Carlos Quiñónez (footballer, born 1977)

Carlos Quiñónez
Personal information
Full name Carlos Vinicio Quiñónez Sánchez
Date of birth (1977-07-20) July 20, 1977
Place of birth Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Marquense
2002–2005 Comunicaciones 59 (6)
2006–2007 Marquense 41 (1)
2007–2008 Xelajú
2009 Petapa 4 (1)
International career‡
2000–2007 Guatemala 29 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 March 2010
‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 March 2010
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quiñónez and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

Carlos Vinicio Quiñónez Sánchez, nicknamed El Buga, (born 20 July 1977) is a Guatemalan former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Quiñónez played several years for Guatemalan giants Comunicaciones before returning to his first professional club Deportivo Marquense. In July 2007 he joined Xelajú[1] and on 21 January 2008, while still at MC Xelajú, he was involved in a heavy car accident near Quetzaltenango,[2] and was suffering from a lumbar injury,[3] which kept him out for over six months. In January 2009 he signed for Petapa.[4]

International career

Quiñónez made his debut for Guatemala in a January 2000 friendly match against Panama and has earned a total of 29 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[5] as well as at the 2005[6] and 2007 UNCAF Cups[7] and the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[8]

His final international was a November 2007 friendly match against Jamaica.

International goals

Scores and results list. Guatemala's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 February 2007 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador  Nicaragua 1-0 1-0 UNCAF Nations Cup 2007

References

  1. ^ “Ya soy jugador de Xela”. Carlos Quiñónez Archived December 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - LaRed Deportiva (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Carlos Quiñónez sufre un accidente Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine - LaRed Deportiva (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Quiñónez podría llegar a prueba a Zacapa Archived August 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - LaRed Deportiva (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Quiñónez firma contrato con Petapa - LaRed Deportiva (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments Archived November 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - FIFA
  6. ^ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2005 - Details Archived 2009-04-02 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  7. ^ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  8. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
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