Julián Quiñones: Colombian-Born Forward Completes Naturalization Process for Mexico’s National Soccer Team

After completing his naturalization process last month, the forward of Colombian origin Julián Quiñones will be able to play with Mexico, which on Friday summoned him to face two games against Honduras in which a pass to the Copa América will be decided.Quiñones, 26 years ago, he had already trained with the team led by Jaime Lozano, but he could not participate in friendly matches against Australia and Uzbekistan because he had not received his documents as a Mexican citizen. That stopped being an impediment a month ago, when Quiñones completed the process. Now he will be available for the first time for the match next Friday the 17th against Honduras, which will pay the visit on Tuesday the 21st at the Azteca stadium. Quiñones was runner-up in scorer last tournament with 13 goals and currently has six goals with América with one date remaining in the regular calendar of the Apertura tournament. Before arriving at América, he was a key player in giving Atlas a two-time championship in the Apertura 2021 and Clausura 2022. Quiñones participated with the Colombian team in the 2017 South American U20 held in Ecuador and in the Games 2018 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Barranquilla. The forward was already playing in Mexico, where he landed in 2016 to join the Venados of the second division. He later emigrated to Tigres, Lobos BUAP, Atlas and América. The list released by Lozano includes players who have been regular in his process, such as goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, defenders César Montes and Johan Vázquez, midfielders Edson Álvarez, Luis Romo and Luis Chávez, and forwards Santiago Giménez and Hirving Lozano. The matches against Honduras correspond to the quarterfinals of the Nations League and will also be qualifiers for the 2024 Copa América that will be held on fields in the United States.

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Goalkeepers: Guillermo Ochoa (Salernitana, Italy), Jose Antonio Rodriguez (Tijuana), Luis Malagon (USA) Defenders: Julian Araujo (Las Palmas, Spain), Jorge Sanchez (Porto, Portugal), Cesar Montes (Almeria), Israel Reyes ( America), Johan Vazquez (Genoa, Italy), Jesus Angulo (Tigers), Jesus Gallardo (Monterrey), Gerardo Arteaga (Genk, Belgium). , (Dynamo, Russia), Luis Romo (Monterrey), Marcel Ruiz (Toluca), Orbelin Pineda (AEK, Greece), Sebastian Cordova (Tigers).Forwards: Uriel Antuna (Blue Cross), Julian Quiñones (USA), Roberto Alvarado (Chivas), Hirving Lozano (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), Cesar Huerta (Pumas), Santiago Gimenez (Feyenoord, Netherlands), Henry Martin (USA), Raul Jimenez (Fulham, England)

2023-11-11 01:51:27
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