Xavi Quintillà
Quintillà playing for Barcelona in 2012
Personal information
Full name Xavier Quintillà Guasch[1]
Date of birth (1996-08-23) 23 August 1996
Place of birth Lleida, Catalonia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Alcorcón
Number 19
Youth career
2002–2009 Lleida
2009–2015 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Barcelona B 8 (0)
2016–2017Lleida Esportiu (loan) 29 (0)
2017–2019 Villarreal B 52 (4)
2018–2022 Villarreal 26 (0)
2020–2021Norwich City (loan) 11 (2)
2021–2022Leganés (loan) 15 (1)
2022–2023 Santa Clara 13 (1)
2023– Alcorcón 7 (0)
International career
2012 Spain U16 3 (0)
2012–2013 Spain U17 6 (0)
2014 Spain U18 2 (0)
2013–2015 Spain U19 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2023

Xavier "Xavi" Quintillà Guasch (born 23 August 1996) is a Catalan professional footballer who plays for AD Alcorcón. Mainly a left back, he can also play as a central defender.

Club career

Barcelona

Born in Lleida, Catalonia, Quintillà joined FC Barcelona's youth setup in 2009, from hometown UE Lleida.[3] After finishing his graduation, he was promoted to the reserves in July 2015, after the club's relegation to Segunda División B.[4]

Quintillà made his senior debut on 22 August 2015, starting in a 1–2 loss at UE Cornellà.[5] On 26 August of the following year, after contributing with only eight league appearances, he was loaned to fellow third division side Lleida Esportiu for the campaign.[6]

On 1 September 2017, Quintillà terminated his contract with Barça.[7]

Villarreal

On 1 September 2017, just hours after leaving Barcelona, Quintillà joined Villarreal CF and was initially assigned to the B-team.[8] On 1 November of the following year, he made his first-team debut by starting in a 3–3 away draw against UD Almería, for the season's Copa del Rey.[9] On 30 March 2019 he made his La Liga debut, playing all but the final two minutes of a 3–2 loss at RC Celta de Vigo.[10]

Promoted to the main squad for the 2019–20 season, Quintillà featured sparingly but still renewed his contract until 2023 on 25 February 2020.[11]

On 18 August 2020, Quintillà joined EFL Championship side Norwich City on loan.[12][13] He scored his first goal in a 31 win against Queens Park Rangers the following 24 April,[14] and ended his spell at Carrow Road as a title winner.[15]

Quintillà joined Segunda División side Leganés on a season-long loan deal on 10 July 2021, with an option to buy.[16] He played just over a third of the games in a mid-table finish, scoring once to equalise in a 1–1 home draw with SD Ponferradina on 12 December.[17]

Santa Clara

On 4 July 2022, free agent Quintillà signed for two years at C.D. Santa Clara of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.[18]

Alcorcón

On 11 August 2023, Quintillà returned to Spain and its second division, after signing for AD Alcorcón.[19]

Personal life

Quintillà's older brother, Jordi, is also a footballer, who plays as a midfielder. Both were at Barcelona together.[20]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 March 2023[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona B 2015–16 Segunda División B 8080
Lleida Esportiu (loan) 2016–17 Segunda División B 29020310
Villarreal B 2017–18 Segunda División B 301301
2018–19 Segunda División B 223223
Total 524524
Villarreal 2018–19 La Liga 70101[lower-alpha 1]090
2019–20 La Liga 19040230
Total 2605010320
Norwich City (loan) 2020–21 Championship 11210122
Leganés (loan) 2021–22 Segunda División 15130181
Santa Clara 2022–23 Primeira Liga 1300040170
Career total 154711040101727
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Barcelona

Norwich City

References

  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Norwich City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 47. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. AcoresPRO.com, André Amaral-. "Clube Desportivo Santa Clara » Plantel" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  3. "Xavi Quintillà, un cadete entre juveniles" [Xavi Quintillà, a cadete among the juveniles] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. "Barça B: Several Juvenil players to begin pre-season with the second team". Sport. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  5. "2–1: el Barça B cae en Cornellà en el último minuto y de penalti" [2–1: Barça B falls in Cornellà in the last minute and in a penalty] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  6. "Quinti jugarà cedit una temporada al Lleida Esportiu" [Qunti will play on loan one season at Lleida Esportiu] (in Catalan). FC Barcelona. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  7. "Desvinculación de Quintillà" [Departure of Quintillà] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  8. "Xavi Quintillà refuerza el lateral izquierdo del Villarreal B" [Xavi Quintillà bolsters the left back of Villarreal B] (in Spanish). Levante-EMV. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  9. "El Villarreal deja con vida al Almería (3–3)" [Villarreal leave Almería alive (3–3)] (in Spanish). Nostre Sport. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  10. Hurtado, José Luis (30 March 2019). "Iago Aspas VI de Vigo" [Iago Aspas VI of Vigo] (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  11. "Quintillà renueva hasta el 2023" [Quintillà renews until 2023] (in Spanish). Marca. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  12. "Quintillà jugará cedido en el Norwich City" [Quintillà will play on loan at Norwich City] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  13. "City complete signing of Villarreal defender Xavi Quintilla". Norwich City F.C. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  14. "QPR 13 Norwich". BBC Sport. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  15. 1 2 Davitt, Paddy (10 July 2021). "City title winner seals Spanish move". The Pink'un. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  16. "City title winner seals Spanish move". Eastern Daily Press. 10 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  17. Casas, Jacobo (12 December 2021). "La Ponferradina saca un empate en Butarque ante el Leganés (1-1) y sigue en la segunda posición" [Ponferradina get a draw in Butarque against Leganés (1-1) and continue in second position] (in Spanish). Cadena COPE. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  18. "OFICIAL: Santa Clara contrata lateral-esquerdo formado no Barcelona" [OFFICIAL: Santa Clara sign left-back formed at Barcelona] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  19. "Xavi Quintillà, nuevo fichaje de la A.D. Alcorcón" [Xavi Quintillà, new signing of A.D. Alcorcón] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  20. "Jordi Quintillà: Su ídolo es su hermano pequeño" [Jordi Quintillà: His idol is his younger brother]. Sport (in Spanish). 6 July 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  21. Xavi Quintillà at Soccerway
  22. "First Youth League title goes Barcelona's way". UEFA.com. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.