He made his first appearance of the 2013 Apertura on 31 July in a 1–1 draw with Puebla. He got off to a slow start, picking up his first assist of the season on 7 September, his 7th appearances of the Apertura, in a 2–2 draw with Atlas. He didn't record his first goal until 27 September, his 9th appearances of the Apertura, a 3–1 win over Morelia. Despite the slow start, Quintero had a strong finish to the season, ending the Apertura with 3 goals and 9 assists in 16 appearances to help Santos qualify for Liguilla. His 9 assists were the most for the Apertura. In the first leg of the quarterfinals with Querétaro, Quintero scored two and assisted for a third as Santos defeated "Los Gallos Blancos" 3–2. In the second leg he scored two more to give Santos a 3–1 victory and an aggregate score of 6–3. In the semifinals, Quintero was unable to keep up his prolific scoring as Santos lost to Club León, the eventual champions. Quintero made his first appearance of the 2014 Clausura on 3 January, matchweek 1, in a 1–1 draw with Guadalajara. He recorded his first assist of the Clausura on 1 February in a 2–0 victory over Toluca. In the next match, he recorded another assist, this time to help Santos to a 1–1 draw with Tigres UANL. In the next match of the Clausura, Quintero scored his first goal of the campaign and picked up another assist to give Santos a 3–2 win against Club Tijuana. On 8 March as he scored once and added two assists to help "Los Guerreros" record a 4–2 victory against Club América. On 13 April Quintero scored three times to help Santos defeat Atlante 4–3. He ended the Clausura with 6 goals and 8 assists, playing in all 17 games. He once again topped the Liga MX assist charts. During the Liguilla quarterfinals, Quintero scored once in the first leg as Santos lost to Club América 5–3 in the first leg. They would win the return leg 3–1, advancing on away goals. Santos would lose to Pachuca in the first leg of the semifinals 2–0. Quintero had one assist in the return leg to help Santos respond with a 4–2 win, but it was not enough as Pachuca advanced on away goals.