Teo Quintero
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| Full name | Teo Quintero León | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sparta Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2015 | CB Cinc Copes | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Damm | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Girona | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Peralada | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Hércules | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Sabadell | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Deinze | 46 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Sparta Rotterdam | 42 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Venezuela | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:55, 30 March 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Teo Quintero León (born 2 March 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam. Born in Spain, he plays for the Venezuela national team.
Club career
[edit]Quintero is a youth product of CB Cinc Copes, Damm and Girona. He began his senior career with Peralada, a subsidiary of Girona but was hampered by injuries.[1]
On 1 July 2024, Quintero signed a three-year contract with Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands.[2]
International career
[edit]Quintero was born in Spain to Venezuelan parents and is a dual citizen.[1] He was called up to the Venezuela national team for the friendly matches against Iceland and United Arab Emirates on 22 and 27 September 2022, respectively.[3][4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 17 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Peralada | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| Hércules | 2019–20 | Segunda División B | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Sabadell | 2021–22 | Primera Federación | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Deinze | 2022–23 | Challenger Pro League | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 24 | 4 | ||
| 2023–24 | Challenger Pro League | 33 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 34 | 7 | |||
| Total | 55 | 9 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 58 | 11 | ||||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| Total | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 151 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 13 | ||
International
[edit]- As of match played 30 March 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Venezuela
- FIFA Series runner-up: 2026[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Tarache, Carlos (20 February 2019). "Teo Quintero: para mí sería un orgullo representar a Venezuela".
- ↑ "SPARTA VERSTERKT ZICH MET QUINTERO" [SPARTA STRENGTHENS ITSELF WITH QUINTERO] (in Dutch). Sparta Rotterdam. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ↑ @SeleVinotinto (16 September 2022). "Los convocados por nuestro seleccionador José Pekerman de cara a los próximos amistosos ante Islandia 🇮🇸 y Emiratos Árabes 🇦🇪 que se disputarán en Viena, Austria" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2022 – via Twitter.
- ↑ @SeleVinotinto (19 September 2022). "𝗡𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗦" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2022 – via Twitter.
- ↑ dearmas, Bloque. "FIFA Series: Uzbekistán vence a Venezuela por la tanda de penales". Meridiano.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2026.
External links
[edit]- Teo Quintero at Soccerway
- Teo Quintero at Eredivisie
Categories:
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Barcelona
- Venezuelan men's footballers
- Venezuela men's international footballers
- Spanish men's footballers
- Spanish people of Venezuelan descent
- Sportspeople of Venezuelan descent
- Men's association football defenders
- Challenger Pro League players
- CF Peralada players
- Hércules CF players
- CE Sabadell FC footballers
- KMSK Deinze players
- Sparta Rotterdam players
- 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen
- Venezuelan expatriate men's footballers
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen