Patrik Mercado

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Patrik Mercado
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Personal information
Full name Patrik Kleiver Mercado Altamirano [1]
Date of birth (2003-07-31) 31 July 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Tena, Napo, Ecuador [1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Independiente del Valle
Number 7
Youth career
Independiente del Valle
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Independiente Juniors 21 (1)
2022– Independiente del Valle 71 (7)
International career‡
2022–2023 Ecuador U20 16 (2)
2024 Ecuador U23 4 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:53, 6 August 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:53, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

Patrik Kleiver Mercado Altamirano (born 31 July 2003) is an Ecuadorian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Independiente del Valle.

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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 6 August 2025. [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Independiente Juniors 2021 Ecuadorian Serie B 91––0091
2022 120––00120
Total211000000211
Independiente del Valle 2022 Ecuadorian Serie A 40101 [b] 00060
2023 232006 [c] 01 [d] 0302
2024 212505 [e] 000312
2025 233008 [f] 300316
Total71760203109810
Career total928602031011911
Notes
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Ecuador
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
  3. ↑ Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
  4. ↑ Appearances in the Recopa Sudamericana
  5. ↑ Four appearances in the Copa Libertadores, one appearance in the Copa Sudamericana
  6. ↑ Six appearances and one goal in the Copa Libertadores, two appearances and two goals in the Copa Sudamericana

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Patrik Mercado at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 Ruiz, Jerson (16 July 2025). "¿Quién es Patrik Mercado? La joya de Independiente que brilló en goleada ante Vasco" [Who is Patrik Mercado? The Independiente star who shone in the rout against Vasco]. expreso.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Patrik Mercado sufrió contusión cerebral en la victoria de IDV Sub 20" [Patrik Mercado suffered a concussion in the IDV U20 victory]. futbolecuador.com (in Spanish). 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Kendry Páez y Patrik Mercado no viajan a la gira de Independiente del Valle en España" [Kendry Páez and Patrik Mercado will not travel to Independiente del Valle's tour in Spain]. ole.com.ar (in Spanish). 18 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Renovado: Patrik Mercado jugará en IDV hasta el año 2026" [Renewed: Patrik Mercado will play for IDV until 2026]. espn.com.ec (in Spanish). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  6. ↑ Ruiz, Jerson (16 July 2025). "Patrik Mercado: la nueva figura del Independiente que brilla en Copa Sudamericana" [Patrik Mercado: Independiente's new star shines in the Copa Sudamericana]. extra.ec (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Deinner Ordóñez y Patrik Mercado de Independiente del Valle, pretendidos en Portugal y Brasil" [Deinner Ordóñez and Patrik Mercado of Independiente del Valle, wanted in Portugal and Brazil]. eldiario.ec (in Spanish). 29 July 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Patrik Mercado: «Supimos dominar y no se dio el resultado»" [Patrik Mercado: "We knew how to dominate, but the result didn't work out."]. mifutbolecuador.futbol (in Spanish). 29 January 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
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