.jpg) Quintero playing for Minnesota United FC in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Darwin Quintero Villalba[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Tumaco, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportivo Pereira | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Deportes Tolima | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Deportes Tolima | 55 | (24) |
| 2007–2008 | Krylia Sovetov | 11 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Deportivo Pereira (loan) | 12 | (4) |
| 2008 | Deportivo Pereira | 22 | (13) |
| 2009–2014 | Santos Laguna | 225 | (66) |
| 2014–2018 | América | 107 | (17) |
| 2018–2019 | Minnesota United | 57 | (21) |
| 2020–2022 | Houston Dynamo | 73 | (18) |
| 2023 | América de Cali | 42 | (5) |
| 2024- | Deportivo Pereira | 18 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008–2012 | Colombia | 14 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2013 | |||
Carlos Darwin Quintero Villalba (born 19 September 1987) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Categoría Primera A club Deportivo Pereira. Quintero is also known by his nickname of El Científico del Gol (The Goal Scientist).[3][4] He has played various roles throughout his career, spending time leading the line as a striker, playing out wide as a winger, and playing underneath another striker as a second striker and central attacking midfielder throughout his career.[3][5] His main attributes throughout his career have been his pace, creativity, and dribbling ability.[3][6][7]
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2015.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Carlos Quintero (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ a b c Rueter, Jeff. "Is Darwin Quintero the missing link to Minnesota United's..." The New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Carlos Darwin, lejos de ser el "Científico del Gol"". El Universal (in Spanish). 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "Houston Dynamo: Darwin Quintero suits attacking philosophy". MLS Multiplex. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ Rueter, Jeff. "The tantalizing rise and abrupt end of the Darwin Quintero..." The New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ Dowdeswell, Andrew (1 December 2019). "Houston Dynamo: The Darwin Quintero character risk". MLS Multiplex. Retrieved 27 December 2019.