Piero Hincapié
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Piero Martín Hincapié Reyna | ||
Date of birth | 9 January 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Esmeraldas, Ecuador | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Youth career | |||
Escuela Refinería | |||
2009–2010 | Emelec Esmeraldas | ||
2010–2012 | Barcelona Esmeraldas | ||
2012–2013 | Norte América | ||
2013–2016 | Deportivo Azogues | ||
2016–2019 | Independiente del Valle | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | Independiente del Valle | 3 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Talleres | 14 | (0) |
2021– | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2019 | Ecuador U17 | 11 | (0) |
2021– | Ecuador | 12 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021 |
Piero Martín Hincapié Reyna (born 9 January 2002) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen and the Ecuador national team.[1]
Club career[]
Hincapié began playing football at the age of seven, initially for local clubs Escuela Refinería, Emelec and Barcelona.[2][3] Aged ten, the defender moved to Guayaquil with Norte América.[3] After a spell with Deportivo Azogues, he joined Independiente del Valle in November 2016.[4] Hincapié was promoted into their first-team in August 2019 for a Serie A match with Mushuc Runa.[1] He was selected to start and played the full duration of a narrow home defeat.[1] In the subsequent 2020 campaign, shortly after winning the U-20 Copa Libertadores, Hincapié made appearances off the bench against Universidad Católica and Macará.[1]
On 20 August 2020, Hincapié switched Ecuador for Argentina after agreeing a five-year contract with Primera División side Talleres; who paid $1,000,000 for 50% of his pass.[5][6]
In August 2021, Hincapié signed for the German Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.[7] He made his debut on 16 August, coming into the Europa League group stage match against Ferencváros as Leverkusen won 2–1.[8] He scored his first goal for the club on 30 September, scoring the opening goal against Celtic in a 4–0 victory in the Europa League.[9]
International career[]
Hincapié appeared for the Ecuador U15s in 2017.[2] In 2019, Hincapié represented his country as captain at U17 level.[1][3] He played seven times at the South American U-17 Championship in Peru, before featuring four times at the subsequent FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[1][3]
He made his debut for Ecuador national football team on 13 June 2021 in a 2021 Copa América game against Colombia. He started and played a full match as Ecuador lost 0–1.[10]
Career statistics[]
- As of 31 October 2020.[1]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Independiente del Valle | 2019 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
Talleres | 2020–21 | Primera División | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
Career total | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
International[]
- As of match played 16 November 2021[citation needed]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Ecuador | 2021 | 12 | 1 |
Total | 12 | 1 |
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 11 November 2021 | Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito, Ecuador | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours[]
- Independiente del Valle[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ecuador - P. Hincapié". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ a b "El crecimiento futbolístico de quien sueña jugar en Europa". La Hora. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Piero Hincapié, el admirador de Puyol que asombra en Ecuador". Marca. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Piero Hincapié, de Independiente del Valle al primer equipo del Talleres de Córdoba argentino". El Universo. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Piero Hincapié es nuevo refuerzo de Talleres". Talleres. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Talleres presentó por Zoom a Piero Hincapié: "Estoy ansioso por jugar"". Mundo D. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Bayer Leverkusen sign Ecuador teenager Piero Hincapie". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Leverkusen-Ferencváros | UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Ruthless Leverkusen punish sloppy Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
- ^ "Colombia v Ecuador game report". ESPN. 13 June 2021.
External links[]
- Piero Hincapié at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- Ecuadorian footballers
- Ecuador youth international footballers
- Ecuador international footballers
- Association football defenders
- Ecuadorian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Ecuadorian Serie A players
- C.S.D. Independiente del Valle footballers
- Talleres de Córdoba footballers
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
- 2021 Copa América players