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
 Portuguesa
Youth career
Atlético Cañero
2011–2013 Deportivo Tropezón
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)
2022–2023 Defensor Sporting 23 (0)
2024– Portuguesa 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:07, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

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

Career

Early career

Born in Bella Unión, Quintana began his career with Atlético Cañero,[1] before representing hometown side Deportivo Tropezón Tablero.[2] In 2014, he joined the youth academy of Primera División team Peñarol.[3]

Peñarol

In September 2015, Quintana was promoted to the first team after Gonzalo Viera left the club.[4] In June 2016, Quintana signed his first professional contract with Peñarol.[5]

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.[6] He made his competitive debut for the club on 3 September, coming on as a 52nd-minute substitute for Bressan in a 2–0 Primera División home win over Fénix.[7]

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

Loan spells

On 17 January 2018, MLS side the San Jose Earthquakes announced that they had signed Quintana to a one-year loan, with an option to buy.[11] He stated after his arrival in San Jose that he hoped the team would decide to keep him at the season's end.[12]

Quintana made his MLS debut on 3 March 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.[13] He scored his first MLS goal against New York City in a 2–1 loss on 31 March.[14]

On 14 February 2019, Quintana was loaned out again, this time to Cerro Largo for the rest of the year.[15] 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, Quintana moved to Spanish Segunda División B club Racing de Ferrol on loan until 30 June 2021.[16] His loan was later renewed for the 2021–22 season, with the club in the newly-created Primera División RFEF.[17]

Defensor Sporting

On 17 July 2022, Quintana returned to his home country after being announced at Defensor Sporting.[18] Rarely used in his first season, he featured more regularly in the 2023 campaign.

Portuguesa

On 21 December 2023, Quintana was announced at Portuguesa for the 2024 season.[19]

Career statistics

As of 21 February 2023[15]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Peñarol 2016 Primera División 40—00—40
2017 223—3[lower-alpha 1]0—253
2019 00——0000
Total 263—3000293
San Jose Earthquakes (loan) 2018 MLS 13100——131
Cerro Largo (loan) 2019 Primera División 261———261
Danubio (loan) 2020 Primera División 60———60
Racing Ferrol (loan) 2020–21 Segunda División B 163———163
2021–22 Primera División RFEF 20110——211
Total 36410——374
Defensor Sporting 2022 Primera División 60———60
2023 1700000—170
Total 2300000—230
Portuguesa 2024 Paulista ———0000
Career total 13091030001349
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores

References

  1. ↑ "El cañero Jefferson Quintana fue ascendido a la primera de Peñarol y es el segundo de esta ciudad que está en primera del mirasol" [The cañero Jefferson [sic] Quintera was promoted to the first team of Peñarol and is the second player of the city who is the Primera of the mirasol] (in Spanish). Diario El Pueblo. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Debutantes de la 1a y 2a fecha" [Debutants of the 1st and 2nd rounds]. AUF (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "El juvenil y el autógrafo del compañero" [The youngster and the autograph from his teammate]. Tenfield (in Spanish). 6 September 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Gonzalo Viera se va para el Al Rayyan de Fossati" [Gonzalo Viera goes to Fossati's Al Rayyan]. LaRed21 (in Spanish). 7 September 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Cuidando el futuro" [Taking care of the future]. Tenfield (in Spanish). 3 June 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Penarol 1-1 Sporting Luqueno". Soccerway. 17 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Penarol 2-0 Fenix". Soccerway. 4 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "¿Reemplazo para Jara? La U sondea a defensa uruguayo pensando en la Libertadores 2018" [Replacement to Jara? La U taunt the Uruguayan defender thinking in the 2018 Libertadores]. Publimetro (in Spanish). 7 December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Peñarol pisó el acelerador" [Peñarol hit the gas]. Tenfield (in Spanish). 10 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Peñarol apunta y bien alto, 2:1" [Peñarol aim very high, 2–1]. Tenfield (in Spanish). 18 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "NEWS: Earthquakes Acquire 21-Year-Old Center Back Yeferson Quintana on Loan". San Jose Earthquakes. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "New loan signing Quintana eager to earn permanent stay with Quakes". mlssoccer.com. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  13. ↑ "RECAP: Quakes win on Opening Night 3-2!". San Jose Earthquakes. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "RECAP: Quakes suffer home defeat to NYCFC". San Jose Earthquakes. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  15. 1 2 Yeferson Quintana at Soccerway
  16. ↑ "Yeferson Quintana ya está en Ferrol" [Yeferson Quintana is already in Ferrol] (in Spanish). Racing Ferrol. 29 September 2020.
  17. ↑ "Renovaciones con acento uruguayo" [Renewals with Uruguayan accent] (in Spanish). Racing Ferrol. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  18. ↑ "Yeferson Quintana es la tercera alta en Defensor Sporting" [Yeferson Quintana is the third signing at Defensor Sporting] (in Spanish). Defensor Sporting. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  19. ↑ "Paulistão: Portuguesa anuncia zagueiro uruguaio ex-Peñarol" [Paulistão: Portuguesa announce Uruguayan stopper formerly of Peñarol] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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