Jordi Quintillà Guasch (; born 25 October 1993) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as an defensive midfielder for St. Gallen in the

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Club career

Barcelona

Born in

Lleida Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

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, Quintillà joined

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's youth setup in 1999, aged only six. In 2009, he moved to

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, and was promoted to the latter's

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in June 2012. On 10 January 2013, Quintillà was loaned to

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CF Badalona Club de Fútbol Badalona () is a Spanish football team based in Badalona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903 it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 5, temporarily holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Badalona, with ...

, until June. He made his senior debuts for the club, scoring his first goal on 24 February, in a 2–0 home win against

Villarreal CF B Villarreal Club de Fútbol "B" is a Spanish football team based in Villarreal, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1999, it is the reserve team of Villarreal CF and plays in Segunda División, holding home games at ''Ciudad Deporti ...

. On 26 August 2013, Quintillà moved to CE L'Hospitalet also in the third level, in a

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-long loan deal.

Ajaccio

On 25 July 2014, Quintillà signed a three-year deal with French

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side AC Ajaccio, after the expiry of his contract with ''Barça''. He made his professional debut on 29 August, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Stade Lavallois.

North America

On 6 August 2015,

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announced that they had signed Quintillà. While he did not score in 15 appearances, he did net the winner in the penalty shootout as they won away to the

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in the

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on 30 September that year. Quintillà was released by Sporting Kansas City on 23 June 2016. The following 9 February, he signed with

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side

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Switzerland

On 19 June 2018, Quintillà returned to Europe, joining

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of the

on a two-year deal. In March 2021, it was announced that Quintillà would sign with

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as his contract with St. Gallen expired. He joined the club on 1 July for their 2021–22 season under head coach

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. After playing in five test games, Quintillà played his debut for his new club in the second qualifying round of the

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, a home game in the

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on 22 July 2021 as Basel won 3–0 against

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. On 22 January 2022, Quintillà returned to St. Gallen on a 3.5-year contract. During his short period with Basel Quintillà played a total of 17 games for them without scoring a goal. Eight of these games were in the

, two in the

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, and seven in the Conference League.

Personal life

Quintillà's younger brother,

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, is also a footballer, who plays as a defender. Both were in the Barcelona youth system together.

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