Daniel 'Dani' Quintana Sosa (born 8 March 1987) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a winger.

Club career

Born in Las Palmas,

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, Quintana only played lower league football in his country, representing

Ontinyent CF Ontinyent Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Ontinyent, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1947 it held home games at ''Estadio El Clariano'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. On 28 March 2019, due to economic pr ...

UD Alzira Unión Deportiva Alzira is a Spanish football team based in Alzira, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1946 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at '' Estadio Luis Suñer Picó'', with a capacity of ...

, Racing de Ferrol,

CD Olímpic de Xàtiva Club Deportivo Olímpic de Xàtiva is a Spanish football team based in Xàtiva, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1932 it currently plays in Regional Preferente, holding home games at Campo de Futbol La Murta. History Football in Xàtiv ...

and Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the

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. He appeared for

UD Puçol Unión Deportiva Puçol is a Spanish football team based in Puçol, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1951 it plays in Regional Preferente – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio José Claramunt'', which has a capacity of ...

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and Huracán Valencia CF in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. In the late hours of the January 2013

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, Quintana signed with

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's Jagiellonia Białystok after a successful trial and after terminating his contract with ''Nàstic'', in what was his first professional experience. He made his debut in the Ekstraklasa on 23 February against

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, and scored his first goal on 3 March in a 2–1 away win over Górnik Zabrze. On 29 September 2014, Quintana joined

Al Ahli Saudi FC Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club ( ar, النادي الأهلي السعودي) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Jeddah, that competes in the second division of Saudi Arabian football, following their relegation from the Saud ...

. He netted his first and only goal for the

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club on 18 October, helping to a 2–1 home defeat of Al Nassr FC. Quintana changed teams and countries again in March 2015, moving to the

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is conteste ...

after signing a three-year contract with

Qarabağ FK Qarabağ Futbol Klubu, commonly known as Qarabağ () is an Azerbaijani professional football club, based in Baku, that competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top flight of Azerbaijani football. The club originates from Aghdam but has ...

. On 17 June 2018, the 31-year-old renewed his link until 2020. On 3 February 2020, Quintana signed with

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side Chengdu Better City FC.

Club statistics

Honours

Qarabağ *

: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

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: 2015–16, 2016–17 Individual *Azerbaijan Premier League top scorer: 2015–16

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Quintana, Dani 1987 births Living people Footballers from Las Palmas Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Segunda División B players Tercera División players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers Ontinyent CF players UD Alzira footballers Racing de Ferrol footballers Huracán Valencia CF players CD Olímpic de Xàtiva footballers Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Ekstraklasa players Jagiellonia Białystok players Saudi Pro League players Al-Ahli Saudi FC players Azerbaijan Premier League players Qarabağ FK players China League One players Chengdu Rongcheng F.C. players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in China Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Spanish expatriate sportspeople in China