Luis Geovanny Segovia Vega, known as Luis Segovia (born 26 October 1997), is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club CRB, on loan from Botafogo and the Ecuador national team.[1]
.jpg) Segovia with the Ecuador U-20 in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Geovanny Segovia Vega | ||
| Date of birth | 26 October 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Quito, Ecuador | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
CRB (on loan from Botafogo) | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2015 | El Nacional | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | El Nacional | 105 | (5) |
| 2019–2022 | Independiente del Valle | 98 | (6) |
| 2023– | Botafogo | 7 | (0) |
| 2023 | → RWD Molenbeek (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2024– | → CRB (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Ecuador U20 | 10 | (0) |
| 2020 | Ecuador U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021– | Ecuador | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 October 2021 | |||
Club career
editSegovia made his debut for El Nacional in 2015 and went in to make 105 appearances at centre back before being signed by Independiente del Valle on 24 January 2019 for a net value of $600,000.[2] It was to be a successful season for Segovia and the club.
Alongside midfielder Alan Franco, Segovia was the only ever present starter in Independiente del Valle's unexpected 2019 Copa Sudamericana triumph.[3] Segovia commented that whilst in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic he would rewatch the final on YouTube for motivation.[4]
In February 2020, Segovia played in the Recopa Sudamericana, the annual continental Super Cup that pits the previous year's champions of the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions, against each other. On this occasion Flamengo of Brazil triumphed on 26 February 2020 at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, 5–2 on aggregate, to claim their first Recopa Sudamericana title. One Segovia back header inadvertently leading to a goal from striker Gabriel Barbosa.[5]
International
editSegovia represented Ecuador at the 2017 South American U-20 Championship and the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
He was part of the Ecuador U-23 squad that participated in the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, where it lost all the games and failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
He made his debut for the Ecuador national team on 27 October 2021 in a friendly against Mexico.[6]
- As of 27 October 2021[7]
| Ecuador | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
References
edit- ^ Luis Segovia at Soccerway
- ^ "CONOCIENDO A: LUIS SEGOVIA". Somos Cantera (in Spanish). 7 March 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Quem é Alan Franco, nova contratação do Atlético Mineiro para 2020? | Goal.com". Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Luis Segovia: "Ahora Independiente del Valle ya no es un equipo chico"". El Comercio. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ Pisani, Sacha. "Flamengo claims first Recopa Sudamericana title". Sportstar. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Mexico v Ecuador game report". ESPN. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Luis Segovia at National-Football-Teams.com
