Teo Quintero

Association football player (born 1999)

Teo Quintero
Personal information
Full name	Teo Quintero León
Date of birth	(1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sparta Rotterdam
Youth career
2008–2015	CB Cinc Copes
2015–2017	Damm
2017–2018	Girona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Peralada	21	(0)
2019–2021	Hércules	20	(0)
2021–2022	Sabadell	13	(1)
2022–2024	Deinze	46	(9)
2024–	Sparta Rotterdam	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 April 2024

Teo Quintero León (born 2 March 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam. Born in Spain, he has opted to play for the Venezuela national team.

Club career

Quintero is a youth product of CB Cinc Copes, Damm and Girona. He began his senior career with Peralada, a subsidiary of Girona but was hampered by injuries.^[1]

On 1 July 2024, Quintero signed a three-year contract with Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands.^[2]

International career

Quintero was born in Spain to Venezuelan parents and is a dual citizen.^[1] He was called up to the Venezuela national team for the friendly matches against Iceland and United Arab Emirates on 22 and 27 September 2022, respectively.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Tarache, Carlos (20 February 2019). "Teo Quintero: para mí sería un orgullo representar a Venezuela".
^ "SPARTA VERSTERKT ZICH MET QUINTERO" [SPARTA STRENGTHENS ITSELF WITH QUINTERO] (in Dutch). Sparta Rotterdam. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
^ @SeleVinotinto (16 September 2022). "Los convocados por nuestro seleccionador José Pekerman de cara a los próximos amistosos ante Islandia 🇮🇸 y Emiratos Árabes 🇦🇪 que se disputarán en Viena, Austria" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2022 – via Twitter.
^ @SeleVinotinto (19 September 2022). "𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗦" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2022 – via Twitter.