When Pacho makes his team-mates shine, Dina-Ebimbe pays tribute

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·19 October 2025

When Pacho makes his team-mates shine, Dina-Ebimbe pays tribute

In an interview with L’Équipe, Éric Junior Dina-Ebimbe, a former Paris Saint-Germain youth player now at Eintracht Frankfurt, paid a heartfelt tribute to Willian Pacho (24 years old), the Ecuadorian defender who played for the German club. The former Parisian highlighted the player’s natural leadership, a rare profile capable of making an entire team shine.

Dina-Ebimbe: “When he’s there, he immediately establishes leadership”

“He’s the same Pacho I knew at Eintracht (in 2023-2024). When he’s there, he immediately establishes leadership. Not through words, because he doesn’t talk much, but through what he radiates. He has vision, quality passing, he knows how to defend over 50 or 60 meters, and the challenges he puts in from behind… With him, you know the match will go well, there are fewer doubts, he makes others better. And he’s someone who can play 50 matches in a season with the same level of performance. In Frankfurt, our captain Robin Koch can thank him. If he became a German international, it’s because they formed a great duo.”

Dina-Ebimbe’s words reflect a reality that many coaches have observed: Willian Pacho doesn’t need to speak loudly to lead. His strength is this calm authority, built on reading the game and consistency. At just 24 years old, he exudes a serenity that structures an entire defensive unit.

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In Frankfurt, his partnership with Robin Koch transformed the defense into a mobile fortress; the German even earned his place in the national team, proof that Pacho elevates those around him. This leadership by example, based on consistency and quiet confidence, evokes the profiles of great modern defenders: understated, precise, and essential to the stability of a collective project.

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