Alfredo Quintana

{{Short description|Portuguese handballer (1988–2021)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Alfredo Quintana

| fullname = Alfredo Eduardo Quintana Bravo

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date |1988|3|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Havana, Cuba

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|2|26|1988|3|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Porto, Portugal

| nationality = Portuguese

| height = 2.01 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 2010–2021

| clubs1 = Porto

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Cuba

| nationalcaps1 = 23

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2014–2021

| nationalteam2 = Portugal

| nationalcaps2 = 58

| nationalgoals2 = 9

}}

Alfredo Eduardo Quintana Bravo ({{IPA|pt|alˈfɾeðu kĩˈtɐnɐ}}, {{IPA|es|alˈfɾeðo kinˈtana|lang}}; 20 March 1988 – 26 February 2021) was a Cuban-born Portuguese handballer who played as a goalkeeper for FC Porto and the Portugal national team.{{cite web|url=http://www.zerozero.pt/player.php?id=567758|title=Alfredo Quintana at zerozero|publisher=zerozero.pt|access-date=3 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/545729|title=Alfredo Quintana at EHF|publisher=eurohandball.com|access-date=3 January 2019}}{{Dead link|date=April 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=https://www.ojogo.pt/modalidades/andebol/noticias/interior/diogo-valerio-e-verdade-que-nao-temos-guarda-redes-em-abundancia-10435042.html|title=Diogo Valério: "É verdade que não temos guarda-redes em abundância"|website=www.ojogo.pt|access-date=19 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2020/match/2/062|title=European Handball Federation – 2020 Men's EHF EURO / Match Details|website=www.eurohandball.com|access-date=19 January 2019|archive-date=26 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126195929/http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2020/match/2/062}}

He represented Portugal at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship and 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.{{cite web|url=https://portal.fpa.pt/2019/12/ehf-euro-2020-grupo-fechado-para-o-campeonato-da-europa/|title=EHF Euro 2020: Grupo fechado para o Campeonato da Europa|publisher=portal.fpa.pt|access-date=30 December 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC20M/PDF_ROSTER_POR.PDF |title=2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad |access-date=15 June 2020 |archive-date=11 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111144227/https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC20M/PDF_ROSTER_POR.PDF }}

Before acquiring the Portuguese nationality in 2014, he represented Cuba. He played at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2010 Pan American Championship for Cuba.{{cite web |url=https://archive.ihf.info/files/PDF/wch09cro/exchange/croatia/pdf/CUB-R.pdf |title=Effectif de Cuba au Championnat du monde 2009 |website=archive.ihf|publisher=International Handball Federation |date=1 February 2009 |access-date=25 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://archive.ihf.info/files/PDF/wch09cro/exchange/croatia/pdf/CUB.pdf |title=Statistiques cumulées de Cuba au Championnat du monde 2009 |website=archive.ihf|publisher=International Handball Federation |date=1 February 2009 |access-date=25 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.todor66.com/handball/America/Men_2010.html |title=Championnat panaméricain 2010 |website=todor66.com |access-date=27 February 2021}}{{rs|date=March 2025}}

He joined Porto in 2011 from his home country Cuba.{{cite web |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/from-cuba-to-europe-s-top-table/ |title=From Cuba to Europe's top table |publisher=European Handball Federation|date=3 November 2015 |access-date=23 February 2021}}