Danis Luis Quintero Chevans (born 10 December 1984 in

Cienfuegos Cienfuegos (), capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about from Havana and has a population of 150,000. Since the late 1960s, Cienfuegos has become one of Cuba's main industrial centers, especia ...

Cienfuegos Province Cienfuegos () is one of the provinces of Cuba. The capital city of the province is also called Cienfuegos and was founded by French settlers in 1819. Overview Until 2011 Cienfuegos was the smallest province in Cuba (excluding the city of Hava ...

) is a

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n footballer, who is currently playing for German amateur side FSV Rheinfelden.

Club career

Quintero began play with

FC Cienfuegos FC Cienfuegos is a Cuban football team playing in the Cuban National Football League and representing Cienfuegos Province. They play their home games at the Estadio Luis Pérez Lozano in Cienfuegos. History Nicknamed ''Los Marineros'' (the S ...

and played eight years for the team before fleeing the country. After a trial with Swiss side

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he signed for C.A. Valdevez in summer 2009. After a half-year in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal: :* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...

, he left Valdevez in February 2010 to sign on 2 February 2010 for the German lower League club SV Nollingen. In 2013 he joined FSV Rheinfelden.

International career

He made his international debut for

in a January

2007 Caribbean Cup The 2007 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the fourteenth edition of the biennial Caribbean Cup, the finals of which were contested in Trinidad and Tobago between 12 January and 23 January 2007. The fou ...

qualification match against

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands— Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

and has earned a total of 7 caps, scoring no goals. During 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign he played four matches. He was part of the under-20 national team in the qualification for the

2003 FIFA World Youth Championship The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in United Arab Emirates between 27 November and 19 December 2003. U20 Brazil claimed their fourth title. The 2003 championship was the 14th contested. The tournament was originally planned to be ...

. He was part of the

Cuba national football team The Cuba national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Cuba) represents Cuba in men's international football and it is controlled by the Football Association of Cuba. Nicknamed Leones del Caribe (''Lions of Caribbean''), the team repr ...

2007 Caribbean Nations Cup The 2007 Caribbean Cup (known as the Digicel Caribbean Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the fourteenth edition of the biennial Caribbean Cup, the finals of which were contested in Trinidad and Tobago between 12 January and 23 January 2007. The ...

and back-up keeper at

2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean ( CONCACAF), and was won by the United States over Mexico. It was contested in the United States fro ...

. His final international was a December

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match against

Personal life

Defection to Germany

Nicknamed ''Pulpo'' (The Octopus), Quintero disappeared from the national team at

Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt Airport (; german: link=no, Flughafen Frankfurt Main , also known as ''Rhein-Main-Flughafen'') is a major international airport located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centre ...

Düsseldorf Airport Düsseldorf Airport (german: link=no, Flughafen Düsseldorf, ; until March 2013 ''Düsseldorf International Airport''; ) is the international airport of Düsseldorf, the capital of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is about north ...

in July 2009 after a friendly match against

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side

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bunde ...

. After spending time in Switzerland and Portugal he returned to Germany and received a political refugee status after a few months.Dany Quintero: un cubano en el fútbol alemán
- Deutsche Welle

References

1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Cienfuegos Defecting Cuban footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Cuban men's footballers Cuba men's international footballers FC Cienfuegos players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Cuban expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Cuba-footy-bio-stub