Queco Piña

Sergio 'Queco' Piña Cousillas (born 17 July 1980) is a former Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Piña and the second or maternal family name is Cousillas.
Queco Piña
Piña with Leganés in 2016
Personal information
Full name Sergio Piña Cousillas
Date of birth (1980-07-19) 19 July 1980
Place of birth A Coruña, Spain
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Orillamar
1997–1998 Deportivo La Coruña
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Deportivo B
1998–1999 → Meicende (loan)
2000–2002 Celta B 3 (0)
2002–2003 Ourense 4 (0)
2003–2004 Lalín 38 (0)
2004–2008 Racing Ferrol 88 (0)
2008–2009 Alicante 17 (0)
2010–2011 Ponferradina 5 (0)
2012 Celta B 14 (1)
2012–2014 Orihuela 28 (0)
2014–2016 Leganés 27 (0)
2016–2017 Huesca 1 (0)
Total 225 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 summer 1999, 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 fellow league side Alicante CF,[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 another team in that level, CD Leganés.[8]

Piña achieved two promotions with the Madrilenians – in the last season, however, he failed to appear in a single match, playing second-fiddle to Jon Ander Serantes. In July 2016 he was released after his contract expired, and signed for SD Huesca on 5 August.[9]

On 20 October 2017, Piña returned to Leganés as a goalkeeper coach.[10]

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); Mundo Deportivo, 13 March 2005 (in Spanish)
  2. El Racing logra su meta sin ganar (Racing reach objective without winning); Mundo Deportivo, 13 June 2005 (in Spanish)
  3. Francisco y Queco Piña cierran la plantilla (Francisco and Queco Piña complete the squad); Marca, 1 September 2008 (in 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 (in Spanish)
  5. El Celta hace oficial el fichaje de Queco Piña (Celta make Queco Piña's signing official); Marca, 16 February 2012 (in 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 (in Spanish)
  7. El Orihuela da la baja al portero Caballero y ficha a Queco Piña (Orihuela release goalkeeper Caballero and sign Queco Piña); Diario Información, 29 December 2012 (in Spanish)
  8. El portero Queco Piña llega a Butarque (Goalkeeper Queco Piña arrives at Butarque); CD Leganés, 9 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  9. Queco Piña se incorpora a la SD Huesca (Queco Piña added to SD Huesca); SD Huesca, 5 August 2016 (in Spanish)
  10. Queco Piña vuelve al Lega como preparador de porteros temporal (Queco Piña returns to Lega as a temporary goalkeeper coach); Diario AS, 20 October 2017 (in Spanish)
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