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The 32-year-old Portuguese international suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest in training on Monday. He ended up passing away this Friday.
Portuguese sport is mourning the death of Alfredo Quintana, goalkeeper for the handball team of FC Porto and the National Team. The information was provided by the blue and white club, which received notification of the death at the São João Hospital at 12 noon on Friday.
The 32-year-old, a native of Cuba, suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest in training on Monday and was immediately sent to the São João Hospital, in Porto, where he would end up losing his life, this Friday, on the fifth day. of internment.
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 .
Quintana had a daughter, Alicia, who was almost two years old. To the grieving family, THE GAME expresses its deepest condolences.
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