Sergio "Queco" Piña Cousillas (born 17 July 1980) is a Spanish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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. In a 19-year senior career, he appeared in 84

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

matches over seven seasons, representing

Racing de Ferrol Racing Club de Ferrol, commonly known as Racing de Ferrol, is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in , holding home games at '' E ...

Alicante Alicante (, , ; ; ; officially: ''/'' ) is a city and municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean port. The population ...

, Ponferradina,

Leganés Leganés () is a city in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Considered part of the Madrid metropolitan area, it is located about 11 km southwest of the centre of Madrid. , it has a population of 188,425, making it the region's fifth most popu ...

and

Huesca Huesca (; ) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon between 1096 and 1118. It is also the capital of the Spanish Huesca (province), ...

Club career

Born in

A Coruña A Coruña (; ; also informally called just Coruña; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality in Galicia, Spain. It is Galicia's second largest city, behind Vigo. The city is the provincial capital of the province ...

, Galicia, Piña finished his youth career with

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

, 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 sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players who are under contract to a club but who do not regularly play in matches for the club's primary team. Reserve teams usually include players who are part of the larger first-team squad but ...

in 2000,

Celta de Vigo B Real Club Celta de Vigo Fortuna or simply Celta Fortuna is a Spanish football team based in Vigo, Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1927, it is the reserve team of Celta Vigo and competes in the . They play their ho ...

of the

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

. Two years later, he moved to

CD Ourense Club Deportivo Ourense, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1952 after the dissolution of old UD Orensana, it played in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games a ...

also in division three, being sparingly used in his only season. He then joined

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

team

CD Lalín Club Deportivo Lalín is a Spanish football team based in Lalín, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1974, it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Manuel Anxo Cortizo'', with a capacity of 8,000 seats. Season to season ...

in June 2003, where he won the

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. In July 2004, Piña signed for

. He played his first game as a professional on 12 March 2005, replacing the injured Miguel Escalona in a 1–2 home loss against

RC Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), the club was fou ...

in the

. He was handed his first start on 12 June, in a home defeat to

Xerez CD Xerez Club Deportivo S. A. D. is a Spanish association football, football club based in the city of Jerez de la Frontera. It was founded in 1947 and plays in . History Due to the link between Jerez de la Frontera and the United Kingdom created b ...

(same score). Piña featured rarely for the ''Diaños Verdes'' 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 second division. On 1 September 2008 he joined

Alicante CF Alicante Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1918, it played its home matches at ''Estadio Alicante CF'', with a 4,000-seat capacity. History ''Alicante Club de Fútbol'', under t ...

of the same league, being relegated in his first and only season. On 23 June 2010, after more than a year without a club, Piña signed a one-year deal with

SD Ponferradina Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Ponferrada, in the El Bierzo region, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 7 June 1922, it plays in Primera Federación - Group 1, holding home ma ...

. On 16 February of the following year he returned to Celta, again competing solely with the B side in the second tier. On 15 April 2012, whilst at the service of the latter, he scored through a

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in a 2–2 home draw against

Rayo Vallecano B Rayo Vallecano de Madrid B is the reserve team of Rayo Vallecano, a Spanish football club based in the Madrid neighbourhood of Vallecas. Founded in 1973 and plays in , holding home matches at '' Ciudad Deportiva Rayo Vallecano'', with a 2,500-se ...

. On 29 December 2012, Piña moved to

Orihuela CF Orihuela Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Orihuela, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1993 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Municipal Los Arcos'', with a capacity of 7,000 seats. History On 4 August 1993, th ...

also in division three. On 9 January 2014 he joined another club in that league,

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

. 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 Jon Ander Serantes Simón (born 24 October 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club FC Gifu. Club career Barakaldo and Athletic Born in Barakaldo, Biscay, Basque Country, Serantes graduated from Barakaldo ...

. He was released after his contract expired in July 2016, and signed with

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...

on 5 August. On 20 October 2017, Piña returned to Leganés as a goalkeeper coach.

Personal life

Piña's father, Ramón, was also a footballer. A defender, he played with Deportivo in the 70s/80s.La plenitud de los 34 años de Queco Piña (Queco Piña's full-blown 34 years)
La Voz de Galicia, 14 November 2014

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pina, Queco 1980 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from A Coruña Men's association football goalkeepers Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Deportivo Fabril players RC Celta Fortuna players CD Ourense footballers Racing de Ferrol footballers Alicante CF footballers SD Ponferradina players Orihuela CF players CD Leganés players SD Huesca footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen