Jai Quitongo

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Jai Quitongo
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-09-14) 14 September 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Wishaw, Scotland
Position(s) Striker, Winger
Youth career
0000–2014 Hamilton Academical
2014–2015 Aberdeen
2015 Greenock Morton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 Greenock Morton 35 (12)
2018 Partick Thistle 13 (1)
2019 Machine Sazi 8 (1)
2020 Dumbarton 6 (1)
2020–2022 Queen's Park 29 (3)
2022–2024 Greenock Morton 48 (2)
International career‡
2016 Scotland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:43, 4 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2019

Jai Quitongo (born 14 September 1997) is a Scottish professional footballer who used to play as a winger for Greenock Morton.

Contents

He has previously played for Morton, Partick Thistle, Machine Sazi, Dumbarton and Queen's Park. Throughout his youth career, Quitongo played for Hamilton Academical and Aberdeen.

Quitongo is a one-time capped Scotland U21 internationalist.

Background

Quitongo's father is ex-Hamilton Academical, Heart of Midlothian and St Mirren winger José Quitongo. His brother, Rico, plays as a left back for Scottish League One club Queen of the South.

Club career

Greenock Morton

After playing for the youth sides at Hamilton Academical and Aberdeen, Quitongo signed for Greenock Morton on a short-term deal in August 2015. [1] He was offered an 18-month extension in December 2015 [2] and made his debut for the first team as a late substitute against Raith Rovers. [3]

In December 2015, Quitongo signed a contract extension, making him contracted to the club until May 2017. [4] His first goal for the club came against Kilmarnock in the League Cup and followed up with a winning strike against Hamilton Academical. [5]

On 31 August 2016, Morton rejected a bid from Doncaster Rovers for Quitongo's services. [6] Quitongo underwent knee surgery in January 2017. [7] While recovering from the injury, he signed a new contract with Morton that ran until June 2018. [7] [8] He was offered a new one-year deal but this was rescinded in August 2018 and he was released from the club. [9]

Partick Thistle

After agreeing compensation, due to his age, Quitongo joined Partick Thistle on a short-term deal until January 2019. [10] Jai scored his first goal for the Jags in a 2-1 home defeat against Dundee United. [11]

Machine Sazi

After leaving Thistle, in March 2019, Quitongo moved to Iranian side Machine Sazi on a four-year deal. [12]

Dumbarton

He left Machine after just eight appearances and joined Scottish League One club Dumbarton on a short-term deal in January 2020, teaming up with his younger brother Rico and former manager at Greenock Morton Jim Duffy. [13] He scored his first goal for the club against Forfar Athletic in March 2020. [14] He left the club in July 2020 after six appearances and one goal. [15]

Queen's Park

Quitongo signed for League Two club Queen's Park in October 2020. [16]

Greenock Morton

On 20 July 2022, Quitongo returned to his first club, Greenock Morton, signing a one-year contract until the end of the season. [17] He scored his first goal of the season in a 1–0 home win against Cove Rangers, [18] and scored later in the season in a 1–1 draw with Ayr United. [19] After the end of the season, Quitongo signed an extension to his contract, expiring in summer 2024. [20]

International career

On 31 October 2016, Quitongo was selected by coach Scot Gemmill for the Scotland under-21 squad. [21] [22] He debuted as a substitute in a friendly defeat away to Slovakia. [23]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Greenock Morton 2015–16 [24] Championship 6010000070
2016–17 [25] 14210741 [lower-alpha 1] 0236
2017–18 [26] 15300411 [lower-alpha 1] 0204
Greenock Morton total35520115205010
Partick Thistle 2018–19 Championship 131000000131
Dumbarton 2019–20 League One 6100000061
Career total54720115206912
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

Honours

Morton

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  6. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (31 August 2016). "Jai Quitongo bid rejected". Greenock Morton F.C. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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