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The FC Porto handball player died this Friday at the São João Hospital in Porto.
Alfredo Quintana died this Friday after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest in training on Monday. The 32-year-old, originally from Cuba, was immediately transferred to São João Hospital in Oporto, where he would end up losing his life on the fifth day of hospitalization.
FC Porto used social media to share a heartfelt message to the handball player.
“The message that we never thought to share: today our dear Alfredo Quintana left. You will be remembered forever as one of ours. A true Dragon. Rest in peace, Eterno Quintana!” The club wrote with an image of the player accompanied by A phrase of the authorship: “The memories of what I lived here will be well kept in my heart. It was FC Porto that allowed me to be what I am today.”
Quintana, who would turn 33 on March 20, was born in Havana, Cuba, having joined FC Porto in 2011, becoming one of the club’s great references in that decade. He was champion by the Porto fans in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2019, year in which he also won the Portuguese Cup and the Super Cup, which he had also won in 2010 and 2014.
The 2.01 meter athlete became a Portuguese national and internationalized in 2014, through coach Rolando Freitas, having represented the country in 67 games and scored 10 goals. This season, Quintana was once again essential at FC Porto, which leads the championship with 19 wins from as many games.
Last Sunday, in the 34-26 win at Águas Santas, he made 14 saves and scored two goals. The Portuguese-Cuban was part of the Portuguese handball team that achieved tenth place in the World Cup that was played this year in Egypt, the best classification in history, as well as the last European, in which Portugal managed to reach sixth place .
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