Luis Jan Piers Advíncula Castrillón (; born 2 March 1990) is a Peruvian professional
footballer
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who plays for
Argentine Primera División
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club
Boca Juniors
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and the
Peru national team. A quick and offensive
right-back
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, he can also play as a
right winger
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.
Club career
Early career
Advíncula started his career in the lower divisions of
Juan Aurich
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and made his professional debut for the club in 2009. He was transferred in January 2010 to
Sporting Cristal
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, where he made ninety-one appearances between 2010 and 2012.
SC Tavriya
On 17 April 2012, the
Houston Dynamo
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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
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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
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
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Originally founded in 1899 as a gymnastics club, Hoffenheim came into bei ...
of the
Bundesliga
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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
Paulo César Carpegiani
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Playing career
Carpegiani began his professional career at Sport Club Internacional of Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul ...
. Although he was expected to be the starting right-back for the ''Macaca'' after the departure of
Cicinho
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He had his breakthrough at São Paulo, where he was named in the 2005 Bola de Prata as the team won ...
, 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
Artur
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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
Vitória de Setúbal on a one-year loan.
Rayo Vallecano
On 29 July 2018, Advíncula returned to Europe, this time to
La Liga
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's
Rayo Vallecano
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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
Copa America
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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
Boca Juniors
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, 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
Sergio Markarián
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Early life
Markarián lived in Argentina during most o ...
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
2018 FIFA World Cup
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, Peru's first World Cup since 1982.
In May 2018, he was named in Peru's final 23-man
squad
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for the
2018 FIFA World Cup
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in
Russia
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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
Germany
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.
On 13 June 2022, after missing a penalty in the decisive
World Cup playoff match against
Australia
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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
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Torneo Descentralizado:
2012
2012 was designated as:
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,
2014
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Boca Juniors
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Primera División:
2022
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Copa Argentina
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The first editions ...
:
2019–20
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Copa de la Liga Profesional
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:
2022
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*
Supercopa Argentina
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:
2022
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*
Copa Libertadores
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runner-up:
2023
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Peru
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Copa América
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runner-up:
2019
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; third-place:
2011
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,
2015
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* International Year of Light
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Events
January
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See also
*
List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
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References
External links
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Lobos BUAP
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1990 births
Living people
Footballers from Ica
Peruvian men's footballers
21st-century Peruvian sportsmen
Peru men's international footballers
Peruvian expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Men's association football wingers
Men's association football utility players
Juan Aurich footballers
Sporting Cristal footballers
SC Tavriya Simferopol players
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players
Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players
Vitória F.C. players
Bursaspor footballers
Newell's Old Boys footballers
Tigres UANL footballers
Rayo Vallecano players
Boca Juniors footballers
Peruvian Primera División players
Bundesliga players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Primeira Liga players
Liga MX players
La Liga players
Segunda División players
2011 Copa América players
2015 Copa América players
Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
2018 FIFA World Cup players
2019 Copa América players
FIFA Men's Century Club
2024 Copa América players