![]() Puerta with Colombia U20 in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gustavo Adolfo Puerta Molano [1] | ||
Date of birth | 23 July 2003 | ||
Place of birth | La Victoria, Colombia [1] | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
Number | 32 | ||
Youth career | |||
Talentos Gustavo Victoria | |||
Supercampeones | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | Bogotá | 34 | (3) |
2023– | Bayer Leverkusen | 7 | (0) |
2023 | → 1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2021– | Colombia U20 | 21 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:53, 12 May 2024 (UTC) |
Gustavo Adolfo Puerta Molano (born 23 July 2003) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.
Born in La Victoria, Valle del Cauca, Puerta started playing football at the Talentos Gustavo Victoria Deportes school in Tuluá. [2] He also played for amateur side Supercampeones between the ages of ten and sixteen. [2]
Initially rejected by Colombian Categoría Primera A side Independiente Santa Fe in 2019 after a trial, Puerta went on to join second division side Bogotá in 2021. [3]
On 31 January 2023, Puerta moved to Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen, before immediately being loaned to 1. FC Nürnberg in the 2. Bundesliga. [4]
He won the 2023–24 Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen. [5]
Puerta has represented Colombia at under-20 level. [1] Serving as captain of the side he led it to third place at the 2023 South American U-20 Championship. [6]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bogotá | 2021 | Categoría Primera B | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
2022 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 3 | |||
Total | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 3 | |||
Bayer Leverkusen | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023–24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
1. FC Nürnberg (loan) | 2022–23 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 41 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 3 |
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