Piero

Hincapié

Piero Hincapié history

Piero Hincapié was born on 9 January 2002 in Esmeraldas and plays for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He played for CS Norte America from 2014-2014, for Deportivo Azogues from 2014-2014, for CS Norte America from 2015-2015, for Deportivo Azogues from 2015-2016, for Independiente del Valle from 2016-2020, for CA Talleres Cordoba from 2020-2021 and has played for Bayer 04 Leverkusen since 2021.

Current season 2024/25

In the current season, the 1.83m-tall defender has scored two goals and takes seventh place within his squad. He shares this rank with Granit Xhaka, Jonas Hofmann, Robert Andrich, Alejandro Grimaldo, Martin Terrier, Amine Adli, Nathan Tella and Emiliano Buendía. The 23-year-old has been responsible for two assists so far and with this has fought his way to 84th place in the statistics of his club. In 28 of the previous 32 games of the season, he was in the starting line-up. Of these 32 games, he won 18 with his club. Additionally, the player with the shirt number 3 was substituted in for four games.

With a pass success rate of 90.75 per cent, Piero Hincapié presently occupies third place within his squad. Furthermore, he has attained the fourth position on his squad's leaderboard for a tackle success rate of 58.13 per cent. He has scored one own goal. Together with Granit Xhaka, Edmond Tapsoba, Stefan Lainer (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt), Kauã Santos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Waldemar Anton (Borussia Dortmund), Max Geschwill (Holstein Kiel), Angelo Stiller (VfB Stuttgart), Christian Günter (SC Freiburg), Felix Agu (SV Werder Bremen), Jakub Kamiński (VfL Wolfsburg), Diogo Leite (1. FC Union Berlin), Philipp Treu (FC St. Pauli), Nordi Mukiele, Chrislain Matsima (FC Augsburg), Noahkai Banks (FC Augsburg) and Leo Østigård (TSG Hoffenheim), Piero Hincapié shares fourth place in the league statistics for this category.

Last game

Piero Hincapié played his last game on the 34th matchday of the 2024/25 season (17 May 2025). Playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, he played against 1. FSV Mainz 05 and tied with 2-2. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, Piero Hincapié had 62 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 16 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 10. Piero Hincapié was additionally able to make 24 successful passes. He covered a distance of 10.6 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 25 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Piero Hincapié has played 115 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 69. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Here, Piero Hincapié has put a total of five balls in the net. He took the German championship title in 2023/24 while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

International appointments

Piero Hincapié won the DFB-Pokal in 2023/24 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He won the Supercup in 2024 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen.