Gustavo Quinteros

Gustavo Domingo Quinteros Desábato (born 15 February 1965) is a football manager and former professional player who played mainly as a centre-back. He is the manager of Independiente.

Born in Argentina, Quinteros played for the Bolivia national team, representing the nation in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. After retiring, he became a manager, taking over clubs in his native Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador (as well as both national teams), Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Chile and Mexico.

Quinteros was born in Cafferata, a small town in the Santa Fe Province. A midfielder, he joined the youth sides of Newell's Old Boys at the age of 13, but only spent a year at the club before leaving. He returned to the side at the age of 17, while studying biochemistry and pharmacy at the National University of Rosario.

Quinteros was unable to make a breakthrough at Newell's, only featuring as an unused substitute in a reserve team match in July 1985. Six months later, he joined Central Córdoba de Rosario, where he would make his senior debut.

In 1987, Quinteros signed for Talleres de Remedios de Escalada, being a part of the squad which won the 1987–88 Primera B Metropolitana. In the following year, after a failed move to a Primera B Nacional side, he moved to Bolivia and joined Universitario de Sucre.

After scoring eight goals for Universitario de Sucre, Quinteros moved to The Strongest for the 1989 season. At the latter club, he was converted into a centre-back, and established himself as a starter in that position. He later spent a one-season spell at San José, before returning to Strongest in 1994.

After the 1994 World Cup, Quinteros returned to his birth nation, signing a contract with San Lorenzo after the club paid a US$ 170,000 fee. He would never establish himself as a starter at the club, only making his Argentine Primera División debut on 6 May 1995, in a 2–1 away win over Deportivo Mandiyú.

Quinteros signed for Argentinos Juniors in 1997, before moving back to Bolivia in 1999 with Jorge Wilstermann. He retired with the latter club at the end of the season, aged 34.