Jarlín Medardo Quintero León (born 19 August 1993) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a forward for Peruvian club Los Chankas. He has spent most of his career abroad, in the Venezuelan Primera División and the Peruvian Primera División.
Career Born in Magüí Payán in the Nariño Department, Quintero began his career at América de Cali. He played five games in his debut Categoría Primera B season in 2012, scoring once in the first four minutes of a 3–0 home win over Unión Magdalena on 21 May. The team won the Apertura tournament on penalties against that opponent, but lost the overall final by the same method to Alianza Petrolera.
Quintero moved in 2014 to Aragua of the Venezuelan Primera División. In September that year, he and four teammates were affected by the chikungunya virus. He scored 12 goals in the 2014–15 season.
In July 2015, Quintero returned to Colombia, this time to its Categoría Primera A and Cúcuta Deportivo. He went back to Venezuela to play the 2016 season at Carabobo, scoring four goals and signing for Deportivo Lara for the following year.
After a brief spell at Atlético Reynosa in Mexico, Quintero signed for Deportivo Hualgayoc in the Peruvian Segunda División, contributing 14 goals in the 2018 season. Remaining in the same city, he transferred to UTC Cajamarca of the Peruvian Primera División for the following season. On 3 April 2019, he scored on his continental debut to equalise in a 1–1 home draw with Cerro of Uruguay in the first round of the Copa Sudamericana.
Quintero scored 10 goals for Academia Cantolao in the same league in 2020. He played the following season at Sport Huancayo. On 26 September 2021 he missed a penalty kick in a 3–1 home loss to Universitario after opposing goalkeeper José Carvallo taunted him in a way that the Peruvian media likened to the tactics of Argentina international Emiliano Martínez.
In January 2022, Quintero returned to his country's league for the first time in seven years, joining Jaguares de Córdoba. A year later, he went back to Peru's second tier with Deportivo Llacuabamba. In October, in the playoff quarter-finals, he scored a penalty for the only goal of the home second leg against Universidad de San Martín, sending the tie to a penalty shootout in which he netted again in a defeat.
Quintero returned to UTC Cajamarca for the 2024 season. While his team only avoided relegation on goal difference over Carlos A. Mannucci, he was the third-highest scorer in the league with 17 goals in 32 games; he earned a contract extension for the following year. In 2025, he was joint third highest scorer, with 16 goals, again in a close battle with relegation.
Quinteros's form for UTC attracting interest from Peruvian clubs and some from Asia, and he said that he wished to remain in Peru due to his naturalisation process reaching its conclusion. On 5 December 2025, he signed for Los Chankas for the new year.
Career statistics Club . ClubDivisionSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAmérica CaliCategoría Primera B20125131-8220137081-15 1Total12111200233AraguaVenezuelan Primera División2014-15291200-2912Cúcuta DeportivoCategoría Primera A20154000-40CaraboboVenezuelan Primera División201615400-154Deportivo LaraVenezuelan Primera División201713300-133Deportivo HualgayocSegunda División20182314--2314UTC CajamarcaLiga 120193182121351020243217000032172025241000002210Total873521219137Academia CantolaoLiga 120202510--2510Sport HuancayoLiga 120212031071284Jaguares CórdobaCategoría Primera A202224243-285Deportivo LlacuabambaLiga 220232313--2313Career total2759718692302105
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