Gustavo Quinteros

Gustavo Quinteros
	Quinteros in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Domingo Quinteros Desabato
Date of birth	February 15, 1965 (age 56)
Place of birth	Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Colo-Colo (Manager)
Youth career
	Talleres
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
2003	San Lorenzo
2005–2006	Blooming
2006–2007	San Martín de San Juan
2007–2008	Blooming
2009	Bolívar
2010	Oriente Petrolero
2010–2012	Bolivia
2012–2015	Emelec
2015–2017	Ecuador
2017–2018	Al-Nassr
2018	Al Wasl
2019	Universidad Católica
2020	Tijuana
2020–	Colo-Colo
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gustavo Domingo Quinteros Desabato (born February 15, 1965 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is an Argentine-Bolivian football defender and a football manager.^[1]

Playing career[]

Club[]

His clubs as a player include The Strongest and San José in Bolivia. He also played for San Lorenzo de Almagro, Argentinos Juniors and Talleres de Remedios de Escalada in his native Argentina.

International[]

The defender played 26 international matches and scored once for the Bolivia national team,^[2] including two appearances in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.^[3] His only goal came in a friendly match against Honduras on January 29, 1993, when he opened the score in the 3–1 in the Estadio Felix Capriles, Cochabamba.

Managerial career[]

After retiring as a player, Quinteros became a manager at San Lorenzo's youth academy. In 2003, he had a brief spell as first team manager. In 2005, he returned to Bolivia to manage Blooming, team which he took to a national title and his first Aerosur Cup that year. Due to his notorious success, he was offered to manage San Martín de San Juan in the Argentine 2nd division, which he agreed upon. In 2007, he returned to Blooming, the institution where he built up his coaching reputation and became an idol. The following year he won the Aerosur Cup for the second time in his managerial career and guided the team back to the championship finals; however, they lost to Aurora on penalty kicks (3–4) after a draw during regulation time in a decisive third match played at Sucre's Estadio Patria. By January 2009 when his contract expired he decided to move on, and took over La Paz club Bolívar, where he won the Aerosur Cup and the Apertura title. Due to some disparities with the president, Quinteros left the club at the end of the year. By January 2010 he was in charge of Oriente Petrolero. During his stint at Oriente his success continued taking the team to an Aerosur Cup and the Clausura 2010 title. On November 5, 2010 Quinteros was named the new manager of the Bolivia national team. On July 3, 2012 he presented his letter of resignation and called a press conference to announce his imminent departure from the national team.^[4]^[5] On July 9, Quinteros was formally introduced as the new manager for Ecuadorian club Emelec.^[6]

After a stint in the Middle East, and a lackluster season in Tijuana, he became manager of Colo Colo.

Managerial statistics[]

As of match played 14 September 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Blooming		15 January 2005	30 June 2006	66	35	10	21	053.0
San Martín de San Juan		1 July 2006	30 June 2007	40	19	15	6	047.5
Blooming		1 July 2007	31 December 2008	77	40	15	22	051.9
Bolívar		1 January 2009	31 December 2009	40	20	14	6	050.0
Oriente Petrolero		1 January 2010	31 December 2010	57	32	9	16	056.1
Bolivia		1 January 2011	3 July 2012	16	1	6	9	006.3
Emelec		8 July 2012	15 March 2015	155	85	32	38	054.8
Ecuador		16 March 2015	12 September 2017	33	13	6	14	039.4
Al-Nassr		2 October 2017	31 January 2018	14	6	3	5	042.9
Al-Wasl		1 July 2018	19 October 2018	9	2	2	5	022.2
Universidad Católica		1 January 2019	31 December 2019	39	24	6	9	061.5
Tijuana		1 January 2020	12 June 2020	16	7	4	5	043.8
Colo-Colo		6 October 2020	present	52	26	14	12	050.0
Total				614	310	136	168	050.5