Sergio "Queco" Piña Cousillas (born 17 July 1980) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
In a 19-year senior career, he appeared in 84 Segunda División matches over seven seasons, representing Racing de Ferrol, Alicante, Ponferradina, Leganés and Huesca.
Playing career 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.Queco Piña "No me esperaba la llamada del Celta" (Queco Piña "I did not expect to be called by Celta"); La Opinión A Coruña, 18 February 2012 (in Spanish) 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.Sergio Piña ficha por el Racing de Ferrol para la próxima campaña (Sergio Piña signs for Racing de Ferrol for the next campaign); La Voz de Galicia, 7 July 2004 (in Spanish)
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.Séptima victoria consecutiva de un Celta cada vez más líder (Seventh win in a row for a Celta more leaders by the day); Mundo Deportivo, 13 March 2005 (in Spanish) He was handed his first start on 12 June, in a home defeat to Xerez CD (same score).El Racing logra su meta sin ganar (Racing reach objective without winning); Mundo Deportivo, 13 June 2005 (in Spanish)
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."Para irme tendría que haber una oferta buena" ("A good offer is needed for me to leave"); Diario AS, 23 April 2008 (in Spanish)La plenitud de los 34 años de Queco Piña (Queco Piña's full-blown 34 years); La Voz de Galicia, 14 November 2014 (in Spanish) On 1 September 2008, he joined Alicante CF of the same league,Francisco y Queco Piña cierran la plantilla (Francisco and Queco Piña complete the squad); Marca, 1 September 2008 (in Spanish) 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.Queco Piña defenderá la portería de la Ponferradina en Segunda División (Queco Piña will defend Ponferradina's goal in Segunda División); La Voz de Galicia, 23 June 2010 (in Spanish) He returned to Celta in February of the following year, again competing solely with the B side.El Celta hace oficial el fichaje de Queco Piña (Celta make Queco Piña's signing official); Marca, 16 February 2012 (in Spanish) 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.Queco Piña, guardameta del Celta B, marcó un gol en su saque de portería (Queco Piña, Celta B goalkeeper, scored a goal from his goal kick); Marca, 16 April 2012 (in Spanish)
On 29 December 2012, Piña moved to Orihuela CF.El Orihuela da la baja al portero Caballero y ficha a Queco Piña (Orihuela release goalkeeper Caballero and sign Queco Piña); Diario Información, 29 December 2012 (in Spanish) In January 2014, he joined fellow third-division CD Leganés.El portero Queco Piña llega a Butarque (Goalkeeper Queco Piña arrives at Butarque); CD Leganés, 9 January 2014 (in Spanish)
Piña achieved two promotions with the Madrilenians; in the last season, however, he failed to appear in a single match, playing second-fiddle to Jon Ander Serantes.El Leganés quiere un meta que haga competencia a Serantes (Leganés want goalie to compete with Serantes); Diario AS, 26 June 2016 (in Spanish) He was released in July 2016 at the end of his contract, and signed with SD Huesca on 5 August.Queco Piña se incorpora a la SD Huesca (Queco Piña added to SD Huesca); SD Huesca, 5 August 2016 (in Spanish)
Post-retirement On 20 October 2017, Piña returned to Leganés as a goalkeeper coach.Queco Piña vuelve al Lega como preparador de porteros temporal (Queco Piña returns to Lega as a temporary goalkeeper coach); Diario AS, 20 October 2017 (in Spanish) He continued to work in that capacity at CD Tenerife, and later as an analyst at Sporting de Gijón.El Sporting ficha a un ex preparador físico de la Real Sociedad y a otro hombre de confianza de Asier Garitano (Sporting sign former Real Sociedad fitness coach and another trusted associate of Asier Garitano); La Voz de Asturias, 7 April 2025 (in Spanish)
Personal life Piña's father, Ramón, was also a footballer. A defender, he played with Deportivo in the 70s/80s.
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