Segundo Portocarrero

Segundo Arlen Portocarrero Rodríguez (born 15 October 1996) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a left wing-back for Persian Gulf Pro League club Chadormalou Ardakan.

Segundo Portocarrero

Personal information
Full name	Segundo Arlen Portocarrero Rodríguez
Date of birth	(1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Wing-back
Team information
Current team	Chadormalou Ardakan
Youth career
2012	L.D.U. Quito
2013	Independiente del Valle
2014–2015	C.S. Emelec
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2020	C.S. Emelec	25	(1)
2018	→ Guayaquil City (loan)	34	(0)
2019	→ C.D. Cuenca (loan)	25	(1)
2020	→ Delfín S.C. (loan)	12	(1)
2021	→ C.S.D. Macará (loan)	26	(4)
2022	Orense S.C.	24	(0)
2023–2025	Barcelona S.C.	26	(1)
2024	→ Universitario de Deportes (loan)	31	(1)
2025–	Chadormalou Ardakan	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:18, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Portocarrero played in the youth ranks of LDU Quito in 2012, playing in 19 matches and scoring one goal.^[1] In 2013, he moved to Independiente del Valle, where he scored 7 goals in 28 matches.

Portocarrero signed with Emelec in 2014, arriving in the reserve team, where he played 68 matches, scoring 5 goals, before being promoted to the first team for the 2016 season. That year, under manager Alfredo Arias, Portocarrero made his professional debut in a 1–0 home victory against LDU Quito. In 2018, he was loaned to Guayaquil City; in 2019, to Deportivo Cuenca;^[2] in 2020, to Delfín SC; and in 2021, to CSD Macará. In 2022, Portocarrero was transferred to Orense SC.^[3]

In 2023, he signed for Barcelona SC, where he played both the Ecuadorian Serie A and the Copa Libertadores. In January 2024, Portocarrero's loan to Peruvian club Universitario de Deportes was announced.^[4] He became the subject of criticism after a number of matches, due to consideration that his performance did not measure up to what should be expected of a foreign signing,^[5] which are limited in number for clubs in the Peruvian league.

References

1. "Ficha del Jugador 0850103615". FEF | Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol. 2 August 2024. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
2. "Segundo Portocarrero no seguirá en Emelec y jugará en Deportivo Cuenca" [Segundo Portocarrero will not continue in Emelec and will play for Deportivo Cuenca]. Sports Illustrated (in Spanish). 8 January 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
3. "Segundo Portocarrero es vendido al Orense SC" [Segundo Portocarrero is sold to Orense SC]. Cancha Ecuador (in Spanish). 10 January 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
4. Galdós Sánchez, Roy (18 January 2024). "¡Para el centenario! Universitario anunció el fichaje del ecuatoriano Segundo Portocarrero" [For the Centennial! Universitario announced the signing of the Ecuadorian Segundo Portocarrero]. Depor (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
5. Solis Ruiz, Miguel (25 April 2024). "Segundo Portocarrero aceptó su culpa en gol de Botafogo ante Universitario: "Son golpes que nos da la vida para aprender"" [Segundo Portocarrero took the blame for a Botafogo goal against Universitario: "These are blows that life gives to us in order to learn"]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2024.