Piero Hincapié
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Piero Martín Hincapié Reyna[1] | ||
Date of birth | 9 January 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Esmeraldas, Ecuador | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) |
left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
Number | 3 | ||
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 | 80 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Ecuador U17 | 11 | (0) |
2021– | Ecuador | 31 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:25, 21 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2024 |
Piero Martín Hincapié Reyna (born 9 January 2002) is an Ecuadorian professional
Club career
Hincapié began playing football at the age of seven, initially for local clubs Escuela Refinería, Emelec and Barcelona.
On 20 August 2020, Hincapié switched Ecuador for Argentina after agreeing a five-year contract with
In August 2021, Hincapié signed for the German Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.[9] He made his debut on 16 August, coming into the Europa League group stage match against Ferencváros as Leverkusen won 2–1.[10] 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.[11] In 2024, Hincapié was part of the Leverkusen team that won the club’s first ever Bundesliga title.
International career
Hincapié appeared for the Ecuador U15s in 2017.[4] In 2019, Hincapié represented his country as captain at U17 level.[3][5] 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.[3][5]
He made his debut for Ecuador senior national team on 13 June 2021 in a 2021 Copa América game against Colombia. He started and played a full match as Ecuador lost 1–0.[12]
On 14 November 2022, Hincapié was named in Ecuador's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[13][14] He played 90 minutes in the group stage win against Qatar,[15] the draw against the Netherlands,[16] and defeat against Senegal.[17]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 21 April 2024[3]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Independiente del Valle
|
2019 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Talleres | 2021 | Argentine Primera División | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 22 | 0 |
Bayer Leverkusen | 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6[c] | 1 | 33 | 2 |
2022–23 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13[d] | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
2023–24 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9[c] | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
Total | 80 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 112 | 4 | ||
Career total | 97 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 137 | 4 |
- ^ Includes Copa Argentina, DFB-Pokal
- ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Eight appearances in UEFA Europa League, five appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 24 March 2024[18]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Ecuador | 2021 | 12 | 1 |
2022 | 12 | 0 | |
2023 | 6 | 0 | |
2024 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 31 | 1 |
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 | Venezuela | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Independiente del Valle[3]
Bayer Leverkusen
Individual
- IFFHS Men's World Youth (U20) Team: 2022[20]
References
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ecuador (ECU)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 10. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Piero Hincapie". Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "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.
- ^ Ecuador national football team [@LaTri] (14 November 2022). "Aquí están los 26 jugadores elegidos por el DT Gustavo Alfaro para jugar la Copa Mundial FIFA, estamos listos para hacer historia" [Here are the 26 players chosen by head coach Gustavo Alfaro to play the FIFA World Cup, we are ready to make history.] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Ecuador, el último en entregar la lista de los 26 jugadores convocados para la Copa del Mundo de Qatar 2022" [Ecuador, the last to deliver the list of the 26 players summoned for the Qatar World Cup 2022]. ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Enner Valencia double gives South Americans win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Enner Valencia goal earns draw for South Americans". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Ismaila Sarr & Kalidou Koulibaly put Africans into last 16". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ Piero Hincapié at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Bayer Leverkusen are 2023/24 Bundesliga champions!". Bundesliga. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "IFFHS Men's World Youth (U20) Team 2022". IFFHS. 12 January 2023.
External links
- Piero Hincapié at Soccerway