Juan Fernando Quintero

Juan Fernando Quintero Paniagua (born 18 January 1993 Medellín ) is a Colombian football player.

Career

Clubs

Juan Quintero was born in Medellín in 1993. His footballing career in his youth, he began in the nearby town of Envigado Envigado FC when, where he played from 2004 to 2009 for the various youth teams. In 2009, he was first appointed to the first team of the club. On August 2, 2009, he came to his debut at a 2:3 defeat to Santa Fe CD.

After some good performances in the Categoría Primera A, Colombia's first division, one of the biggest football clubs in the country was with Atlético Nacional finally pay attention to the then 18 -year-olds and signed him in January 2012. On January 30, he ran for the first time for his new to club, in a 4-0 win against Deportivo Cali, he was a substitute just before the end. Quintero came in 2011/12 to a total of nine league games and seven missions in the Copa Libertadores. On 12 September 2012, he scored his first goal for Nacional.

In July 2012, Quintero was transferred again. On loan to the Italian first division Delfino Pescara was able to secure the services of midfielder. He signed a contract until the summer of 2013 with option to buy. Because of injuries and a national Squad he was indeed there used only 17 times, but usually played when he was available. On August 26, 2012, he was in a 0-3 defeat against Inter Milan for the first time for Pescara on the court. A few weeks later, on 23 September, he scored his first Profitor in Italy. Beginning of 2013, Quintero was brought by some major newspapers with football clubs such as Manchester United, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in conjunction. At the end of the season he went with his club as Table in the B series from.

During the summer break in 2013 Quintero was committed by the Portuguese club FC Porto. This paid five million euros for half of the transfer rights. His release clause is 40 million euros since then. In his first competitive game for Porto on 18 August of the year, he succeeded right away his first goal. In his first months in the club but he did not belong to the root formation and was mostly off the bench.

National

Juan Quintero graduated so far three matches for the Colombian national team and eleven games for Colombia's U- 20th On October 17, 2012, he was in a friendly against Cameroon for the first time on the court. He is also in the extended squad for the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup without being so far been used. With the U-19 national team, he took up at the South American Championship in 2013 and won the title as a regular player. In the U- 20 World Cup in 2013 his team was eliminated in the second round. Quintero was standing in all four games in the starting lineup and scored three goals.

Achievements

• 2013: South American champions with the U-20 Colombia