By Wilson Florez
18 Oct 2024, 3:01 PM EDT
Julián Quiñones was born in Colombia on March 24, 1997. The Al Qadisiya attacker comes from Magüí Payán, but he made the decision to represent the Mexican team. Quiñones revealed the reasons why he preferred to uniform with El Tri.
Unlike the vast majority of casesJulián Quiñones was in the orbit of the Colombian team. This gives much more weight to your choice. The former Club América striker acknowledged that his decision is due to a thank you to the country that opened the doors to him in football.
“Everyone knows that I have lived my life in Mexico, I became known through MexicoI have done everything here, I built my family here. I got a lot of love for Mexico; everything I am and what I now have, as a person, I owe to Mexico; I am very grateful to him and the best thing I can do is represent him in the best way and give my all,” Quiñones said for ESPN.
In 2015, Julián Quiñones started in the training categories of the Tigres de la UANL. The 27-year-old forward played for Venados FC, Lobos BUAP, the first team of the Tigres de la UANL, Atlas and the Águilas del América.
How has Quiñones fared in El Tri?
On November 18, 2023, Julián Quiñones made his official debut with the Mexican national team shirt. That match corresponded to the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Nations League in a 2-0 defeat against Guatemala. Quiñones played 17 minutes.
Since then, the former Águilas del América forward has been on the field for 542 minutes spread over 9 games. Julián Quiñones has scored 2 goals with the Mexican shirt.
Opens the doors to Álvaro Fidalgo
In recent days there has been talk about the possibility that the Spanish Álvaro Fidalgo represents El Tri. From a similar case, Julián Quiñones opens the doors to the Club América midfielder.
“We all know the quality of Álvaro; I respect him very much and he is a great player. We’ve all seen it and it would be a great help. I think that it no longer depends on us players, but it depends on him, who wants to be there and on the national team or the Federation that is willing to receive a player like Fidalgo.”he added.
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