Ramón de Quintana

Ramón de Quintana

Personal information
Full name	Ramón de Quintana Dalmau
Date of birth	(1972-02-06) 6 February 1972
Place of birth	Girona, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Damm
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1993	Figueres	37	(0)
1993–1994	Osasuna	4	(0)
1994–1997	Rayo Vallecano	97	(1)
1997–2000	Mérida	84	(1)
2000–2003	Rayo Vallecano	88	(5)
2003–2008	Cádiz	148	(7)
Total		458	(14)
International career
1991	Spain U19	1	(0)
1991	Spain U20	4	(0)
1992–1993	Spain U21	3	(0)
Managerial career
2013–2014	Recreativo (assistant)
2015	Almería (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is De Quintana and the second or maternal family name is Dalmau.

Ramón de Quintana Dalmau (born 6 February 1972) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Girona, Catalonia, de Quintana made his professional debuts with UE Figueres in his native region, playing in two Segunda División seasons. In his second year, he suffered the first of a national record eight relegations. In the 1993–94 campaign he made his La Liga debuts with CA Osasuna, but appeared rarely as the Navarrese also dropped down a division.

Subsequently, de Quintana moved to Madrid's Rayo Vallecano in the second level, earning promotion in his first season but being relegated in his third. With his following club, CP Mérida, he would suffer two relegations in three years, although the last one was due to financial irregularities, as the Extremadura team had finished in sixth position in division two.

In the 2000 summer de Quintana returned to Rayo, helping the side reach the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup in his debut season – after it had been granted a spot in the European competition via the Fair Play ranking – but suffered another relegation in 2002–03, after which he left at the age of 31.

De Quintana's last club was Cádiz CF, where he played for five years, winning the second division in 2005 but being immediately relegated back. After only appearing in nine league games in the 2007–08 campaign, with the Andalusians dropping to Segunda División B, he retired from football at the age of 36, amassing totals of 458 matches and 14 goals in 17 professional seasons (204/6 in the top flight alone).

International career

De Quintana represented Spain at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal, playing all the matches and minutes in an eventual quarterfinal exit.

External links

• Ramón de Quintana profile at BDFutbol
• Stats and bio at Cadistas1910 (Spanish)
• Ramón de Quintana – FIFA competition record