Óscar Eduardo Estupiñán Vallesilla (; born 29 December 1996) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club

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and the Colombia national team.

Club career

Once Caldas

Born in Cali, Estupiñán began his career at

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. He made his Categoría Primera A debut on 16 May 2015 against Uniautónoma, as a 77th-minute substitute for Sebastián Penco in a 2–2 away draw, and scored his only goal of the season on 26 September in the second minute of a 1–1 home draw with

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. Estupiñán scored 13 goals in

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, including two on 13 February in a 4–0 home win over

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Vitória de Guimarães

On 5 June 2017, Estupiñán became

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' first signing of the summer, on an undisclosed contract. He made his debut on 5 August in the

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, replacing

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for the final nine minutes of a 3–1 loss to

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at the ''

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''. His first season was split between the first team in the Primeira Liga and the reserves in the second tier; his sole goal of the season for the former was on 5 May 2018 to conclude a 4–1 win at C.D. Tondela, within a minute of leaving the bench. Having made 14 league appearances and scored once in 18 months at Vitória, Estupiñán returned to South America in January 2019 on loan to Barcelona S.C. in Ecuador. In July that year, he was lent to

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for the Turkish

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. Upon returning to Vitória, Estupiñán became the starting centre forward ahead of Brazilian Bruno Duarte. In 2021–22, new manager

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experimented with playing them in tandem. With 15 goals in 28 games, he finished joint fifth among the league's top scorers.

Hull City

On 13 July 2022, Estupiñán signed a three-year deal with

. He made his debut on 30 July in a 2–1 home win against

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. He opened his account when he scored both goals in the 2–1 home win against

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on 13 August. Two weeks later, Estupiñán scored a hat-trick in a 3–2 home win against

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, his first for the Tigers. On 13 September, Estupiñán was awarded the

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award for August having scored seven goals across the month.

International career

In June 2022, Estupiñán was called up to the Colombia national team for the first time. The call-up came following his impressive goal return in the

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season in which he netted 15 times in 28 appearances ranking as one of the League's top goalscorers.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual *

: August 2022

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Estupinan, Oscar 1996 births Living people Footballers from Cali Colombian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Categoría Primera A players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Ecuadorian Serie A players Süper Lig players English Football League players Once Caldas footballers Vitória S.C. players Vitória S.C. B players Barcelona S.C. footballers Denizlispor footballers Hull City A.F.C. players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in England Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Colombian expatriate sportspeople in England