Carlos Cuesta (footballer)

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Carlos Cuesta
Personal information
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
Team information
Current team
Genk
Number 46
Youth career
Atlético Nacional [3]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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
Representing Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Men's football
Copa América
Bronze medal icon.svg 2021
*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)

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]

Contents

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 14 April 2024 [7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlético Nacional 2016 Categoría Primera A 140001 [lower-alpha 1] 0150
2017 Categoría Primera A300403 [lower-alpha 2] 0370
2018 Categoría Primera A11030002 [lower-alpha 3] 0160
2019 Categoría Primera A50000050
Total600704020730
Genk 2019–20 Belgian Pro League 200204 [lower-alpha 4] 01 [lower-alpha 5] 0270
2020–21 Belgian Pro League340400000380
2021–22 Belgian Pro League211005 [lower-alpha 6] 0261
2022–23 Belgian Pro League3313000361
2023–24 Belgian Pro League261108 [lower-alpha 7] 0351
Total1343100170101623
Career total1943170210302353
  1. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  2. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  3. Appearances in Superliga Colombiana
  4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
  6. Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Champions League
  7. 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
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Colombia 202140
202240
202340
202420
Total140

Honours

Atlético Nacional

Genk

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References

  1. "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.
  2. "Carlos Cuesta K.R.C. Genk profile". K.R.C. Genk official website (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. Profile at ZeroZero, zerozero.pt
  4. "Carlos Cuesta at Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  5. Carlos Cuesta joins Genk!, krcgenk.be, 5 July 2019
  6. "Colombia v Chile game report". FIFA. 9 September 2021.
  7. Carlos Cuesta at Soccerway
  8. "Onuachu with an assist as Genk clinch Belgian Cup title after Standard Liege win". Goal. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.