Ignacio Quintana Toledo (born 20 April 1988) is a Mexican

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

manager who manages the Panama women's national team.

Early life

Quintana was born in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

, Mexico.

Playing career

Quintana played football at an amateur level.

Managerial career

In 2021, Quintana was appointed manager of the Panama women's national team. He helped Panama have equal salaries and conditions between the men's and women's national teams. He helped Panama qualify for the

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international women's association football, football championship contested by List of women's national association football teams, women's nat ...

, their first Women's World Cup. He holds a A coaching license. He has worked for

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 4 ...

as a coaching license instructor. He has also worked as assistant for the Nicaragua women's national team. Before that, he worked as a youth manager at

Reforma Reforma, the Spanish word meaning reform, has the following meanings: Companies and organizations * ''Reforma'' (newspaper), a daily published in Mexico City :* Grupo Reforma, parent company of the newspaper :* Agencia Reforma, news wire agenc ...

and Lioness FC.

Personal life

Quintana is nicknamed "Nacho". He is a supporter of Mexican side

Necaxa Impulsora del Deportivo Necaxa S.A. de C.V. (); often simply known as Club Necaxa, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Aguascalientes (city), Aguascalientes. It competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican ...

and has two older sisters and an older brother.

References

Living people 1988 births Sportspeople from Mexico City Mexican men's footballers Mexican football managers 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup managers Panama women's national football team Association football managers by women's national team Mexican expatriate football managers Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Nicaragua Expatriate football managers in Nicaragua Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Panama Expatriate football managers in Panama 21st-century Mexican sportsmen Liga MX Femenil managers {{Mexico-footy-bio-stub