Kendry Paez
Ecuador
Age
19
Appearances
0
Goals
0
About Kendry Paez
A playmaker for Ecuador, Kendry Paez is in Sebastián Beccacece's 26 for the 2026 World Cup. The CA River Plate attacking midfielder is 19 at kick-off, a former Ecuador youth international valued at around EUR 8.00m and a teenage prospect. Ecuador were drawn in Group E alongside Germany, Curacao and the Ivory Coast. They open against the Ivory Coast at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on 14 June, then face Curacao at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on 20 June before meeting Germany at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on 25 June. Ecuador reached the finals by finishing runner-up in CONMEBOL round-robin qualifying, qualifying on 10 June 2025. The group stage runs through June as Sebastián Beccacece's side look to make their mark.
World Cup 2026 Stats
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Playing Style
A left-footed attacking midfielder and creative number 10 who can also play off the right, Paez is a technically gifted teenage prospect known for dribbling, vision and a goal threat from midfield. He stands 1.78 m and is left-footed, and has played 315 minutes this season. At 19 he is part of Sebastián Beccacece's plans for the 2026 group stage.
World Cup History
For Kendry Paez, the 2026 World Cup is a senior debut. The CA River Plate attacking midfielder arrives with 25 caps and 2 goals for Ecuador, a young option stepping onto the biggest stage.
National Team
Ecuador
Tier 4
£10m
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Goal Rush Impact
Paez rounds out the Ecuador options, where the side land at Tier 4 for £10m. He has 25 caps and 2 goals for Ecuador, with 1 goal in 8 club games this season, having become Ecuador's youngest-ever senior international and youngest scorer and secured a high-profile move to Chelsea aged 16 before loan spells in Europe and at River Plate. That Tier 4 price tracks Ecuador as a whole, a squad measure on the card rather than a read on Paez alone this summer.
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Paez at the 2026 World Cup
Paez is a confirmed playmaker in Sebastián Beccacece's 26-man Ecuador squad for the 2026 World Cup, in the Ecuador side opening their Group E campaign in June.
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Ecuador are a Tier 4 side on the card at £10m, drawn into Group E with the Ivory Coast first up in the group.
Kendry Paez World Cup 2026 FAQs
It is a Tier 4 listing at £10m for Ecuador on the card, with Group E ahead, so the slot stands for Ecuador the side rather than Paez as an individual pick at the 2026 World Cup finals.
As a playmaker, Paez represents Ecuador and plays his club football with CA River Plate. Sebastián Beccacece has named him in the 26 for the 2026 World Cup, where Ecuador feature in Group E for the group stage this summer.
No, it is his first. The CA River Plate playmaker reaches a maiden senior World Cup in 2026, named by Sebastián Beccacece in Ecuador's 26 with no earlier finals behind Paez at the senior international level.
The club football Paez plays is with CA River Plate, and he is one of Ecuador's playmakers in Sebastián Beccacece's 26 for the 2026 World Cup, with Ecuador opening Group E against the Ivory Coast in mid-June this summer.
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