Óscar Héctor Quintabani Faggionali (born 4 June 1950) is an Argentine

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manager and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Quintabani began his playing career in the River Plate youth system, although he never made his breakthrough into the first team. He went on to play for

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...

before continuing his career in

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with

Once Caldas Once Caldas S.A., simply known as Once Caldas, is a professional Colombian Association football, football team based in Manizales, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. The club plays its home games at Estadio Palogrande. The club wa ...

Deportes Tolima Club Deportes Tolima S.A., commonly known as Deportes Tolima, or simply as Tolima, is a Colombian professional football club based in Ibagué, Tolima Department, that competes in the Categoría Primera A. Founded in 1954, the club has won the C ...

, and

Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Pereira is a professional Colombian football team based in Pereira, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium. History Early years While there are several am ...

Managerial career

After retiring as a player Quintabani took up coaching. He was manager of

Deportes Quindío Deportes Quindío is a Colombian professional football club based in Armenia that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. The club was founded on 8 January 1951, and its best achievement was winning the 1956 league tournament. They play thei ...

and

Cortuluá Cortuluá, officially named Cortuluá Fútbol Club S. A. and previously known as Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá for short, was a Colombian football club from Tuluá, Valle del Cauca Department. It was founded in 1967 and last played in Categ ...

in Colombia, then

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. In 2006, he was appointed manager of

Deportivo Pasto Asociación Deportivo Pasto, also known as Deportivo Pasto, is a Colombian professional football team based in the city of Pasto, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Estadio Departamental Libertad ...

, he led the team to their first ever Colombian league championship in the Apertura 2006 championship. He then signed for

Atlético Nacional Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín. The club is one of only three clubs to have played in every first division tournament in the country's history, the other ...

where he won back-to-back championships in the Apertura and Clausura 2007 tournaments. In May 2008 he quit as manager of Nacional to take over at

Millonarios Millonarios Fútbol Club, known simply as Millonarios, is a Colombian professional football club based in Bogotá, that competes in the Categoría Primera A, top flight of football in Colombia. It is one of the most successful and iconic clubs i ...

Managerial titles

References

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Quintabani joins Millonarios
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quintabani, Óscar 1950 births Living people Naturalized citizens of Colombia Argentine emigrants to Colombia Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Argentine Primera División players Argentinos Juniors footballers Once Caldas footballers Deportes Tolima footballers Deportivo Pereira footballers Argentine football managers Colombian men's footballers Colombian football managers Deportivo Pereira managers Deportes Quindío managers Deportivo Cali managers S.D. Quito managers Deportivo Pasto managers Atlético Nacional managers Millonarios F.C. managers Atlético Junior managers Cúcuta Deportivo managers Deportes Tolima managers Águilas Doradas managers 20th-century Argentine sportsmen Categoría Primera A managers Categoría Primera A players 20th-century Colombian sportsmen