José Antonio Quintanilla Escobar (29 October 1947 – 1977) was a former footballer from El Salvador who played as a midfielder.

Quintanilla was a member of the 1966 and 1967 league championship winning side of Alianza.

He died in a road accident when on his way for a training at Once Municipal.

Nicknamed el Ruso, Quintanilla represented El Salvador at the 1968 Summer Olympics,[2] in 10 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

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