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Eduardo Quintanilla

b. 1948

Chilean footballer

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Born 1948. Eduardo Quintanilla is an association football player and association football coach.

Santiago Eduardo Quintanilla Ureta (born 30 July 1948), known as Eduardo Quintanilla, is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder. Besides Chile, he developed his career in Central America.

Career A midfielder from Colo-Colo, Quintanilla also played for Deportes Ovalle and Palestino in his homeland, winning the 1972 Segunda División de Chile with the second.

He emigrated to Central America and played in Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador and Costa Rica. In Honduras, he played for Motagua and CD Olimpia. In El Salvador, he played for Águila before arriving to Costa Rica and joining San Carlos in December 1977, where he played until 1982.

Considered a historical player of AD San Carlos, where he made up a well remembered pair alongside William Ávila,

In the Costa Rican Primera División, he scored nine goals in total, becoming the Chilean top goalscorer in that country.

He retired from football due to a serious traffic accident at the age of thirty three. After, he coached the AD San Carlos reserve team for a brief stint with Toribio Rojas as head coach.

Personal life He was nicknamed Chucha, as a profanity widely used in his country of birth to express surprise, among other uses.

Honours Palestino Segunda División de Chile: 1972

San Carlos Segunda División de Costa Rica (2): 1977, 1978

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Who is Eduardo Quintanilla?

Chilean footballer

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Eduardo Quintanilla was born on 30 July 1948.

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Eduardo Quintanilla is an association football player and association football coach.

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· Wikipedia: Eduardo Quintanilla

· Wikidata: Q116856086

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