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) | Centre-back, 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 | 93 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Ecuador U17 | 11 | (0) |
2021– | Ecuador | 43 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:41, 9 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 |
Piero Martín Hincapié Reyna (born 9 January 2002) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Ecuador national team.[3]
Club career
[edit]Hincapié began playing football at the age of seven, initially for local clubs Escuela Refinería, Emelec and Barcelona.[4][5] Aged ten, the defender moved to Guayaquil with Norte América.[5] After a spell with Deportivo Azogues, he joined Independiente del Valle in November 2016.[6] Hincapié was promoted into their first-team in August 2019 for a Serie A match with Mushuc Runa.[3] He was selected to start and played the full duration of a narrow home defeat.[3] In the subsequent 2020 campaign, shortly after winning the U-20 Copa Libertadores, Hincapié made appearances off the bench against Universidad Católica and Macará.[3]
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.[7][8]
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
[edit]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]
On 13 June 2021, Hincapié debuted for the Ecuador senior squad in a 2021 Copa América match against Colombia, playing the 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] He played 90 minutes in the group stage win against Qatar,[14] the draw against the Netherlands,[15] and defeat against Senegal.[16]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 9 November 2024[3]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | 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 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12[c] | 0 | — | 43 | 1 | |||
2024–25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
Total | 93 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 5 | ||
Career total | 110 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 159 | 5 |
- ^ 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
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in DFL-Supercup
International
[edit]- As of match played 19 November 2024[17]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Ecuador | 2021 | 12 | 1 |
2022 | 12 | 0 | |
2023 | 6 | 0 | |
2024 | 13 | 2 | |
Total | 43 | 3 |
Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 11 November 2021 | Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito, Ecuador | Venezuela | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 16 June 2024 | Pratt & Whitney Stadium, East Hartford, United States | Honduras | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
3 | 26 June 2024 | Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, United States | Jamaica | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2024 Copa América |
Honours
[edit]Independiente del Valle[3]
Bayer Leverkusen
- Bundesliga: 2023–24[18]
- DFB-Pokal: 2023–24
- DFL-Supercup: 2024[19]
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2023–24[20]
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ – Squad list: Ecuador (ECU)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 10. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Piero Hincapie". Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Piero Hincapié: Mi debut con la Selección fue una locura. No me imaginaba que iba a salir de inicio, para mí supuso un "shock"" [Piero Hincapié: My debut with the National Team was crazy. I didn't imagine it was going to start, for me it was "shocking".]. El Universo (in Spanish). 17 February 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "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. BBC. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Enner Valencia goal earns draw for South Americans". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Ismaila Sarr & Kalidou Koulibaly put Africans into last 16". BBC Sport. BBC. 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.
- ^ "Bayer Leverkusen battle back to beat VfB Stuttgart on penalties in Supercup". Bundesliga. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "Atalanta 3-0 Leverkusen: Lookman treble brings UEFA Europa League glory to Bergamo". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
- ^ "IFFHS Men's World Youth (U20) Team 2022". IFFHS. 12 January 2023.
- ^ "The CONMEBOL Copa América 2024™ Best XI". Copa América. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the Bayer 04 Leverkusen website
- Piero Hincapié – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- Ecuadorian men's footballers
- Ecuador men's youth international footballers
- Ecuador men's international footballers
- 2022 FIFA World Cup players
- 2024 Copa América players
- Men's association football central defenders
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Ecuadorian Serie A players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Bundesliga players
- Independiente del Valle footballers
- Talleres de Córdoba footballers
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
- 2021 Copa América players
- C.S. Norte América footballers
- Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Germany