The PSG Ecuadorian defender learned of his mother’s passing in late 2019, just moments after playing his first professional match with his formative club, Independiente del Valle, then managed by Miguel Ángel Ramirez. A trauma from which he draws a rare strength of character.
Paradise just before hell—a life turned upside down in hours. On 2 November 2019, young Willian Pacho’s dream became a reality: the defender, signed by PSG this summer, played his first professional match wearing the Independiente del Valle shirt, a club based in Sangolquí, in northern Ecuador. What followed after this match would mark his career.