Julian Quinones ba jarumi na yau na Mexico ba ne. An haife shi a Colombia, ya sami ɗan ƙasa na Mexico, kuma yanzu yana haske a Saudi Arabia, wannan ɗan wasan reshen da yake da shekara 29 ya iso Azteca Stadium a ran Litinin da kofuna uku na FIFA World Cup — kuma England ke gaban idansa.

Wasan zagaye na 16 na FIFA World Cup 2026 tsakanin Mexico da England zai fara da 01:00 BST a shahararriyar Azteca Stadium da ke Mexico City, kuma ana iya kallon wasan live a BBC One.

Daga ƙauye da aka manta zuwa matatar duniya

An haifi Quinones a Magui Payan, ƙaramin gari a kudu na Colombia kusa da iyakar Ecuador, inda ya girma a cikin wahala.

"Ƙauye ne mai nisa sosai, da aka manta da shi," ya ce a wata hira ta kwanan nan. "Sanin cewa na sami damar shawo kan komai, ko da yake da dukkan wahala da rashin tallafi, yana ƙara motsa ni in ci gaba da fafatawa, yin iya ƙoƙarina da kowane kwallo da kowane wasa. Na kuma yi haka saboda iyalina."

Yana da shekara 17, ya bar ƙungiyarsa ta magidanci Futbol Paz ya shiga kulob din Mexico Tigres. Yanke shawara bai yi sauƙi ba. "Ina ƙarami kuma na yi jinkiri sa'ad da na yi tunani game da barin ƙasata don bin sabbin manufofi da hanyoyi," ya yarda.

A cikin shekaru takwas masu zuwa, Quinones ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa tare da Tigres, Atlas, da Club America — yana zura kofuna fiye da 70 a ƙoli na Mexico ta hanyar kwangila na dindindin da aro. Ya lashe gasar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa shida a Mexico, biyu tare da kowane ɗaya daga cikin kulob dinsa na dindindin.

Me yasa yake buga wa Mexico ba Colombia ba

Ko da yake ya wakilci Colombia a matakin matasa a shekarun 2017 da 2018, Quinones bai sami kira daga ƙungiyar ƙasar Colombia ba yayin da yake ci gaba a Mexico. A shekarar 2023, ya sami ɗan ƙasa na Mexico — kuma lokacin da Colombia ta tuntube shi a ƙarshe, ya yi latti. Ya zaɓi Mexico.

"Na sami ƙasa mai karimci sosai," ya ce. "Mutane suna maraba da kai, suna taimaka maka ka yi fice, ka girma a matsayin mutum, kuma na ƙaunaci wannan, don haka, ɗan ɗan, na fara zauna, na ji an marabani. Zan kasance mai godiya koyaushe ga waɗancan lokutan. Mexico ta mai da ni mutum nagari."

Yanzu yana da matar Mexico da yara, kuma yana ɗaukar Mexico a matsayin gidansa.

Ya fi Ronaldo a yin kofuna a Diyar Saudi Arabia

Quinones ya bar Mexico a yarjejeniyar da ta kai kusan £12 miliyan don shiga Al-Qadsiah, kulob din da ya fito daga Saudi Pro League kwanan nan. Mataki ya tabbatar da hazaka : ya zura kofuna 62 a wasanni 68 a dukkan gasar tun zuwa.

A kakar da ta gabata, kofunansa 33 na gasar sun ba shi lakabin dan wasa mafi yawa a Saudi Pro League — ya gaba da Ivan Toney na Ingila da kwallo ɗaya da tauraron Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo da kofuna huɗu, ko da yake Al-Qadsiah ya kare na huɗu a teburin gasar.

Kofuna uku da lambobin gwarzon wasa biyu a Kofin Duniya

Quinones ya kai wannan nau'in wasa kai tsaye zuwa FIFA World Cup 2026. Da kofuna uku da taimako guda a wasanni huɗu, ba wani ɗan wasan Mexico a tarihin wasannin da aka rubuta — tun 1966 — da ya shiga cikin kofuna da yawa a wani bugu ɗaya na gasar. Luis Hernandez ya kai wannan alama ta shiga kofuna huɗu a shekarar 1998, amma duk ta hanyar kofuna da ya zura kansa.

Ya fara rubuta sunansa ta hanyar turawa ƙwallon tsakanin ƙafafun mai tsaron raga na South Africa Ronwen Williams a minti na 9 na wasan buɗe gasar — kofon farko na Kofin Duniya na 2026. Ya kuma bugi ƙayar goge a wasan da Mexico ta doke 2-0.

Ya ci daga kusa a nasarar Mexico ta 3-0 a kan Czech Republic, kafin ya karɓi dogon kwallo a hagu ya harba bugun da ya buɗe zura kwallo a nasarar 2-0 a kan Ecuador a zagayen da ya gabata. An zaɓe shi a matsayin gwarzon wasa a wasannin da aka buga da South Africa da Ecuador.

"Ina da yakinin za mu je nesa," ya ce kafin wasan Litinin. "Ƙungiyarmu ta cika kuma tana da gasa. Mun san abin da makasudinmu yake kuma muna imani da cewa za mu iya cimmawa."

Ɗan wasan gaban dama na England — duk wanda zai fito a wannan matsayi a cikin iska mai yawan altitude na Mexico City — zai ci karo da babban jarrabawa daga ɗaya daga cikin maharan da suke cikin fata mafi kyau a wannan gasar.