Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 20 | (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 23:20, 14 July 2024 (UTC) |
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]
On 5 July 2019, Belgian club Genk announced that they had signed Cuesta on a contract until June 2024. [5]
Cuesta made his debut for the Colombia national team on 9 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Chile. [6]
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 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Colombia | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
2022 | 4 | 0 | |
2023 | 4 | 0 | |
2024 | 8 | 0 | |
Total | 20 | 0 |
Atlético Nacional
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