Few people know Piero Hincapie betterMiguel Ángel Ramírez.The Spanish coach gave him the alternative with Independiente del Valle when he was only 17 years and 7 months old. “We knew him from the youth teams and we saw him as a very interesting profile, both as a center back and as a left back. He always played above his category. He made his debut with me as a center back, but ended up leaving for Talleres too soon,” he laments. When it comes to highlighting one thing about ‘La Muralla de Esmeraldas’, Miguel Ángel Ramírez has no doubts: “When he trained with us he broke the GPS. He gave us tremendous physical values”.