Carlos Cuesta (footballer)
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]
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| Full name | Carlos Eccehomo Cuesta Figueroa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 March 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 141 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Colombia U17 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Colombia U20 | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Colombia | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:22, 15 June 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
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]
International career
He made his debut for Colombia national football team on 9 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Chile.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 2 June 2024[7]
| 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 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | — | 42 | 1 | ||
| Total | 141 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 169 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 201 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 242 | 3 | ||
- 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 15 June 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Colombia | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | |
Honours
Atlético Nacional
Genk
References
- "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.
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