Genk from Belgium signs Alfred Caicedo Mina, who was a project of Aucas

The Belgian transfer market continues to receive talent from Ecuador. On the morning of this Wednesday, January 4, KRC Genk announced the hiring of a defender who has barely played eleven games in the first division of Ecuadorian soccer, with the Aucas shirt. Is about Alfred Lenin Caicedo Minaan 18-year-old young man who works as a left-back.

“Alfred reaches the current leader of the tournament and one of the best training clubs in Europe. He will begin his adaptation in Jong Genk at only 18 years old, ”Kancha, the agency that represents the footballer, informed through Instagram.

The contract signed by Alfred binds him to KRC Genk for four and a half years, that is, until June 2027. Due to his young age, the Ecuadorian joins Jong Genk, the training team that competes in the Challenger Pro League (second division of Belgium).

“KRC Genk welcomes 18-year-old Alfred Caicedo from Ecuador. The versatile defender comes from the Aucas sub-20 and also belongs to the national team’s sub-20”, says KRC Genk in a statement released on its official website.

“Ángelo Preciado’s compatriot signs an agreement until the end of June 2027 and immediately joins Jong Genk’s squad, which is why he is present today at the Horst (NL) training camp for the first day of training practices ”, adds the institution.

The agency that represents Alfred also mentions its gratitude to Aucas “for the collaboration and openness for the benefit of the player”, since it represents a “historical transfer” for the Orientals as it is the “first player to be sold directly from the club to Europe”.

Figures of the operation are not detailed; Nevertheless, Transfermarkt indicates that the youth from Aucas once transferred to KRC Genk has a market value of 150,000 euros.

Alfred Caicedo completed a stage of his training in 2018 in the Youth Clan and in 2019 in North America, according to the official website of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF). He arrives at Aucas in 2021, and on April 18 of that year he made his professional debut in the defeat of the Quito team against Olmedo. According to the data provided by the FEF, he accumulated eleven games that season with the main team. The 2022 campaign he was a member of the Aucas under-20 squad.

At the U-20 National Team level, he registered three performances in 2022, in friendlies against Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay, all played last June.

“Alfred was part of the project that Aucas carries out and whose main objective is the comprehensive training of the athletes that make it up, whose results are reflected in the excellent work in training divisions and the international projection of our players,” Aucas published in a post Farewell to Alfred Caicedo.

Currently playing in Belgian football are Ángelo Preciado (KRC Genk), Nilson Angulo (RSC Anderlecht), William Pacho (Royal Antwerp Football Club) and Anthony Valencia (Royal Antwerp).