Eddy Pineiro family, wife, children, parents, siblings

Eddy Pieiro Jr., a placekicker for the National Football League’s Carolina Panthers, was born on September 13, 1995. (NFL). He attended Florida for his college football career before signing as an undrafted free agent with the Oakland Raiders in 2018 and the Chicago Bears the following year.

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Eddy Pineiro wife

He met his wife Grace, who had immigrated from Nicaragua, and they raised Eddy Jr. in Miami, along with an older sister, Gicely, and a younger brother, Adam.

Eddy Pineiro children

He is a father to one child but his/her name is unknown

Eddy Pineiro parent

His father, Eddy Sr., came to the United States from Cuba when he was nine years old during the 1980 Mariel boatlift and later played professional soccer for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the ASL/APSL. Pieiro, like his father, began his soccer career as a four-time All-Dade County selection.

Eddy Pineiro siblings

Eddy’s siblings are unknown

Pieiro signed a scholarship with Florida Atlantic to play soccer, but academic issues prevented him from attending. His father encouraged him to try on football cleats and pads, but without a football scholarship, Pieiro went on to play soccer for ASA College, a small junior college. Pieiro attended an open kicking combine at Alabama in 2015. Alabama coach Nick Saban narrowed his scholarship offers to Chris Salek and Pieiro out of hundreds of kickers. Pieiro verbally committed to Alabama[6, but] later tried out for Florida and decided to play there. Pieiro was recruited to UF by Special Teams Coordinator Marc Nudelberg.

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