Héctor Quiñones


Hector Quiñones, known as Quiño, is a retired Colombian football defender.

Club

Early career

Hector was part of the youth academy of Deportivo Cali. After making his debut in 2010, he played with them for a single season where they won the Copa Colombia in his debut year. Eventually, he transferred to Junior de Barranquilla where he became a stand out, attracting foreign scouts. Which led to being signed by F.C. Porto during the winter transfer in 2012.

Porto

For the remainder of the 2012-2013 season, Héctor spent most of his playing appearances with Porto's B team. After 10 appearances, on 23 February 2013, Quiñones made his first performance, for Porto's first team. It was a game against Rio Ave, which Porto won by 2-0. Despite making only one appearance for the 2012-13 season, Porto went on to win the league title.

F.C. Penafiel

Hector went to newly promoted Penafiel for a one-season length loan for the 2014-15 season in Portugal. On 13 December 2014, Quiñones scored his first league goal for Penafiel in a 2-1 win over C.D. Nacional.

International

He was a member of the Colombia national under-17 football team that finished 4th place at the 2009 edition of the U-17 FIFA World Cup. After successful performance representing Colombia, he took part in the 2011 Toulon Tournament representing the Colombia national under-20 football team. He scored his first goal against Italy in a 1-1 draw, during the group stages and eventually won the Tournament with Colombia.
He also took part at the 2011 U-20 FIFA World Cup that was held in Colombia.
Hector was called up to represent Colombia during the 2014 [FIFA World Cup qualification] against Bolivia and Venezuela. However, he suffered an injury and missed his call up.

Honors

Club

;Deporto Cali
;Porto
;Porto B

Country

;U-20 Colombia