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{{short description|Namibian footballer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Quinton Jacobs
| image =
| fullname = Quinton Norman Jacobs
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|1|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Windhoek]], [[South West Africa]]
| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1997–1999 |clubs1 = [[Black Africa F.C.|Black Africa]] |caps1 = 47 |goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1999–2000 |clubs2 = [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]] |caps2 = 27 |goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2000–2001 |clubs3 = [[MSV Duisburg|Duisburg]] |caps3 = 0 |goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2001–2003 |clubs4 = [[Black Leopards]] |caps4 = 10 |goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2003–2004 |clubs5 = [[F.C. Civics Windhoek|Civics]] |caps5 = 20 |goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2004–2005 |clubs6 = [[Ramblers F.C.|Ramblers]] |caps6 = 9 |goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2005–2006 |clubs7 = [[Ajax Cape Town FC|Ajax Cape Town]] |caps7 = 6 |goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2006–2007 |clubs8 = [[Bryne FK|Bryne]] |caps8 = 15 |goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2008 |clubs9 = [[Ramblers F.C.|Ramblers]] |caps9 = 17 |goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2009–2010 |clubs10 = [[African Stars]] |caps10 = 5 |goals10 = 1
| years11 = 2010 |clubs11 = → [[Jabal Al Mukaber]] (loan) |caps11 = 7 |goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2011–2012 |clubs12 = [[United Sikkim FC|United Sikkim]] |caps12 = 23 |goals12 = 16
| years13 = 2012 |clubs13 = [[Salgaocar S.C.|Salgaocar]] |caps13 = 9 |goals13 = 0
| years14 = 2013 |clubs14 = [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]] |caps14 = 10 |goals14 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1998– |nationalteam1 = [[Namibia national football team|Namibia]] |nationalcaps1 = 28 |nationalgoals1 = 4
}}
'''Quinton Norman Jacobs''' (born 21 January 1979) is a Namibian former [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12438921.scottish-football-non-legends-no-5-quinton-jacobs/|title=SCOTTISH FOOTBALL NON-LEGENDS No. 5 Quinton Jacobs|publisher=heraldscotland.com|access-date=8 September 2022|archive-date=8 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908185055/https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12438921.scottish-football-non-legends-no-5-quinton-jacobs/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/quinton-jacobs-mohun-bagan-pune-fc-manchester-united|title=Quinton Jacobs considers the four week stint at Manchester United as his best in career|publisher=sportskeeda.com|access-date=8 September 2022|archive-date=8 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908185034/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/quinton-jacobs-mohun-bagan-pune-fc-manchester-united|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://neweralive.na/posts/up-close-with-magical-midfielder-quinton-querra-jacobs|title=Up close with magical midfielder, Quinton 'Querra' Jacobs|publisher=neweralive.na|access-date=8 September 2022|archive-date=8 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908185056/https://neweralive.na/posts/up-close-with-magical-midfielder-quinton-querra-jacobs|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Career ==
Born in [[Windhoek]], Namibia, Jacobs began his football career with local club [[Black Africa F.C.|Black Africa]], playing for them from 1997 to 1999. In late 1998, he spent a trial period with [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], playing in a friendly for the club's reserve team against a [[Major League Soccer]] Under-21s side.

After leaving Black Africa in 1999, he had a brief spell with [[Partick Thistle F.C.|Partick Thistle]] in the [[Scottish Football League Second Division|Scottish Division Two]], after turning down offers from Ajax and Werder Bremen.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20000227/ai_n13946639 | work=The Sunday Herald | title=Jacobs' ladder | first=Grant | last=Robbins | date=27 February 2000 | access-date=24 January 2008 | archive-date=26 June 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626111947/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20000227/ai_n13946639 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|author=Greig, Martin|title=SCOTTISH FOOTBALL NON-LEGENDS No. 5 Quinton Jacobs|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/981735381.html?dids=981735381:981735381&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+06%2C+2006&author=MARTIN+GREIG&pub=The+Herald&desc=SCOTTISH+FOOTBALL+NON-LEGENDS+No.+5+Quinton+Jacobs&pqatl=google|date=6 February 2006|access-date=28 August 2009|archive-date=22 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022102011/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/smgpubs/access/981735381.html?dids=981735381:981735381&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+06,+2006&author=MARTIN+GREIG&pub=The+Herald&desc=SCOTTISH+FOOTBALL+NON-LEGENDS+No.+5+Quinton+Jacobs&pqatl=google|url-status=live}}</ref> He once scored directly from a corner kick in a match against Ross County at Firhill stadium.

He left Partick in 2000 and spent a year with German side [[MSV Duisburg|Duisburg]], but did not make a single appearance before joining South African side [[Black Leopards]] in 2001. In 2003, he moved back to Namibia to play for [[F.C. Civics Windhoek|Civics Windhoek]]. He spent a year there and another year with [[Ramblers F.C.|Ramblers]] before returning to South Africa to play for [[Ajax Cape Town FC|Ajax Cape Town]] in 2005. In 2006, Jacobs got another chance in European football, joining [[Norway]]'s [[Bryne FK|Bryne]], but after just one goal in 15 appearances, he rejoined Ramblers.

In 2009, he placed for [[African Stars|African Stars F.C.]] in Namibia and joined [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] club [[Jabal Al Mukaber]] early in 2010.<ref>[http://mobi.namibiansun.com/mobi/content/quinton-resurfaces-palestine QUINTON RESURFACES IN PALESTINE]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===United Sikkim===
He played for the [[United Sikkim F.C.]] in the [[2012 I-League 2nd Division]]. On 15 March 2012 he scored a brace which helped his side win 3–2 against [[Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C.]] in [[Siliguri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://isikkim.com/2012-03-i-league-ii-div-united-sikkim-defeats-kalighat-3-2-after-trailing-16-01/ |title=I-League II Div: United Sikkim defeats Kalighat 3-2 after trailing | iSikkim |access-date=21 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320191644/http://isikkim.com/2012-03-i-league-ii-div-united-sikkim-defeats-kalighat-3-2-after-trailing-16-01/ |archive-date=20 March 2012 }}</ref>
He had scored 16 goals in 23 matches in the 2nd Division for the [[Gangtok]]-based club helping his side win promotion to the [[2012-13 I-League]].

===Salgaocar===
On 6 May 2012 Jacobs signed with former Indian [[I-League]] champions [[Salgaocar S.C.|Salgaocar]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Salgaocar recruit Jacobs, Hamza for next season of I-League|url=http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/salgaocar-recruit-jacobs-hamza-for-next-seasoni-league/5441/|work=Business Standard (India)|date=6 May 2012|publisher=Press Trust LG 1 of India|access-date=7 May 2012|agency=Press Trust of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109063615/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/salgaocar-recruit-jacobs-hamza-for-next-season-of-i-league-112050600341_1.html|archive-date=9 January 2019}}</ref>

===Mohun Bagan===
In January 2013, the century-old [[Kolkata]]-based club [[Mohun Bagan A.C.]] signed this Namibian midfielder as a replacement to the underperforming [[Stanley Okoroigwe]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2013/01/25/3700150/mohun-bagan-replace-stanley-okoroigwe-with-quinton-jacobs|title=Mohun Bagan Signs Quinton Jacobs {{!}} Goal.com|website=www.goal.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-14|archive-date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515043553/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2013/01/25/3700150/mohun-bagan-replace-stanley-okoroigwe-with-quinton-jacobs|url-status=live}}</ref> On 28th Match, he scored his first I-League goal for the club against [[Pailan Arrows]] in a 2–0 win at Kalyani. He also won the Man of the Match for the effort.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/pages/Quinton-Jacobs-Fan-Club/435054126580015 {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>

== International career ==
He is a member of the [[Namibia national football team]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/4584/Quinton_Jacobs.html|title=NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Quinton, Jacobs|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-date=October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010042258/http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/4584/Quinton_Jacobs.html|website=national-football-teams.com}}</ref>

== Coaching career ==
He is the current Head Coach of Mariental based club [[Mariental Sports Club]], From 2020 to current.
[[Sports league|League]]: Namibian Football Association [[Southern Stream 1st Division]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Soccerbase}}

{{Namibia Squad 2008 Africa Cup of Nations}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobs, Quinton}}
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