Luis Jan Piers Advíncula Castrillón (; born 2 March 1990) is a Peruvian professional

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who plays for

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club

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and the Peru national team as a

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. A quick and offensive

, he can play as a

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Club career

Early career

Advíncula started his career in the lower divisions of

Juan Aurich Club Juan Aurich S. A., commonly known as Juan Aurich, is a professional football club based in Chiclayo, Peru. The original Juan Aurich club was founded in 1922, this incarnation however was founded in 2005; they play in the Torneo Descentral ...

and made his professional debut for the club in 2009. He was transferred in January 2010 to

Sporting Cristal Club Sporting Cristal S.A. is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, football team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac District, Rímac district by engineer Richard Bentín Mujica ...

, in an effort not only to play international trophies at club level, but also with the intention to earn a spot in the upcoming payrolls.

SC Tavriya

On 17 April 2012, the

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from the United States submitted a bid for Advíncula, but the deal fell apart at the last minute. On 19 July 2012, his move to

SC Tavriya Simferopol Sports Club Tavriya ( uk, Спортивний клуб "Таврія") was a Ukrainian football club from Simferopol. Tavriya was a member of the Ukrainian Premier League from its founding and won the first Ukrainian Premier League making them ...

from Ukraine was confirmed, but he returned to Sporting Cristal after only one month because the club did not meet the quota for Advíncula.

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

On 5 January 2013, Advíncula signed a four-year contract with German club

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of the

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Loan to Ponte Preta

Advíncula joined brazilian club Ponte Preta on a six-month loan on 10 July 2013, being recommended to the club by manager

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. Although he was expected to be the starting right-back for the ''Macaca'' after the departure of

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, the Peruvian player only managed to make four appearances for the club, as he was usually the third-choice on the right side of the defence, behind

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and Régis. He fell out of favor with manager Jorginho, calling the player "technically weak". He was released from the club on 29 October.

Loan to Vitória de Setúbal

On 19 August 2014, he joined

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on a one-year loan.

Rayo Vallecano

On 29 July 2018, Advíncula returned to Europe, this time to

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on loan for one year. A year later, after a good season at Rayo Vallecano, it was said that club had decided to redeem the players buying option, especially after a very well played

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with Peru. However, because Rayo was relegated from La Liga in the season he was at the club, it was said that he would be sold from Rayo after they had redeemed him. After playing play-offs, on 20 June 2021, Rayo was promoted to the first division of La Liga with Advíncula as a substitute

Boca Juniors

In July 2021, Advinicula was transferred to

, after the club reached an agreement with Rayo. He scored Boca’s only goal in the 2023 Copa Libertadores final that they ended up losing 2-1 after extra time.

International career

Advíncula has been capped for the U-20 Peruvian national team where he played in the South American U-20 in 2009. His senior team debut was on 4 September 2010, in a friendly against Canada. His second match was against Jamaica in another friendly match on 7 September of that same year. He was also summoned by coach

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to play the Copa America 2011 in Argentina. Advíncula also took part in the starting eleven in the second leg of the intercontinental play-off against New Zealand on 15 November 2017. He played a crucial part in the outcome of the 2–0 victory over New Zealand, helping Peru qualify for the

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, Peru's first World Cup since 1982. In May 2018, he was named in Peru’s final 23-man

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for the

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. He played all three group matches as his side were knocked out of the tournament. On 9 September 2018, he scored his first international goal in a 2–1 friendly loss to

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. On 13 June 2022, after missing a penalty in the decisive World Cup playoff match against

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as his opponents made the finals he retired from international football aged just 32.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Advíncula goal.''

Honours

Sporting Cristal * Torneo Descentralizado:

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Boca Juniors * Primera División:

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Copa Argentina The Copa Argentina (English: ''Argentine Cup''), officially known as the "Copa Argentina AXION energy" due to sponsorship reasons, is an official football cup competition organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), with the aim of qual ...

: 2019–20 *

Copa de la Liga Profesional The Copa de la Liga Profesional (English: ''Professional League Cup''; officially named "Copa Diego Armando Maradona" in its first edition) is an official Argentine football cup competition. The cup was planned and organised by the "Liga Profesi ...

Supercopa Argentina The Supercopa Argentina (English: Argentine Super Cup) is an official National association football cup of Argentina organized by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). The annual football match was played for the first time in 2012, being cont ...

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...

runner-up:

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References

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