Carlos Quiñónez (footballer, born 1977)

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Carlos Quiñónez
Personal information
Full name Carlos Vinicio Quiñónez Sánchez
Date of birth (1977-07-20) July 20, 1977 (age 44)
Place of birth Puerto Barrios, Guatemala
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Deportivo Marquense
2002–2005 Comunicaciones 59 (6)
2006–2007 Deportivo Marquense 41 (1)
2007–2008 Club Xelajú MC
2009 Deportivo Petapa 4 (1)
National team‡
2000–2007 Guatemala 29 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 March 2010
‡ National team caps and goals correct 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 football midfielder who last played for local club Deportivo Petapa in the Guatemala's top division.

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

External links[]

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[permanent dead link] - 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[permanent dead link] - 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 2010-01-17 at WebCite - 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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