Piero Hincapié

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]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hincapié and the second or maternal family name is Reyna.
Piero Hincapié
Personal information
Full name Piero Martín Hincapié Reyna
Date of birth (2002-01-09) 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 17 (1)
National team‡
2019 Ecuador U17 11 (0)
2021– Ecuador 16 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2022

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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Independiente del Valle 2019 Serie A 1000—000010
2020 2000—000020
Total 3000—000030
Talleres 2020–21 Primera División 14020006000220
Career total 17000000000250

International
As of match played 27 January 2022[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ecuador 2021121
202240
Total161

International goals
Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 November 2021Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito, Ecuador Venezuela1–01–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

    Honours
    Independiente del Valle[1]

    References
    1. "Ecuador - P. Hincapié". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
    2. "El crecimiento futbolístico de quien sueña jugar en Europa". La Hora. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
    3. "Piero Hincapié, el admirador de Puyol que asombra en Ecuador". Marca. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
    4. "Piero Hincapié, de Independiente del Valle al primer equipo del Talleres de Córdoba argentino". El Universo. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
    5. "Piero Hincapié es nuevo refuerzo de Talleres". Talleres. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
    6. "Talleres presentó por Zoom a Piero Hincapié: "Estoy ansioso por jugar"". Mundo D. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
    7. "Bayer Leverkusen sign Ecuador teenager Piero Hincapie". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
    8. UEFA.com. "Leverkusen-Ferencváros | UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
    9. "Ruthless Leverkusen punish sloppy Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
    10. "Colombia v Ecuador game report". ESPN. 13 June 2021.
    11. Piero Hincapié at National-Football-Teams.com
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