Patrik Mercado
Ecuadorian footballer (born 2003)
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Patrik Kleiver Mercado Altamirano (born 31 July 2003) is an Ecuadorian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Independiente del Valle and the Ecuador national team.
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| Full name | Patrik Kleiver Mercado Altamirano[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 July 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tena, Napo, Ecuador[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Independiente del Valle | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Independiente del Valle | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Independiente Juniors | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Independiente del Valle | 81 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Ecuador U20 | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Ecuador U23 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Ecuador | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:20, 21 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:45, 13 November 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
He will join La Liga club Sevilla after the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
Born in Tena in the Napo Province of Ecuador, Mercado began his career with Independiente del Valle at the age of ten.[2] He made his debut in Ecuador's second division in 2021 for Independiente's reserve team, Independiente Juniors, and followed this up with a first team debut on 30 May 2022, when he came on as a late substitute for Pedro Perlaza in Independiente's 1–1 draw with 9 de Octubre.[2]
He remained with Independiente's under-20 squad for the U-20 Copa Libertadores in the following season, and suffered a concussion in their 1–0 victory against Colombian side Envigado.[3] As a result of his participation in the competition, which Independiente lost in the final to Argentine side Boca Juniors, he was left out of Independiente's senior squad for a tour to Spain, alongside teammate Kendry Páez, with director Santiago Morales stating that the club would prefer the pair to "stay and rest in Ecuador".[4] In September of the same year, he signed a contract extension with the club - a deal lasting until the end of the 2026 season.[5]
By the 2025 season, Mercado had established himself in Independiente's first team, and was praised in Ecuadorian media for his performance in a 4–0 win over Brazilian club Vasco da Gama in the Copa Sudamericana round-of-sixteen match on 16 July, where he scored twice.[6] These performances caught the attention of clubs outside of Ecuador, with Mercado being strongly linked with a move to Brazilian club Palmeiras at the end of July 2025.[7]
International career
Mercado has represented Ecuador at under-20 and under-23 level, featuring in friendly matches for the under-23 squad in preparation for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 21 February 2026.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Independiente Juniors | 2021 | Ecuadorian Serie B | 9 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Ecuadorian Serie B | 12 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Independiente del Valle | 2022 | LigaPro Serie A | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | LigaPro Serie A | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| 2024 | LigaPro Serie A | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
| 2025 | LigaPro Serie A | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12[f] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 7 | |
| 2026 | LigaPro Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 81 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 112 | 11 | ||
| Career total | 102 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 12 | ||
- Notes
- Includes Copa Ecuador, Copa del Rey
- Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
- Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
- Appearances in the Recopa Sudamericana
- Four appearances in the Copa Libertadores, one appearance in the Copa Sudamericana
- Six appearances and one goal in the Copa Libertadores, six appearances and two goals in the Copa Sudamericana
International
- As of match played 13 November 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Ecuador | 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |