Cayetano 'Caye' Quintana Hernández (born 20 December 1993) is a Spanish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a forward. He currently plays for

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...

Club career

Born in

Isla Cristina Isla Cristina is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the province of Huelva (province), Huelva, Spain. According to the 2009 census, the city has a population of 21,324 inhabitants. Port of Isla Cristina, Isla Cristina r ...

Huelva Huelva (, ) is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is between two short rias though has an outlying spur including nature reserve on the Gulf of Cádiz coast. The ria ...

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The t ...

, Quintana started playing as a senior with lowly Isla Cristina FC in 2010. In the 2011 summer he moved to

, being assigned to the reserves in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the '' Segunda División'', and the semi-professional '' Segunda ...

. In January 2014 Quintana was loaned to Segunda División B's

Écija Balompié Écija Balompié, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Écija, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1939, it plays in División de Honor Andaluza, the fifth tier of Spanish football. History In 2007–08 season, the club b ...

for the remainder of the campaign. He featured regularly for the side, and returned to ''Recre'' in June. On 23 August 2014 Quintana made his debut as a professional, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–0 home draw against

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at L ...

in the Segunda División championship. He scored his first goal in the category on 1 March of the following year, netting the game's only in a home win against

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league syst ...

. On 10 July 2015, Quintana signed for

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club c ...

, being assigned to the B-side in the third division. He subsequently represented fellow third division sides

RCD Mallorca B RCD Mallorca B, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Palma, Majorca, in the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1967, it is the reserve team of RCD Mallorca and currently plays in Segunda Federación – Group 3, holding home matches at '' Est ...

and FC Jumilla before returning to ''Recre'' on 2 July 2018. On 22 June 2019, after scoring a career-best 18 goals, Quintana signed a three-year contract with Cádiz CF in the second division. The following 15 January, he moved to fellow league team

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

on loan for the remainder of the campaign. On 7 September 2020, Quintana joined fellow second division side Málaga CF also in a temporary deal.

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