Queco Piña

Born in A Coruña, Galicia, Piña finished his youth career with Deportivo de La Coruña, 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 2000, Celta de Vigo B of Segunda División B. Two years later, he moved to CD Ourense also in the third division, being sparingly used in his only season. He then joined Tercera División side CD Lalín in June 2003, where he won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy. In July 2004, Piña signed for Racing de Ferrol. He played his first game as a professional on 12 March 2005, replacing the injured Miguel Escalona in a 1–2 Segunda División home loss against RC Celta de Vigo. He was handed his first start on 12 June, in a home defeat to Xerez CD (same score). Piña featured rarely for Racing 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 division. On 1 September 2008, he joined Alicante CF of the same league, being relegated in his only season. On 23 June 2010, after more than a year without a club, Piña signed a one-year deal with SD Ponferradina. He returned to Celta in February of the following year, again competing solely with the B side. On 15 April 2012, whilst at the service of the latter, he scored through a goal kick in a 2–2 home draw against Rayo Vallecano B. On 29 December 2012, Piña moved to…

Piña's father, Ramón, was also a footballer. A defender, he played with Deportivo in the 70s/80s.