espínola began his career in primera b nacional with los andes. having been promoted to their senior squad towards the end of the 2016 campaign, espínola participated in the club's final four fixtures of the season against villa dálmine, ferro carril oeste, instituto and nueva chicago as los andes finished bottom of the table. ten appearances later, versus almagro on 11 february 2018, he scored his opening goal in a 1–1 draw.