Da uku daga cikin kofunan farko a gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, Julian Quinones ya zama wanda ba za a iya yaudare shi ba. Ɗan wasan gaba na Mexico — wanda mafi yawan magoya bayen kwallon kafa ba su san sunansa ba makonni kadan da suka wuce — ya bayyana a matsayin daya daga cikin babban abin mamaki na gasar, kuma yanzu Ingila ce ke tsayawa a gabansa.

Daga Colombia zuwa sarautar kwallon kafa ta Mexico

An haifi Quinones kuma ya girma a Colombia, amma kwarewarsa ta musamman tare da matasa na Paz ta jawo hankalin manyan kulob din Mexico, Tigres. Farkon aikinsa na ƙwararru bai yi kyau ba, kuma ya gwagwarmaya wajen samun wuri a tawagar farko ta Tigres. Aro zuwa abokan hamayyar rukunin farko BUAP ya ba shi damar nuna iyawarsa — yana da shekaru 20 ya zira ƙwallaye 17 a wasa 28 na gasar.

Babban sauyi ya zo da canjinsa na dindindin zuwa Atlas a shekara ta 2021. A can, Quinones ya taimaka wa kulob din lashe Apertura 2021, Clausura 2022, da Campeon de Campeones a shekara ta 2022. Kasancewarsa ya ba shi wuri a tawagar zaɓaɓɓu ta Liga MX da kyautar mafi kyawun ɗan wasan tsakiya mai kai hari a ƙungiyar.

Canji zuwa América ya biyo baya, inda ya sake maimaita nasarar — ya lashe ƙarin trofina a cikin tarin da ya yi kama sosai da kwanakinsa na Atlas. Yawan lamuran Mexico na yanzu ya kai shida. Bayan da ya kwashe lokaci mai kyau a kasar don samun ɗan ƙasar, Quinones ya fara buga wasa na farko na ƙasa da ƙasa da Mexico a shekara ta 2023.

Mai cin garkuwar zinare ta Saudi Pro League

A lokacin bazara na 2024, Al-Qadsiah na Saudi Pro League ta sanya hannu tare da Quinones kan kuɗin da aka ruwaito na dala miliyan 16 (fam miliyan 12). Abin da ya biyo baya yana daga cikin mafi kyawun kakar mutum ɗaya a tarihin gasar kwanan nan. Quinones ya zira ƙwallaye 33 a wasanni 31 na gasar — fiye da kwallo a kowane wasa — ya karɓi takalmin zinare ya riga Ivan Toney da Cristiano Ronaldo, yana da hat-trick uku a duk tsawon kakar.

Haskakawa a Kofin Duniya

Da shekaru 29, Quinones ya zo wannan gasar Cin Kofin Duniya cikin mafi kyawun nashi, kuma bai takaita ba. Ya bude lissafin sa ta hanyar zira kwallo ta farko ta gasar lokacin da Mexico ta doke Afirka ta Kudu 2-0. Daga nan ya ƙara wata ƙwallo a matakin kungiyoyi a kan Czech Republic, kafin ya bude cin kwallo a nasarar Mexico ta 2-0 a kan Ecuador a zagaye na 32.

Ƙwallaye uku, nasarori uku, da wuri a zagaye na 16. Yanzu, da Ingila tana tsaye tsakanin Mexico da zagaye na kusa da ƙarshe, Quinones zai zama dan wasan da tsaron abokin hamayyar zai ji tsoro matuka.