Carlos_Cuesta_(footballer)
Carlos Cuesta (footballer)
Colombian footballer (born 1999)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cuesta and the second or maternal family name is Figueroa.
Carlos Eccehomo Cuesta Figueroa (9 March 1999) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian Pro League club Genk and the Colombia national team.[4]
Quick Facts Personal information, Full name ...
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| Full name | Carlos Eccehomo Cuesta Figueroa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Quibdó, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Genk | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 46 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Nacional[3] | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Atlético Nacional | 61 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Genk | 134 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Colombia U17 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Colombia U20 | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Colombia | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:13, 26 March 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
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KRC Genk
On 5 July 2019 Belgian club K.R.C. Genk announced that they had signed Cuesta on a contract until June 2024.[5]
He made his debut for Colombia national football team on 9 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Chile.[6]
Club
- As of match played 14 April 2024[7]
More information Club, Season ...
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlético Nacional | 2016 | Categoría Primera A | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Categoría Primera A | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Categoría Primera A | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Categoría Primera A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 60 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 0 | ||
| Genk | 2019–20 | Belgian Pro League | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Belgian Pro League | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | ||
| Total | 134 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 162 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 194 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 235 | 3 | ||
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- Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- Appearances in Superliga Colombiana
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
- Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Champions League
- Four appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League, two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 26 March 2024
More information National team, Year ...
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Colombia | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 0 | |
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Atlético Nacional
Genk
- "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Colombia" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- "Carlos Cuesta K.R.C. Genk profile". K.R.C. Genk official website (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- Profile at ZeroZero, zerozero.pt
- "Carlos Cuesta at Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- Carlos Cuesta joins Genk!, krcgenk.be, 5 July 2019
- "Colombia v Chile game report". FIFA. 9 September 2021.
- Carlos Cuesta at Soccerway
- "Onuachu with an assist as Genk clinch Belgian Cup title after Standard Liege win". Goal. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- Carlos Cuesta at Genk's website
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