Primera División: Clausura 2012 Copa MX: Apertura 2014 América

CONCACAF Champions League: 2014–15, 2015–16 Individual

Primera A Player of the Tournament, Torneo Finalización: 2008 CONCACAF Champions League Top scorer: 2012–13 (6 goals) MLS All-Star: 2018 U.S. Open Cup Top scorer: 2019 (6 goals) U.S. Open Cup Player of the Tournament: 2019 MLS top assist provider: 2020