Danny Jair Quendambú Cortés (born 19 March 1983) is a Colombian former

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who played as a

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. Born in Tumaco, Quendambú began playing football with the youth sides of

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. He would play professionally for several teams in Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru and Venezuela, including Deportivo Cali, Herediano, Carabobo, Cortuluá and Inti Gas. He joined Inti Gas in January 2011. He also played in Equatorial Guinea, first for that country

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and then for local clubs The Panthers and Leones Vegetarianos. His last club was

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in the Peruvian

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International career

While he was playing for Deportivo Cali, Quendambú participated in the

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under manager

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. Although Quendambú had no real ties with

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

, despite being an Afro-Colombian with a surname of African style, anyway he was called up for that country's national team. His first call was received in October 2011, when he still had not even ever walked in his "new" country, for two friendly matches against Gabon and Cameroon, but didn't play. Quendambú participated after this of the Equatoguinean pre-call for the 2012 African Cup of Nations, but he was left out for the final squad. He made his debut on 2 June 2012 versus Tunisia for a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match.

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1983 births Living people Men's association football forwards Footballers from Tumaco Equatoguinean men's footballers Equatorial Guinea men's international footballers Colombian men's footballers Equatoguinean people of Colombian descent Categoría Primera A players Deportivo Cali footballers Deportivo Pereira footballers Deportivo Pasto footballers Unión Magdalena footballers Cortuluá footballers Liga FPD players C.S. Herediano footballers A.D. San Carlos footballers La U Universitarios footballers Venezuelan Primera División players Carabobo F.C. players Peruvian Segunda División players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica Expatriate men's footballers in Costa Rica Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela Expatriate men's footballers in Equatorial Guinea Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Naturalized citizens of Equatorial Guinea The Panthers FC players Leones Vegetarianos FC players 21st-century Colombian people {{Colombia-footy-forward-stub