José Antonio Quintanilla Escobar (29 October 1947 – 1977) was a former

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 ...

from El Salvador who played as a

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Club career

Quintanilla was a member of the 1966 and 1967 league championship winning side of Alianza. He also played for

Atlético Marte Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico * Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy * Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic ...

and Once Municipal. He died in a road accident when on his way for a training at Once Municipal.

International career

Nicknamed ''el Ruso'', Quintanilla represented El Salvador at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

, in 10 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in

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. He earned 22 caps.La historia de la clasificacion a la Copa Mundo 1970
– El Balon Cuscatleco

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1947 births People from Sonsonate Department Men's association football midfielders Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers Olympic footballers for El Salvador Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics 1970 FIFA World Cup players C.D. Atlético Marte footballers C.D. Once Municipal footballers Alianza F.C. footballers Road incident deaths in El Salvador 1977 deaths {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub