By Wilson Florez
01 Dec 2023, 12:01 PM EST
Julián Quiñones is one of the forwards of the moment in Liga MX. The young soccer player born in Colombia was naturalized as a Mexican to play for the team led by Jaime Lozano. Before arriving at Club América, Quiñones had the opportunity to return to Tigres de la UANL, but considered it would be a setback.
The feline team was the club that offered Quiñones his first opportunity in Mexican soccer. The footballer born in Magüí Payán, Colombia, He arrived at Tigres de la UANL in 2015. In the university club, the South American began his football development in the youth categories.
The story of Quiñones is already more than known. His outstanding time at Club Atlas put him on the radar of several Mexican soccer teams. Tigres de la UANL wanted him back, but the established forward had other plans in mind.
“I was focused at that moment on Atlas, although there comes a time when I said ‘you’ve already achieved everything and you have to go out through the front door.’ At that moment when we won the two-time championship, he spoke to me and I repressed and told me ‘Tigres wants you to come back’“Quiñones revealed in an interview with TUDN.
André-Pierre Gignac put his hands in the return of Quiñones
Obviously, André-Pierre Gignac is the great leader of the university team. The French striker has great influences within the squad and even on the club’s board. The European footballer contacted Quiñones to convince him to return to the clubbut the Colombian soccer player was firm in his plans.
“At that moment Cocca was there and I told him ‘I really don’t want to go because I’m fine mentally and going to play with Tigres is going back to everything I left behind.’ In fact, Gignac spoke to me and told me ‘come here’, I told him ‘no, fat man, I don’t get along very well with the fans for me to go and get there.”” he recalled.
A setback in the career of Julián Quiñones
The main reason why Julián Quiñones did not want to return to the feline institution is because He considered his return as a setback in his career. The 26-year-old forward had had great seasons at Club Atlas and had another label in Mexican soccer.
“The truth is I don’t want to go, I don’t want to go because I’m mentally fine and going to play there in Tigres is going back to everything I’ve already left behind.”, argument.
Julián Quiñones closed his relationship with Tigres de la UANL. The university team is the second institution in which it has played the most matches, behind Club Atlas. With the felines, the South American played 72 games in which he was able to score 12 goals and grant 8 assists.
The former Club Atlas player was trained in the lower categories of Tigres de la UANL. Julián Quiñones played on the institution’s under-20 team and He earned his opportunities in the first team by scoring 13 goals in 14 gamesa record that placed him as a different player.
Fate put Julián Quiñones in Club América. In its first season, which has not yet ended, The 26-year-old forward has already played 18 games. With the blue-cream shirt he has been able to score 8 goals and concede 6 assists.
Quiñones was one of the great acquisitions for André Jardine’s team and has collaborated to ensure that The club will take first place in the general table of the Apertura 2023.
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