Juan Quintero announced himself to planet football at the FIFA U-20 World Cup, where he had the honour of scoring the goal of the tournament. One year on, the pint-sized 21-year-old midfielder has stepped up a level, slotting home the winner in his side’s 2-1 defeat of Côte d’Ivoire on his 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ debut. Now regarded as one of the hottest properties in the game, the rising Colombia star spoke to FIFA about the joys of playing on the biggest stage of them all.
“Obviously I’m delighted with my debut,” he said. “I was desperate to get out there, and happily for me everything worked out. I feel very proud about coming on and scoring, though the most important thing was for us to get the win that takes us into the last 16.”
Discussing the sweet left-footed strike that gave his side all three points against the Elephants, Quintero said: “I’m grateful to God for scoring such a good goal. I’m happy with what I’ve achieved, but it’s good to be grounded. I wouldn’t have got that goal without James (Rodriguez) winning the ball back and Teo (Gutierrez) putting me through. But obviously I’m incredibly happy about it.”
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