Mauricio Quintanilla Villalobos (born 8 October 1952 in

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) is a retired Salvadoran football (

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) player.

Club career

Nicknamed ''el Chino'', Quintanilla started his career at Salvadoran second division side Atlante and joined UES, aged 19. He also played for

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n outfit Xelajú and Salvadoran giants Águila.

International career

Quintanilla represented

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in 2

FIFA World Cup qualification The FIFA World Cup qualification is a competitive match that a national association football team takes in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the (men's) FIFA World Cup. Qualifying tournaments are hel ...

matches and earned 5 caps.La historia de la clasificacion a la Copa Mundo 1982
- El Balon Cuscatleco He just missed out on the

1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national foo ...

References

1952 births Living people Footballers from San Salvador Men's association football forwards Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers C.S.D. Xelajú MC players C.D. Águila footballers Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub