Josué Abraham Quijano Potosme (born March 10, 1991) is a Nicaraguan professional

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who plays as a defender for Liga Primera club

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and the Nicaragua national team.

Club career

Quijano joined Walter Ferretti from hometown club CaRuNa RL.

Motorcycle accident

In summer 2013 he needed to be hospitalized after breaking his knee in an accident with his motorcycle also involving teammate

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. He was expected to return to playing football in six months.

International career

Quijano made his debut for

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in a January

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match against

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and has, as of June 2019, earned a total of 61 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 4

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matches and played at the

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and

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.Costa Rica vence 2-0 a Nicaragua en la Copa Centroamericana
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International goals

:''Scores and results list Nicaragua's goal tally first.''

References

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- FENIFUT {{DEFAULTSORT:Quijano, Josue 1991 births Living people People from Masaya Department Men's association football defenders Nicaraguan men's footballers Nicaragua men's international footballers C.D. Walter Ferretti players 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup players