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Gustavo Quinteros

Gustavo Quinteros

Quinteros in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Domingo Quinteros Desábato
Date of birth	(1965-02-15) 15 February 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Vélez Sarsfield (head coach)
Youth career
0000	Talleres
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1988	Talleres (RdE)	17	(1)
1988	Universitario de Sucre	26	(8)
1989–1991	The Strongest	71	(9)
1992	San José	31	(7)
1993–1994	The Strongest	38	(4)
1994–1997	San Lorenzo	15	(1)
1997–1998	Argentinos Juniors	19	(0)
1999	Jorge Wilstermann	5	(0)
Total		222	(30)
International career
1993–1999	Bolivia	26	(1)
Managerial career
2003	San Lorenzo
2005–2006	Blooming
2006–2007	San Martín de San Juan
2007–2008	Blooming
2009	Bolívar
2010	Oriente Petrolero
2010–2012	Bolivia
2012–2015	Emelec
2015–2017	Ecuador
2017–2018	Al-Nassr
2018	Al Wasl
2019	Universidad Católica
2020	Tijuana
2020–2023	Colo-Colo
2023–	Vélez Sarsfield
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gustavo Domingo Quinteros Desábato (born 15 February 1965) is a football manager and former professional player who played as a defender.^[1] He is the manager of Argentine club Vélez Sarsfield. Born in Argentina, he played for the Bolivia national team.

Playing career[edit]

Club[edit]

His clubs as a player include The Strongest and San José in Bolivia. He also played for San Lorenzo de Almagro, Argentinos Juniors and Talleres de Remedios de Escalada in his native Argentina.

International[edit]

The defender played 26 international matches and scored once for the Bolivia national team,^[2] including two appearances in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.^[3] His only goal came in a friendly match against Honduras on January 29, 1993, when he opened the score in the 3–1 win in the Estadio Felix Capriles, Cochabamba.

Managerial career[edit]

After retiring as a player, Quinteros became a manager at San Lorenzo's youth academy. In 2003, he had a brief spell as first team manager. In 2005, he managed the Bolivian Club Blooming and they took a national title, his first Aerosur Cup. Due to his notorious success, he took on management of the Argentine San Martín de San Juan in the Primera B Nacional.

In 2007, Quinteros returned to Blooming, the institution where he built up his coaching reputation and became an idol. The following year he won the Aerosur Cup for the second time in his managerial career and guided the team back to the championship finals; however, they lost to Aurora on penalty kicks (3–4) after a draw during regulation time in a decisive third match played at Sucre's Estadio Patria.

By January 2009 when his contract expired Quinteros decided to move on, and took over La Paz club Bolívar, where he won the Aerosur Cup and the Apertura title. Due to some disparities with the president, Quinteros left the club at the end of the year. By January 2010 he was in charge of Oriente Petrolero. During his stint at Oriente his success continued taking the team to an Aerosur Cup and the Clausura 2010 title.

On 5 November 2010, Quinteros was named the new manager of the Bolivia national team. On 3 July 2012, he presented his letter of resignation and called a press conference to announce his imminent departure from the national team.^[4][5]

On 9 July 2012, Quinteros was formally introduced as the new manager for Ecuadorian club Emelec.^[6] After a stint in the Middle East, and a lacklustre season in Tijuana, he became manager of Colo Colo.

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of match played 14 June 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Blooming		15 January 2005	30 June 2006	66	35	10	21	114	101	+13	053.03
San Martín de San Juan		1 July 2006	30 June 2007	40	19	15	6	54	32	+22	047.50
Blooming		1 July 2007	31 December 2008	65	30	14	21	107	89	+18	046.15
Bolívar		1 January 2009	31 December 2009	40	20	14	6	67	40	+27	050.00
Oriente Petrolero		1 January 2010	31 December 2010	57	32	9	16	97	59	+38	056.14
Bolivia		1 January 2011	3 July 2012	16	1	6	9	13	26	−13	006.25
Emelec		8 July 2012	15 March 2015	156	86	31	39	236	146	+90	055.13
Ecuador		16 March 2015	12 September 2017	33	13	6	14	53	42	+11	039.39
Al-Nassr		2 October 2017	31 January 2018	14	6	3	5	25	17	+8	042.86
Al-Wasl		1 July 2018	19 October 2018	9	2	2	5	9	16	−7	022.22
Universidad Católica		1 January 2019	31 December 2019	39	24	6	9	69	37	+32	061.54
Tijuana		1 January 2020	12 June 2020	16	7	4	5	22	20	+2	043.75
Colo-Colo		6 October 2020	15 December 2023	154	79	42	33	237	148	+89	051.30
Vélez Sarsfield		23 December 2023	present	24	11	8	5	25	23	+2	045.83
Total				729	365	170	194	1,128	796	+332	050.07

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Gustavo Quinteros at National-Football-Teams.com
• Gustavo Quinteros – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)