What happened to Gabriel Achilier?
In the midst of Liga 1 2020, before losing to Sport Huancayo and being relegated, Alianza Lima made the signing of Ecuadorian center-back Gabriel Achilier official to provide experience to the defense for the following season. However, upon learning that he would have to play in the Second Division, the foreign player refused to join the team, so he was loaned out.
“Playing in the second division was not in my plans. I feel that I am a player of very good level, that I have demonstrated my quality, my worth,” Achilier said at the time and ended up being loaned to Orense from his native Ecuador for the entire 2021, and would return in 2022 when the club managed to return to the highest category of Peruvian football.
However, when Alianza Lima confirmed their permanence in Liga 1 thanks to the decision of the TAS, the Ecuadorian defender indicated that he was "willing" to join the team, although he was never called. Gabriel Achilier was never called up by the squad from La Victoria and to this day he remains at Orense SC.
Thus, Achilier never played a single match for Alianza Lima, nor even trained with the team and, furthermore, he never knew Matute or Alejandro Villanueva. Therefore, he is one of the most surprising signings that Peruvian football has had.
What is Gabriel Achilier doing now?
Currently, Gabriel Achilier continues to play for Orense in Ecuador, and in the last season he played a total of 14 matches with the club and received a total of 5 yellow cards. 'Gabo's' team finished twelfth in the standings.
Finally, according to Transfermarkt, Achilier has a price of 400,000 euros and it is not yet known if he will seek a new club at the age of 37.