Pervis Estupiñán

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Estupiñán and the second or maternal family name is Tenorio.

Pervis Josué Estupiñán Tenorio (Spanish pronunciation: [estupiˈɲan]) (born 21 January 1998) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Ecuador national team.

Pervis Estupiñán

Estupiñán with Ecuador U20 in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Pervis Josué Estupiñán Tenorio[1]
Date of birth	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 27)[2]
Place of birth	Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Brighton & Hove Albion
Number	30
Youth career
2011–2014	LDU Quito
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2016	LDU Quito	40	(0)
2016–2020	Watford	0	(0)
2016–2017	→ Granada B (loan)	21	(2)
2016–2017	→ Granada (loan)	2	(0)
2017–2018	→ Almería (loan)	26	(0)
2018–2019	→ Mallorca (loan)	12	(2)
2019–2020	→ Osasuna (loan)	36	(1)
2020–2022	Villarreal	53	(0)
2022–	Brighton & Hove Albion	81	(4)
International career‡
2015	Ecuador U17	14	(3)
2017	Ecuador U20	12	(4)
2019–	Ecuador	46	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:21, 26 April 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:43, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Estupiñán playing for LDU Quito in 2015

Born in Esmeraldas, Estupiñán joined LDU Quito's youth setup in 2011, aged 13. He was promoted to the first team ahead of the 2015 season, and made his professional debut on 1 February of that year by starting in a 1–0 home win against El Nacional.

Watford and following loans

An undisputed starter for the club, Estupiñán was sold to Premier League club Watford on 29 July 2016,^[3] being immediately loaned to Granada CF and assigned to the latter's B-team in Segunda División B.^[4]

Estupiñán made his La Liga debut on 5 April 2017, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Deportivo de La Coruña.^[5] On 17 July, he was loaned to Segunda División side UD Almería for one year.^[6]

On 9 August 2018, Estupiñán agreed to a one-year loan deal with RCD Mallorca in the second division.^[7] The following 3 July, after achieving promotion, he signed a two-year loan deal with CA Osasuna, also freshly promoted.^[8]

Villarreal

On 16 September 2020, Estupiñán signed a seven-year contract with Spanish side Villarreal for an initial fee of £14.9 million.^[9][10]

During his spell at the Valencian club, Estupiñán was a member of the squad that won the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League^[11] and reached the semi-finals of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.^[12]

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 16 August 2022, Estupiñán signed a five-year contract with Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee.^[13] He made his debut four days later, coming on and replacing Adam Lallana in the 63rd minute in the 2–0 away win over West Ham United.^[14] Estupiñán made his first start for the "Seagulls" on 27 August, helping Brighton to another win and clean sheet in the 1–0 home victory over Leeds United.^[15] Estupiñán assisted returning World Cup champion Alexis Mac Allister's flick-in in the 5–1 away victory over EFL Championship side Middlesbrough in the FA Cup third round on 7 January 2023.^[16] Two weeks later, on his 25th birthday, he made a brace of assists, setting up both Kaoru Mitoma's opening goal and Evan Ferguson's late equaliser in the 2–2 away draw at Leicester City in the league.^[17] On 29 January, Estupiñán added to his three recent assists to make it four in as many games. Lobbing in a cross to the back post, finding Mitoma who brought the ball under control and fired Albion to a 2–1 victory over Liverpool to advance to the fifth round of the FA Cup.^[18] Two games later on 11 February, he added a further assist to his tally, with his searching delivery finding Solly March who fired in his effort to open the scoreline in the eventual 1–1 away draw against rivals Crystal Palace. Early on in the game he had a goal wrongly ruled out by John Brooks of VAR after the official drew the offside lines against the wrong player. Brooks was later dropped for his next two matches.^[19][20] Estupiñán scored his first goal for the Albion on 14 May, hitting in stoppage time, scoring the third in the 3–0 away win at Arsenal, whilst assisting Julio Enciso's opener.^[21]

After setting up Mitoma's opener, Estupiñán scored his second Brighton goal in their second match of the 2023–24 season on 19 August, in the 4–1 victory away at Wolverhampton Wanderers.^[22]

On 28 December, after months out due to injury, Estupiñán scored a long-range goal after coming on as a substitute at halftime in a 4–2 win against Tottenham Hotspur.^[23]

International career

Estupiñán made his debut for the Ecuador national team on 13 October 2019 in a friendly against Argentina that ended in 6–1 loss.^[24]

Estupiñán played for Ecuador at the 2019 Copa América and was named in the Team of the Tournament^[25] as La Tri reached the quarter-finals.^[26]

On 14 November, Estupiñán was named in Ecuador's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup alongside Brighton teammates Jeremy Sarmiento and Moisés Caicedo.^[27]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 April 2025^[28]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
LDU Quito	2015	Ecuadorian Serie A	32	0	—		—		2[a]	0	—		34	0
	2016	Ecuadorian Serie A	8	0	—		—		3[b]	0	—		11	0
	Total		40	0	—		—		5	0	—		45	0
Watford	2016–17	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2017–18	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2018–19	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2019–20	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Granada B (loan)	2016–17	Segunda División B	21	2	—		—		—		—		21	2
Granada (loan)	2016–17	La Liga	2	0	0	0	—		—		—		2	0
Almería (loan)	2017–18	Segunda División	26	0	1	0	—		—		—		27	0
Mallorca (loan)	2018–19	Segunda División	12	2	2	0	—		—		—		14	2
Osasuna (loan)	2019–20	La Liga	36	1	3	0	—		—		—		39	1
Villarreal	2020–21	La Liga	25	0	4	0	—		4[c]	0	—		33	0
	2021–22	La Liga	28	0	2	0	—		10[d]	0	1[e]	0	41	0
	Total		53	0	6	0	—		14	0	1	0	74	0
Brighton & Hove Albion	2022–23	Premier League	35	1	4	0	2	0	—		—		41	1
	2023–24	Premier League	19	2	3	1	1	0	4[c]	0	—		27	3
	2024–25	Premier League	27	1	3	0	3	0	—		—		33	1
	Total		81	4	10	1	6	0	4	0	0	0	101	5
Career total			271	9	22	1	6	0	23	0	1	0	323	10

1. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
2. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup

International

As of match played 25 March 2025^[29]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ecuador	2019	1	0
	2020	4	1
	2021	14	1
	2022	12	1
	2023	6	1
	2024	7	0
	2025	2	0
Total		46	4

Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Pervis Estupiñán

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 November 2020	Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito, Ecuador	Colombia	6–1	6–1	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	16 November 2021	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, Chile	Chile	1–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	2 June 2022	Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States	Nigeria	1–0	1–0	Friendly
4	28 March 2023	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Australia	Australia	1–1	2–1	Friendly

Honours

Villarreal

• UEFA Europa League: 2020–21^[30]

Individual

• Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2021^[31]