Luis Manuel Quiñónez Castillo (born 5 October 1968) is a retired

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football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

. He was born in

Tumaco Tumaco is a port city and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia, by the Pacific Ocean. It is located on the southwestern corner of Colombia, near the border with Ecuador, and experiences a hot tropical climate. Tumaco is inhabited main ...

. Playing for

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 ...

from 1988 through 1991, he then played for

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 ...

from 1992 to mid-1996 and

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 ...

through 1999. He stayed the first half of 2000 in

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 ...

, then in

Atlético Bucaramanga Club Atlético Bucaramanga S.A., better known as Atlético Bucaramanga, is a Colombian professional football team based in Bucaramanga. The club plays its home games at the Américo Montanini stadium. The club was founded on 11 May 1949 by Rafa ...

through 2002. In the 2004–05 season he resurfaced in Venezuelan Monagas SC. He was capped 17 times and scored 3 goals for

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in 1995, including at the

1995 Copa América The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. The host country, Uruguay, won it for a record-tying 14th time by beating Brazil 5–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, w ...

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* * 1968 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers 1995 Copa América players Millonarios F.C. players Once Caldas footballers Deportes Tolima footballers Deportivo Pasto footballers Atlético Bucaramanga footballers Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Footballers from Tumaco 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-footy-midfielder-stub