Mario Pineida

Mario Pineida
Pineida in 2015
Personal information
Full name Mario Alberto Pineida Martínez
Date of birth (1992-07-06)6 July 1992
Place of birth Santo Domingo, Ecuador
Date of death 17 December 2025(2025-12-17) (aged 33)
Place of death Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Full-back
Youth career
2004 CSCD Brasilia
2007–2008 CD Saquisilí
2009 Panamá SC
2010 Independiente DV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Independiente DV 178 (3)
2016–2025 Barcelona SC 186 (2)
2022 → Fluminense FC (loan) 15 (0)
2024 → El Nacional (loan) 6 (0)
Total 385 (5)
International career
2010–2011 Ecuador U20 12 (0)
2015–2021 Ecuador 9 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Alberto Pineida Martínez (6 July 1992 – 17 December 2025) was an Ecuadorian professional footballer who played as a full-back, spending most of his career with Independiente DV and Barcelona SC. He made nine appearances for the Ecuador national team.

International career

Pineida was called up for the 2015 Copa América making the cut for the final 23.

Death

Pineida was shot dead in Guayaquil on 17 December 2025, at the age of 33. He was killed along with a female partner, while his mother was injured in the attack. Two suspects were subsequently arrested.

Honours

Barcelona

El Nacional

References

  1. ↑ "Ecuagol". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ecuagol". Archived from the original on 4 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Archived 4 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ "Conmoción en el fútbol ecuatoriano: fue asesinado Mario Pineida, jugador de Barcelona". Olé. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Ecuadorian police arrest 2 suspects in the armed attack that killed soccer player Pineida". AP News. 20 December 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.