Queco Piña

Queco Piña
Piña with Leganés in 2016
Personal information
Full name Sergio Piña Cousillas
Date of birth (1980-07-19) 19 July 1980 (age 46)
Place of birth A Coruña, Spain
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Orillamar
1997–1998 Deportivo La Coruña
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Deportivo B 4 (0)
1998–1999 → Meicende (loan)
2000–2002 Celta B 6 (0)
2002–2003 Ourense 4 (0)
2003–2004 Lalín 38 (0)
2004–2008 Racing Ferrol 84 (0)
2008–2009 Alicante 17 (0)
2010–2011 Ponferradina 5 (0)
2012 Celta B 14 (1)
2012–2014 Orihuela 28 (0)
2014–2016 Leganés 21 (0)
2016–2017 Huesca 1 (0)
Total 222 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

In a 19-year senior career, he appeared in 84 Segunda División matches over seven seasons, representing Racing de Ferrol, Alicante, Ponferradina, Leganés and Huesca.

Playing career

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

Piña signed with another reserve team in 2000, Celta de Vigo B of Segunda División B. Two years later, he moved to CD Ourense also in the third division, being sparingly used in his only season. He then joined Tercera División side CD Lalín in June 2003, where he won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy.

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

Piña featured rarely for Racing in his first two seasons, suffering second-tier relegation in the second, but started in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 campaigns, the latter again spent in the division. On 1 September 2008, he joined Alicante CF of the same league, being relegated in his only season.

On 23 June 2010, after more than a year without a club, Piña signed a one-year deal with SD Ponferradina. He returned to Celta in February of the following year, again competing solely with the B side. On 15 April 2012, whilst at the service of the latter, he scored through a goal kick in a 2–2 home draw against Rayo Vallecano B.

On 29 December 2012, Piña moved to Orihuela CF. In January 2014, he joined fellow third-division CD Leganés.

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. He was released in July 2016 at the end of his contract, and signed with SD Huesca on 5 August.

Post-retirement

On 20 October 2017, Piña returned to Leganés as a goalkeeper coach. He continued to work in that capacity at CD Tenerife, and later as an analyst at Sporting de Gijón.

Personal life

Piña's father, Ramón, was also a footballer. A defender, he played with Deportivo in the 70s/80s.

References

  1. ↑ Queco Piña "No me esperaba la llamada del Celta" (Queco Piña "I did not expect to be called by Celta"); La Opinión A Coruña, 18 February 2012 (in Spanish)
  2. 1 2 Sergio Piña ficha por el Racing de Ferrol para la próxima campaña (Sergio Piña signs for Racing de Ferrol for the next campaign); La Voz de Galicia, 7 July 2004 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Séptima victoria consecutiva de un Celta cada vez más líder (Seventh win in a row for a Celta more leaders by the day); Mundo Deportivo, 13 March 2005 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Racing logra su meta sin ganar (Racing reach objective without winning); Mundo Deportivo, 13 June 2005 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ "Para irme tendría que haber una oferta buena" ("A good offer is needed for me to leave"); Diario AS, 23 April 2008 (in Spanish)
  6. 1 2 3 La plenitud de los 34 años de Queco Piña (Queco Piña's full-blown 34 years); La Voz de Galicia, 14 November 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Francisco y Queco Piña cierran la plantilla (Francisco and Queco Piña complete the squad); Marca, 1 September 2008 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ 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, 23 June 2010 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ El Celta hace oficial el fichaje de Queco Piña (Celta make Queco Piña's signing official); Marca, 16 February 2012 (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ 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 2012 (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ 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)
  12. ↑ El portero Queco Piña llega a Butarque (Goalkeeper Queco Piña arrives at Butarque); CD Leganés, 9 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  13. ↑ El Leganés quiere un meta que haga competencia a Serantes (Leganés want goalie to compete with Serantes); Diario AS, 26 June 2016 (in Spanish)
  14. ↑ Queco Piña se incorpora a la SD Huesca (Queco Piña added to SD Huesca); SD Huesca, 5 August 2016 (in Spanish)
  15. ↑ 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)
  16. ↑ El Sporting ficha a un ex preparador físico de la Real Sociedad y a otro hombre de confianza de Asier Garitano (Sporting sign former Real Sociedad fitness coach and another trusted associate of Asier Garitano); La Voz de Asturias, 7 April 2025 (in Spanish)