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 147 (4)
International career‡
2015 Colombia U17 3 (1)
2017–2019 Colombia U20 21 (1)
2021– Colombia 21 (0)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Men's football
Copa América
Runner-up 2024 United States
Bronze medal icon.svg 2021 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:20, 6 September 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

On 5 July 2019, Belgian club Genk announced that they had signed Cuesta on a contract until June 2024. [5]

International career

Cuesta made his debut for the Colombia national team on 9 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Chile. [6]

On 14 June 2024, Cuesta was named into 26-man squad for 2024 Copa América. [7] In first match of the competition, Cuesta was an unused substitute, but because of Jhon Lucumí's injury he became his replacement for the rest of the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 December 2024 [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlético Nacional 2016 Categoría Primera A 140001 [a] 0—150
2017 Categoría Primera A300403 [b] 0—370
2018 Categoría Primera A11030002 [c] 0160
2019 Categoría Primera A500000—50
Total600704020730
Genk 2019–20 Belgian Pro League 200204 [d] 01 [e] 0270
2020–21 Belgian Pro League340400000380
2021–22 Belgian Pro League211005 [f] 0—261
2022–23 Belgian Pro League3313000—361
2023–24 Belgian Pro League331108 [g] 0—421
2024–25 Belgian Pro League6120——81
Total1474120170101774
Career total2074190210302504
  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 6 September 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Colombia 202140
202240
202340
202490
Total210

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. ↑ Carlos Cuesta at WorldFootball.net
  4. ↑ "C. Cuesta". 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. ↑ "Convocatoria de la Selección Masculina de Mayores para la CONMEBOL Copa América USA 2024". Federación Colombiana de Futbol (in Spanish). 14 June 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  8. ↑ Carlos Cuesta at Soccerway
  9. ↑ "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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