Queco Piña

Queco Piña
Personal information
Full nameSergio Piña Cousillas
Date of birth19 July 1980
Place of birthA Coruña, Spain
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Leganés
Number25
Youth career
Orillamar
1997–1998Deportivo La Coruña
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1998–2000Deportivo B
1998–1999→ Meicende (loan)
2000–2002Celta B
2002–2003Ourense4(0)
2003–2004Lalín38(0)
2004–2008Racing Ferrol88(0)
2008–2009Alicante17(0)
2010–2011Ponferradina5(0)
2012Celta B14(1)
2012–2014Orihuela28(0)
2014–Leganés26(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Piña and the second or maternal family name is Cousillas.

Sergio 'Queco' Piña Cousillas (born 17 July 1980) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Leganés as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Born in A Coruña, Galicia, Piña finished his formation with Deportivo de La Coruña's youth setup, and made his senior debuts while on loan to amateurs Sporting Meicende. He returned to the former in the 1999 summer, and was immediately assigned to the reserves.

In 2000 Piña joined another reserve team, Celta de Vigo B in Segunda División B. Two years later he moved to CD Ourense also in the third level, but was sparingly used in his only season. He then signed with Tercera División side CD Lalín in June 2003, appearing regularly and also winning the competition's Ricardo Zamora Trophy.

In July 2004 Piña signed for Racing de Ferrol, in Segunda División. On 12 March 2005 he played his first game as a professional, replacing injured Miguel Escalona in a 1–2 home loss against Celta de Vigo for the Segunda División championship.[1] He was handed his first start on 12 June, in a home defeat to Xerez CD (same scoreline).[2]

Piña featured rarely for the Diaños Verdes in his first two seasons, suffering division two relegation in the second, but was the undisputed first-choice in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 campaigns, the latter again spent in the second tier. On 1 September 2008 he joined Alicante CF also in the category,[3] being relegated in his first and only season.

On 22 June 2010, after more than a year without a club, Piña signed a one-year deal with SD Ponferradina.[4] On 16 February of the following year he returned to Celta, again competing solely with the B-team in level three.[5] On 15 April, whilst at the service of the latter, he scored through a goal kick in a 2–2 home draw against Rayo Vallecano B.[6]

On 29 December 2012 Piña moved to Orihuela CF, also in the third division.[7] On 9 January 2014, he joined to fellow league club CD Leganés.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Séptima victoria consecutiva de un Celta cada vez más líder (Seventh win in a row for a Celta more leader by the day); El Mundo Deportivo, 13 March 2005 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ El Racing logra su meta sin ganar (Racing reaches objective without winning); El Mundo Deportivo, 13 June 2005 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Francisco y Queco Piña cierran la plantilla (Francisco and Queco Piña complete the squad); Marca, 1 September 2008 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Queco Piña defenderá la portería de la Ponferradina en Segunda División (Queco Piña will defend Ponferradina's goal in Segunda División); La Voz de Galicia, 22 June 2010 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ El Celta hace oficial el fichaje de Queco Piña (Celta makes Queco Piña's signing official); Marca, 16 February 2012 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Queco Piña, guardameta del Celta B, marcó un gol en su saque de portería (Queco Piña, Celta B goalkeeper, scored a goal from his goal kick); Marca, 16 April 2014 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ El Orihuela da la baja al portero Caballero y ficha a Queco Piña (Orihuela releases goalkeeper Caballero and signs Queco Piña); Diario Información, 29 December 2012 (Spanish)
  8. ↑ El portero Queco Piña llega a Butarque (Goalkeeper Queco Piña arrives at Butarque); Leganés' official website, 9 January 2014 (Spanish)

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