Piero Hincapié

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hincapié and the second or maternal family name is Reyna.
Piero Hincapié
Hincapié with Bayer Leverkusen in 2022
Personal information
Full name Piero Martín Hincapié Reyna[1]
Date of birth (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 (age 22)
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 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 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]

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[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 21 April 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
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
  1. ^ Includes Copa Argentina, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Eight appearances in UEFA Europa League, five appearances in UEFA Champions League

International[edit]

As of match played 24 March 2024[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
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.

List of international goals scored by Piero Hincapié
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[edit]

Independiente del Valle[3]

Bayer Leverkusen

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ecuador (ECU)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 10. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Piero Hincapie". Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Ecuador - P. Hincapié". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b "El crecimiento futbolístico de quien sueña jugar en Europa". La Hora. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Piero Hincapié, el admirador de Puyol que asombra en Ecuador". Marca. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Piero Hincapié, de Independiente del Valle al primer equipo del Talleres de Córdoba argentino". El Universo. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Piero Hincapié es nuevo refuerzo de Talleres". Talleres. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Talleres presentó por Zoom a Piero Hincapié: "Estoy ansioso por jugar"". Mundo D. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Bayer Leverkusen sign Ecuador teenager Piero Hincapie". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  10. ^ UEFA.com. "Leverkusen-Ferencváros | UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Ruthless Leverkusen punish sloppy Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Colombia v Ecuador game report". ESPN. 13 June 2021.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Enner Valencia double gives South Americans win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Enner Valencia goal earns draw for South Americans". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  17. ^ "Ismaila Sarr & Kalidou Koulibaly put Africans into last 16". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  18. ^ Piero Hincapié at National-Football-Teams.com Edit this at Wikidata
  19. ^ "Bayer Leverkusen are 2023/24 Bundesliga champions!". Bundesliga. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  20. ^ "IFFHS Men's World Youth (U20) Team 2022". IFFHS. 12 January 2023.

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