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]
.jpg) Hincapié with Bayer Leverkusen in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 83 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Ecuador U17 | 11 | (0) |
| 2021– | Ecuador | 32 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:15, 19 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 | |||
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 25 May 2024[3]
| 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 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12[c] | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
| Total | 83 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 119 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 100 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 144 | 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 edit
- As of match played 9 June 2024[18]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 2021 | 12 | 1 |
| 2022 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 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 edit
Independiente del Valle[3]
Bayer Leverkusen
Individual
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links edit
- Piero Hincapié at Soccerway