Dany Luis Quintero

Danis Luis Quintero Chevans (born 10 December 1984 in Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos Province) is a Cuban footballer, who is currently playing for German amateur side FSV Rheinfelden.

Dany Quintero
Personal information
Full name Danis Luis Quintero Chevans
Date of birth (1984-12-10) December 10, 1984
Place of birth Cienfuegos, Cuba
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Rheinfelden
Youth career
1997–2002 Cienfuegos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Cienfuegos 90 (0)
2009–2010 Valdevez 18 (0)
2010–2013 Nollingen 10 (0)
2013– Rheinfelden 105 (0)
National team
1998–1999 Cuba U-17 9 (0)
2002 Cuba U-20 6 (0)
2007–2008 Cuba[1] 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quintero and the second or maternal family name is Chevans.

Club career

Quintero began play with FC Cienfuegos and played eight years for the team before fleeing the country. After a trial with Swiss side Servette[2] he signed for C.A. Valdevez in summer 2009.[3] After a half-year in Portugal, he left Valdevez in February 2010 to sign on 2 February 2010 for the German lower League club SV Nollingen.[4][5]

In 2013 he joined FSV Rheinfelden.[6]

International career

He made his international debut for Cuba in a January 2007 Caribbean Cup qualification match against Guadeloupe and has earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals.

During 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign he played four matches.[7] He was part of the under-20 national team in the qualification for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.[8][9] He was part of the Cuba national football team at 2007 Caribbean Nations Cup[10] and back-up keeper at 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[11]

His final international was a December 2008 Caribbean Cup qualification match against Guadeloupe.

Personal life

Defection to Germany

Nicknamed Pulpo (The Octopus), Quintero disappeared from the national team at Frankfurt Airport[12] or Düsseldorf Airport in July 2009[13] after a friendly match against German Bundesliga side SC Freiburg. After spending time in Switzerland and Portugal he returned to Germany and received a political refugee status after a few months.[14]

References
  1. Dany Luis Quintero at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. Dany Quintero, el cubano que acabó en el 'infierno' del fútbol por escapar de Fidel Castro - El Confidencial (in Spanish)
  3. Zeitung, Badische. "Nationaltorwart spielt bald in der Kreisliga - Kreisliga Hochrhein - Badische Zeitung".
  4. "SVN verpflichtet A-Nationaltorhüter Quintero". SV Nollingen.
  5. "Fussball: B-Kreisligist verpflichtet Nationaltorwart". Die Welt (in German). 4 February 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  6. FSV Rheinfelden holt Quintero und Catanzaro - Südkurier (in German)
  7. Dany Luis Quintero – FIFA competition record
  8. "Panama, Mexico post opening night wins in Group A final". Archived from the original on 2011-02-14. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  9. "Panama joins Mexico with historic qualification to FIFA finals". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  10. "Haiti claims Caribbean title". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  11. CONCACAF (Hrsg.): CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007 – Technical Report. New York 2007, S. 15
  12. Die Odyssee des Dany Quintero Nationaltorhüter in der Provinz - Der Spiegel (in German)
  13. Portero cubano deserta, hace vídeo promocional y es contratado en Alemania - Nación (in Spanish)
  14. Dany Quintero: un cubano en el fútbol alemán - Deutsche Welle (in Spanish)


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