Omar Quintana Baquerizo (March 22, 1943 – April 3, 2020) was an Ecuadorian politician, sports executive, businessman, and member of the Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (PRE) and

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(PRIAN) political parties. Quintana served in the former

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from 2003 to 2005, including a tenure as the President of the National Congress from January 5, 2005, until April 20, 2005. Additionally, Quintana was the former director of C.S. Emelec, a professional

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sports club based in Guayaquil. Under his leadership, C.S. Emelec won three national football championships in 1979, 2001, and 2002. He also headed the

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football club when the team qualified for the

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competition in 1984 and 1985. Quintana owned the Ecuadorian franchises of Gold's Gym and built soccer fields in Guayaquil.

Biography

Quintana was born in

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, Ecuador, on March 22, 1944, but lived in Guayaquil and the nearby city of Playas, Ecuador. He was married to Diana Noboa Pontón and had three daughters, Diana, Olga, and Claudia. Quintana was a former basketball player before becoming a soccer team executive. Quintana was an active member of the former Ecuadorian Roldosist Party (PRE) and

(PRIAN), which was headed by his brother-in-law, Álvaro Noboa. Omar Quintana died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador on April 3, 2020, at the age of 76. He was one of three major soccer managers and executives to die from COVID-19 in the early days of the

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, including and

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, both from

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