Player Details

Name

Romell Quioto

Pronunciation

Ro-Mel Kee-o-Toe

Height

5' 10"

Weight

152 lbs

Date of Birth

8.9.1991 (33)

Birthplace

Balfate, Honduras

Position

Forward

Position Detail

Winger

Preferred Side

Left/Right

Footedness

Right

Roster Category

Senior
Career Summary

Acquired by the Montreal Impact on November 20, 2019, from the Houston Dynamo, in exchange of Argentine defender Victor Cabrera and $100,000 in General Allocation Money.

Quioto, 28, spent the last three seasons in MLS with the Houston Dynamo, recording 15 goals and 17 assists in 72 regular season games, including 47 starts, and 4,327 minutes.

In 2018, he finished second on the team with 12 assists and third with six goals. He appeared in four MLS Cup playoff games in 2017 and won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2018. He had joined the Dynamo on December 23, 2016.

A native of Rio Esteban Colón, Honduras, he previously played three seasons and a half with CD Olimpia in Liga Nacional, winning the Clausura tournament (spring) in 2014, 2015 and 2016. He started his professional career with C.D. Vida in 2009-10, also in the Honduran first division. He also played on loan with Polish first division club Wisla Krakow, in the Ekstraklasa, in 2012. 

He has played 14 games in the Concacaf Champions League throughout his career, with CD Olimpia and Houston.

At the international level, Quioto has scored eight goals in 47 games with the Honduran national team. He made his senior debut on March 1, 2012, in a friendly game against Ecuador. He has appeared in the last three Concacaf Gold Cup tournaments, in 2015, 2017 and 2019, while also playing several FIFA World Cup qualification games. He also took part in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, in Brazil, scoring one goal in six games.

He holds his American green card and will not count as an international player