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Darwin Quintero

Darwin Quintero

Midfield - Attacking Midfield  at Deportivo Pereira
Age38
CitizenshipColombia Mexico
Height1.66 m
Footright
BornSeptember 19, 1987
at Deportivo Pereira 874 days · joined 2024-01-01
👕500+ Apps 100+ Goals 🎯100+ Assists Veteran
Market value €100k
Rating · 2025 7.6 Top
Attacking Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

11
clubs played for
06/07
debut season
0.28
goals / match
Santos Laguna
top club · 277 apps

Position rank · 2025

#25
goals rank
#30
assists rank
199
season goals
165
season assists

Among 467 Midfield - Attacking Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€4.00m
peak value · 2010
€9.00m
top transfer fee · 14/15
20
best season · 13/14
14 / 1
int'l caps / goals
700Appearances
199Goals
165Assists
95Yellow cards
6Red cards
195Full matches (90′)
Full nameDarwin Quintero
Name in home countryCarlos Darwin Quintero Villalba
Date of birth1987-09-19 (38 yrs)
Place of birthTumaco, Colombia
CitizenshipColombia Mexico
PositionMidfield - Attacking Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height166.00 m
Current clubDeportivo Pereira
Joined2024-01-01
Contract expires2025-12-31
Agentnot clarified
Jul 2025
2025 — Deportivo Pereira
31 matches · 8 G · 7 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2024
2024 — Deportivo Pereira
36 matches · 13 G · 6 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2024
Transfer: CD América → Pereira
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2023
2023 — CD América de Cali
44 matches · 5 G · 13 A · across 5 competitions
Jan 2023
Transfer: Houston → CD América
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2022
2022 — Houston Dynamo FC
32 matches · 8 G · 5 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2021
2021 — Houston Dynamo FC
20 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2020
2020 — Houston Dynamo
22 matches · 7 G · 7 A · across 2 competitions
Nov 2019
Transfer: Minnesota → Houston
19/20 · Transfer
Sep 2019
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2019
2019 — Minnesota United FC
36 matches · 16 G · 7 A · across 3 competitions
Apr 2019
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Aug 2018
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2018
2018 — Minnesota United FC
28 matches · 11 G · 13 A · across 2 competitions
Mar 2018
Transfer: América → Minnesota
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — CF América, CF América U20
36 matches · 5 G · 9 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2017
2017 — CF América
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — CF América, CF América U20
35 matches · 4 G · 8 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2016
2016 — CF América
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2015
15/16 — CF América
48 matches · 16 G · 6 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2015
2015 — CF América
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2015
Transfer: Santos Laguna → América
14/15 · Transfer · €9.00m
Jul 2014
14/15 — CF América, Santos Laguna, CF América U20
49 matches · 5 G · 20 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2014
2014 — Santos Laguna
7 matches · 3 G · 5 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2013
13/14 — Santos Laguna, Santos Laguna U20
46 matches · 20 G · 15 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2012
12/13 — Santos Laguna
43 matches · 19 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Santos Laguna
51 matches · 18 G · 17 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — Santos Laguna, Santos Laguna U20
42 matches · 13 G · 7 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — Santos Laguna
46 matches · 12 G · 11 A · across 6 competitions
Jan 2009
Transfer: Pereira → Santos Laguna
08/09 · Transfer · €2.50m
Jul 2008
08/09 — Santos Laguna
20 matches · 8 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2008
Transfer: KS Samara → Pereira
08/09 · Transfer · €450k
Jun 2008
Transfer: Pereira → KS Samara
07/08 · Return from loan
Jan 2008
Transfer: KS Samara → Pereira
07/08 · Loan
Jul 2007
2007 — Deportes Tolima
5 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2007
Transfer: Deportes Tolima → KS Samara
07/08 · Transfer · €350k
Jul 2006
06/07 — Krylya Sovetov Samara
11 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2006
2006 — Deportes Tolima
6 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2005
Transfer: Tolima U20 → Deportes Tolima
04/05 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €4.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 235 other Midfield - Attacking Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 2025. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals8 total · 0.64/90
86
Assists7 total · 0.56/90
86
G+A15 total · 1.20/90
89
Yellow cards4 total · 0.32/90
46
17,578 min
Minutes played by club
Deportivo Pereira 10.9%
CD América de Cali 10.0%
Houston Dynamo FC 3.2%
Houston Dynamo 2.7%
Minnesota United FC 2.8%
CF América 25.4%
Santos Laguna 37.9%
Deportes Tolima 2.2%
CF América U20 1.4%
Santos Laguna U20 1.0%
Krylya Sovetov Samara 2.4%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Deportivo Pereira 2 2024 2025 67 21 13 1,920
CD América de Cali 1 2023 2023 44 5 13 1,760
Houston Dynamo FC 2 2021 2022 52 11 7 559
Houston Dynamo 1 2020 2020 22 7 7 478
Minnesota United FC 2 2018 2019 64 27 20 496
CF América 7 14/15 2017 145 26 30 4,468
Santos Laguna 8 08/09 2014 277 92 73 6,665
Deportes Tolima 2 2006 2007 11 4 0 381
CF América U20 3 14/15 17/18 4 2 0 244
Santos Laguna U20 2 10/11 13/14 3 3 0 180
Krylya Sovetov Samara 1 06/07 06/07 11 1 2 427

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

9€1M18€2M26€3M35€4M06/07 — 1 goals (Krylya Sovetov Samara)06/07 — 2 assists306/0708/09 — 8 goals (Santos Laguna)08/09 — 2 assists1008/0909/10 — 12 goals (Santos Laguna)09/10 — 11 assists2309/1010/11 — 13 goals (Santos Laguna)10/11 — 7 assists2010/1111/12 — 18 goals (Santos Laguna)11/12 — 17 assists3511/1212/13 — 19 goals (Santos Laguna)12/13 — 3 assists2212/1313/14 — 20 goals (Santos Laguna)13/14 — 15 assists3513/1414/15 — 5 goals (CF América)14/15 — 20 assists2514/1515/16 — 16 goals (CF América)15/16 — 6 assists2215/1616/17 — 4 goals (CF América)16/17 — 8 assists1216/1717/18 — 5 goals (CF América)17/18 — 9 assists1417/182006 — 2 goals (Deportes Tolima)220062007 — 2 goals (Deportes Tolima)220072014 — 3 goals (Santos Laguna)2014 — 5 assists820142018 — 11 goals (Minnesota United FC)2018 — 13 assists2420182019 — 16 goals (Minnesota United FC)2019 — 7 assists2320192020 — 7 goals (Houston Dynamo)2020 — 7 assists1420202021 — 3 goals (Houston Dynamo FC)2021 — 2 assists520212022 — 8 goals (Houston Dynamo FC)2022 — 5 assists1320222023 — 5 goals (CD América de Cali)2023 — 13 assists1820232024 — 13 goals (Deportivo Pereira)2024 — 6 assists1920242025 — 8 goals (Deportivo Pereira)2025 — 7 assists15202509/10 — €2.3M10/11 — €4M11/12 — €4M12/13 — €3M13/14 — €3M14/15 — €3M15/16 — €2.8M16/17 — €3M17/18 — €2.5MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

06/07: 1106/0708/09: 8808/0909/10: 121209/1010/11: 131310/1111/12: 181811/1212/13: 191912/1313/14: 202013/1414/15: 5514/1515/16: 161615/1616/17: 4416/1717/18: 5517/182006: 2220062007: 2220072014: 3320142015: 0020152016: 0020162017: 0020172018: 111120182019: 161620192020: 7720202021: 3320212022: 8820222023: 5520232024: 131320242025: 882025

Assists by season

06/07: 2206/0708/09: 2208/0909/10: 111109/1010/11: 7710/1111/12: 171711/1212/13: 3312/1313/14: 151513/1414/15: 202014/1515/16: 6615/1616/17: 8816/1717/18: 9917/182006: 0020062007: 0020072014: 5520142015: 0020152016: 0020162017: 0020172018: 131320182019: 7720192020: 7720202021: 2220212022: 5520222023: 131320232024: 6620242025: 772025
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
2025 Copa Colombia Deportivo Pereira 5 3 0 0 0 112
2025 Liga DIMAYOR I Deportivo Pereira 16 4 4 3 1 272
2025 Liga DIMAYOR II Deportivo Pereira 10 1 3 1 0 737
2024 Fase Final LBD I Deportivo Pereira 6 2 0 2 0 266
2024 Liga Dimayor Deportivo Pereira 16 8 5 1 0 160
2024 Liga DIMAYOR II Deportivo Pereira 14 3 1 1 0 373
2023 Copa Colombia CD América de Cali 2 0 0 0 0 0
2023 Fase Final LBD I CD América de Cali 5 1 1 1 0 397
2023 Fase Final LBD II CD América de Cali 3 0 0 2 0 0
2023 Liga DIMAYOR I CD América de Cali 16 3 7 4 1 409
2023 Liga DIMAYOR II CD América de Cali 18 1 5 2 0 954
2022 MLS Houston Dynamo FC 31 8 4 4 0 222
2022 US Open Cup Houston Dynamo FC 1 0 1 1 0 0
2021 MLS Houston Dynamo FC 20 3 2 2 0 337
2020 MLS Houston Dynamo 19 6 5 4 0 243
2020 MLS is Back Houston Dynamo 3 1 2 1 0 235
2019 MLS Minnesota United FC 30 10 5 5 0 221
2019 MLS Cup Playoffs Minnesota United FC 1 0 1 0 0 0
2019 US Open Cup Minnesota United FC 5 6 1 0 0 57
2018 MLS Minnesota United FC 27 11 13 3 0 218
2018 US Open Cup Minnesota United FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Club World Cup CF América 3 0 0 0 0 0
2017 Supercopa MX CF América 1 0 0 0 0 0
2016 Club World Cup CF América 1 0 0 0 0 0
2015 Campeón de Campeones CF América 1 0 0 0 0 0
2014 Libertadores Santos Laguna 7 3 5 0 0 201
2007 Libertadores Deportes Tolima 5 2 0 0 0 123
2006 Copa Sudamericana Deportes Tolima 6 2 0 0 1 258
17/18 CONCACAF CL CF América 3 1 1 0 0 236
17/18 Copa MX Apertura CF América 6 1 3 2 0 403
17/18 Liga MX Apertura CF América 17 2 4 4 0 699
17/18 Liga MX Clausura CF América 4 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 Liga MX Sub-20 Clausura CF América U20 2 1 0 0 0 180
17/18 Liguilla Apertura CF América 4 0 0 1 0 0
16/17 Copa MX Apertura CF América 4 1 0 0 0 215
16/17 Copa MX Clausura CF América 5 1 0 0 0 314
16/17 Liga MX Apertura CF América 8 2 5 1 0 301
16/17 Liga MX Clausura CF América 12 0 2 1 0 0
16/17 Liga MX Sub-20 Clausura CF América U20 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Liguilla Apertura CF América 5 0 1 1 0 0
15/16 CONCACAF CL CF América 9 4 0 0 1 147
15/16 Liga MX Apertura CF América 16 4 3 1 0 211
15/16 Liga MX Clausura CF América 15 6 2 2 1 124
15/16 Liguilla Apertura CF América 4 2 0 0 0 112
15/16 Liguilla Clausura CF América 4 0 1 2 0 0
14/15 CONCACAF CL CF América 6 1 5 1 0 506
14/15 Copa MX Apertura Santos Laguna 8 0 4 1 0 0
14/15 Liga MX Apertura Santos Laguna 17 2 9 3 0 730
14/15 Liga MX Clausura CF América 15 1 2 1 0 1,200
14/15 Liga MX Sub-20 Clausura CF América U20 1 1 0 0 0 64
14/15 Liguilla Clausura CF América 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Copa MX Apertura Santos Laguna 4 5 0 1 0 59
13/14 Liga MX Apertura Santos Laguna 16 3 10 2 0 370
13/14 Liga MX Clausura Santos Laguna 17 6 3 3 0 240
13/14 Liga MX Sub-20 Apertura Santos Laguna U20 1 1 0 0 0 90
13/14 Liguilla Apertura Santos Laguna 4 4 0 1 0 85
13/14 Liguilla Clausura Santos Laguna 4 1 2 1 0 344
12/13 CONCACAF CL Santos Laguna 9 6 0 1 0 125
12/13 Liga MX Apertura Santos Laguna 14 7 0 1 0 161
12/13 Liga MX Clausura Santos Laguna 16 4 3 4 0 321
12/13 Liguilla Clausura Santos Laguna 4 2 0 1 0 161
11/12 CONCACAF CL Santos Laguna 8 4 2 0 0 148
11/12 Liguilla Apertura Santos Laguna 6 1 1 1 0 348
11/12 Liguilla Clausura Santos Laguna 6 2 4 3 0 259
11/12 Primera Apertura Santos Laguna 17 5 6 2 0 259
11/12 Primera Clausura Santos Laguna 14 6 4 3 0 178
10/11 CONCACAF CL Santos Laguna 7 3 0 0 0 110
10/11 Liga MX Sub-20 Clausura Santos Laguna U20 2 2 0 0 0 90
10/11 Liguilla Apertura Santos Laguna 6 4 0 0 0 117
10/11 Primera Apertura Santos Laguna 14 1 4 3 0 893
10/11 Primera Clausura Santos Laguna 13 3 3 1 1 273
09/10 InterLiga Santos Laguna 3 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Liguilla Apertura Santos Laguna 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Liguilla Clausura Santos Laguna 6 2 2 0 0 264
09/10 North American SuperLiga Santos Laguna 2 1 0 0 0 117
09/10 Primera Apertura Santos Laguna 17 3 5 2 0 435
09/10 Primera Clausura Santos Laguna 16 6 4 1 0 182
08/09 CONCACAF CL Santos Laguna 4 4 1 0 0 46
08/09 Primera Clausura Santos Laguna 16 4 1 4 0 239
06/07 Premier Liga Krylya Sovetov Samara 11 1 2 2 0 427
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
04/05 2005-01-01 Tolima U20 Deportes Tolima Transfer 0
07/08 2007-07-01 Deportes Tolima KS Samara Transfer 0 €350k
07/08 2008-01-01 KS Samara Pereira Loan 750000
07/08 2008-06-30 Pereira KS Samara Return from loan 750000
08/09 2008-07-01 KS Samara Pereira Transfer 750000 €450k
08/09 2009-01-01 Pereira Santos Laguna Transfer 750000 €2.50m
14/15 2015-01-01 Santos Laguna América Transfer 3000000 €9.00m
17/18 2018-03-30 América Minnesota Transfer 2500000
19/20 2019-11-13 Minnesota Houston Transfer 2500000
22/23 2023-01-01 Houston CD América Transfer 300000
23/24 2024-01-01 CD América Pereira Transfer 300000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
18/19 Calf injury 2018-08-15 2018-08-31 17 2
18/19 Groin injury 2019-04-01 2019-04-10 10 1
19/20 unknown injury 2019-09-10 2019-09-13 4 1
Current€100k
Peak€4.00m
Low€100k
Δ since start−€650k
€100k€1.08m€2.05m€3.03m€4.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.75m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #3816 #9 14 1 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Pablo Aguilar 2 2 0
Miguel Samudio 1 0 0
Rubens Sambueza 2 8 0
José Abella 2 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
2018 MLS Minnesota United FC 11 27
2019 MLS Minnesota United FC 10 30
2022 MLS Houston Dynamo FC 8 31

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
2018 MLS Minnesota United FC 13 27
13/14 Liga MX Apertura Santos Laguna 10 16
14/15 Liga MX Apertura Santos Laguna 9 17

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
07/08 2008-06-30 Pereira KS Samara Return from loan €750k
07/08 2008-01-01 KS Samara Pereira Loan €750k

Teams faced most often by Darwin Quintero's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
UANL Tigres 48 10 20 18 54 62 -8 21%
CF Monterrey 44 15 17 12 61 59 +2 34%
Deportivo Toluca 40 16 14 10 64 56 +8 40%
CF Pachuca 40 16 10 14 64 58 +6 40%
Pumas UNAM 40 20 8 12 57 43 +14 50%
Monarcas Morelia 38 12 10 16 58 57 +1 32%
Cruz Azul 38 15 8 15 49 51 -2 39%
Deportivo Guadalajara 38 17 12 9 44 30 +14 45%
Gallos Blancos 36 20 7 9 56 35 +21 56%
Atlas Guadalajara 34 16 9 9 57 40 +17 47%
Puebla FC 32 13 15 4 52 36 +16 41%
Club León 30 12 5 13 43 48 -5 40%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
06/07 Senior debut season
06/07 First senior goal
11/12 Goal #50 (career)
15/16 Goal #100 (career)
2019 Goal #150 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
2025 31 1,121 4 0 1 0.4
2024 36 799 4 0 0 0.45
2023 44 1,760 9 0 1 0.51
2022 32 222 5 0 0 2.03
2021 20 337 2 0 0 0.53
2020 22 478 5 0 0 0.94
2019 36 278 5 0 0 1.62
2018 28 218 3 0 0 1.24
2006 6 258 0 0 1 0.35
17/18 36 1,518 7 0 0 0.42
16/17 35 830 3 0 0 0.33
15/16 48 594 5 1 2 1.21
14/15 49 2,500 6 0 0 0.22
13/14 46 1,188 8 0 0 0.61
12/13 43 768 7 1 0 0.94
11/12 51 1,192 9 0 0 0.68
10/11 42 1,483 4 0 1 0.3
09/10 46 998 3 0 0 0.27
08/09 20 285 4 0 0 1.26
06/07 11 427 2 0 0 0.42

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

MLS
127 apps
38 G
29 A
Primera Clausura
138 apps
36 G
25 A
Primera Apertura
136 apps
29 G
46 A
CONCACAF CL
46 apps
23 G
9 A
Liga DIMAYOR I
48 apps
15 G
16 A
Liguilla Apertura
31 apps
11 G
2 A
Liguilla Clausura
26 apps
7 G
9 A
Copa MX Apertura
22 apps
7 G
7 A
US Open Cup
7 apps
6 G
2 A
Liga DIMAYOR II
42 apps
5 G
9 A

Frequently asked about Darwin Quintero

Who is Darwin Quintero?

Darwin Quintero is a Colombia professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfield for Deportivo Pereira.

How old is Darwin Quintero?

Darwin Quintero is 38 years old. He was born on September 19, 1987 in Tumaco.

What position does Darwin Quintero play?

Darwin Quintero plays as a attacking midfield (Midfield - Attacking Midfield).

What club does Darwin Quintero play for?

Darwin Quintero currently plays for Deportivo Pereira.

How many career goals has Darwin Quintero scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Darwin Quintero has scored 199 goals in 700 appearances.

What is Darwin Quintero's market value?

Darwin Quintero's most recent reported market value is €100k.