The Colombian striker Julian Quiñonesconcentrated with the mexican selectionWhat will the girl play? America Cupofficially left the ranks of América, two-time Mexican soccer champion, to sign for Saudi side Al Qadsiah.
Quiñones’ next destination will be Al Qadsiah, managed by the Spanish José Miguel González Martín del Campo, ‘Michel’, and which was recently promoted to the Saudi first division.
In the last year, this league has incorporated figures such as the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, from Al-Nassr, and the Frenchman Karim Benzema, from Al Ittihad.
“Thank you for all your delivery and dedication, Julián. Best of success in your new project, champion!”, América published this Thursday on its social networks, saying goodbye to one of the key figures that allowed it to obtain the two-time championship.
He also shared a video that they recorded with him before his trip to the United States to compete in the Copa América, in which his coach André Jardine thanks him for his contribution and in which his best moments with the club are reviewed.
The other side of the world, Saudi Arabia’s Al Qadsiah welcomed Julián with a clip which he published on social networks and revealed that he signed his contract for 4 years, that is, he will play with the Saudi team until 2028.
Quiñones’ goodbye letter to the Águilas
For his part, the naturalized Mexican forward also said goodbye to his former club with a message on social networks.
In his publication in “X”, Quiñones made it clear that he thought the time he spent in America was short, but he said that he leaves satisfied, since he fulfilled his goals and those of the team.
“From day #1 that I set foot in this institution I knew what I was coming for and I fulfilled it. I also know that our players’ time at the biggest club in Mexico can be very short and it can be very long. And just as it can be excellent, it can also be bad. My step was very short and in my point of view it was excellent where I leave traces that can never be erased. Thank you very much for all the good and especially bad moments,” she wrote.
Hello. Americanists from the day #1 that I set foot in this institution I knew what I was coming for and I fulfilled it and I also know that the passage of us players through the largest club in Mexico
It can be very short and it can be very long.
And just as it can be excellent, it can also be bad. My step… https://t.co/rENOrz0YnZ— Julian Quiñones (@julian_quiones3) June 20, 2024
Julián Quiñones in the MX League
Quiñones, 27 years old, played one season with the Águilas, that is, two tournaments, during which time he scored 23 goals and distributed 10 assists in 52 games, in addition to winning the two league titles that were played in Mexico.
The Colombian, with Mexican nationality since 2023, came from Atlas, where he was also a star of the club and another two-time championship, that of the Apertura 2022 and the Clausura 2022, campaigns in which he contributed 36 goals and 12 assists on goal, in 83 duels.
The level he showed in his last two teams in the Liga MX catapulted him to the Mexican team, in which the native of Magüí Payán has been regularly called up since November 2023 and with which he has played five games, with two goals and He is in the race to be one of the starters in the scheme of Jaime Lozano, the team’s coach, in the Copa América, where the tricolor debuts next Saturday.
In addition to Aérica and Atlas, Quiñones also wore the jerseys of Tigres and Lobos BUAP in Liga MX.
*With information from EFE.
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