Luis Segovia

Luis Segovia
	Segovia with the Ecuador U-20 in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Luis Geovanny Segovia Vega
Date of birth	26 October 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Quito, Ecuador
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Botafogo
Youth career
2009–2015	El Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2019	El Nacional
2019–2022	Independiente del Valle
2023–	Botafogo
2023	→ RWD Molenbeek (loan)
International career‡
2017	Ecuador U20
2020	Ecuador U23
2021–	Ecuador
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 October 2021

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 A club Botafogo and the Ecuador national team.^[1]

Club career[edit]

Segovia 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[edit]

Segovia 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

[1] Luis Segovia at Soccerway

[2] "CONOCIENDO A: LUIS SEGOVIA". Somos Cantera (in Spanish). 7 March 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

[3] "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.

[4] "Luis Segovia: "Ahora Independiente del Valle ya no es un equipo chico"". El Comercio. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

[5] Pisani, Sacha. "Flamengo claims first Recopa Sudamericana title". Sportstar. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

[6] "Mexico v Ecuador game report". ESPN. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

[7] Luis Segovia at National-Football-Teams.com

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