Michael Jackson Quiñónez Cabeza (born June 21, 1984 in Pedro Carbo

Pedro Carbo

Pedro Carbo is a town located in the coastal Guayas, Ecuador, near Manabí province. It is the seat of Pedro Carbo Canton It is located at the 63 kilometer marker on the road from Guayaquil to Manabí. It is the seat of Pedro Carbo Cantón, founded in 1984. As of the census of 2001, there are 36,711...

, Guayas), is an Ecuadorian football attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Deportivo Quito

Sociedad Deportivo Quito

Sociedad Deportivo Quito is a Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league....

 of the Ecuadorian Serie A.

Club career

Quiñónez played for Ecuadorian clubs Quevedo and Espoli before moving to Santos. Santos signed him in February 2008, along with Colombia

Colombia

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n Mauricio Molina

Mauricio Molina

Mauricio Alejandro Molina Uribe, nicknamed Mao is a Colombian football midfielder, who currently plays for FC Seoul in the K-League.-Career:...

. He made his debut on February 13, 2008, starting against Cúcuta Deportivo of Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

 in the Copa Libertadores 2008

Copa Libertadores 2008

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. Michael Quiñónez scored his first goal for Santos on April 1, 2008, when his club beat Bolivian club San José

Club San José

Club Deportivo San José is a football club from Oruro, Bolivia.Founded in 1942, they won the 1st division in 1955 , 1995 and Clausura 2007...

 7–0 for the Copa Libertadores.

On January 6, 2009, he signed for 13-time Ecuadorian champions El Nacional

Club Deportivo El Nacional

Club Deportivo "El Nacional" is a Ecuadorian sports club from Quito, known best for their professional football team. The team currently plays in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country....

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International career

Despite his attention-gaining move to Brazilian football in 2008, Quiñonez was not noticed by national team coach Sixto Vizuete

Sixto Vizuete

Sixto Rafael Vizuete Toapanta is the Ecuadorian football manager who currently manages the Ecuadorian U-20 national team.-Early career:...

 until March 2009, when he was called up for a friendly game against El Salvador

El Salvador national football team

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. He made his debut as a left-side midfielder in the 3-1 loss to the Salvadorans. His prolific performances with El Nacional

El Nacional

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, however, have earned him another chance with the Ecuadorian national team

Ecuador national football team

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, and he was called up to the squad to replace injured forward Carlos Tenorio

Carlos Tenorio

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 for the extremely important last two 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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 fixture against Uruguay

Uruguay national football team

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 and Chile

Chile national football team

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