![]() Sinisterra with Bournemouth in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Luis Fernando Sinisterra Lucumí [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 17 June 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Santander de Quilichao, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger, attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Cruzeiro (on loan from Bournemouth) | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Once Caldas | 43 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2022 | Feyenoord | 76 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2024 | Leeds United | 21 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 16 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Bournemouth | 16 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2025– | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2019 | Colombia U20 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2019– | Colombia | 18 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:47, 15 March 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:28, 15 October 2024 (UTC) |
Luis Fernando Sinisterra Lucumí (born 17 June 1999) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Brazilian Série A club Cruzeiro, on loan from Premier League club Bournemouth, and the Colombia national team.
On 8 July 2018, Sinisterra signed a three-year contract with an option for two more years with Feyenoord for a reported fee of €2 million. [2] He scored his first goal for the club on 8 August 2019, scoring the opening goal in third qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League against FC Dinamo Tbilisi. [3] On 7 February 2020, Sinisterra won the prize for Eredivisie Player of the Month under-21 for the month of January 2020 after scoring in three consecutive matches. [4] On 12 November 2020, Feyenoord announced that the club had used the option in Sinisterra's contract to extend his contract with another two years. [5]
On 19 August 2021, Sinisterra scored a hat-trick in the first leg of their UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round tie against Swedish club IF Elfsborg. [6]
On 7 July 2022, Sinisterra joined Leeds United on a five-year contract for a transfer fee of £21 million. [7] Following his transfer to Leeds he became the most expensive outgoing transfer in Feyenoord's history.[ citation needed ] Sinisterra scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win against Barnsley in the EFL Cup second round at Elland Road, [8] he then scored his first Premier League goal days later, the equaliser in a 1–1 home draw against Everton. [9] Despite suffering injury spells out of the team in November 2022 through mid-January 2023, and for the final, crucial five games of the season in April/May, [10] he finished the season as the club's second-highest scorer in all competitions after Rodrigo.
On 2 September 2023, it was announced that Bournemouth had signed Sinisterra from Leeds United on a season-long loan swap deal with Jaidon Anthony on the last day of the summer transfer window after pledging to stay with Leeds to young fans hours before. [11] On 9 February 2024, after having scored three goals and provided three assists in 17 appearances in all competitions, Sinisterra joined Bournemouth on a permanent deal, for a reported transfer fee of £20 million [12] [13] with the transfer formally to be completed in the summer 2024 transfer window. [14] On 31 August, he scored the winning goal in stoppage time of a 3–2 victory over Everton. [15]
On 22 August 2025, Sinisterra join Brazilian side Cruzeiro on a loan. The deal includes £2 million up front along with an permanent deal at the end of the loan. The deal is worth £10 million.
On 15 October 2019, Sinisterra made his debut for the Colombia national team in a friendly against Algeria, which Colombia lost 3–0. [16] He netted his first international goal on 24 September 2022, scoring Colombia's second in a 4–1 win against Guatemala. [17] On 27 September, Sinisterra scored a brace against Mexico to help his team win 3–2 after trailing 2–0 at half-time. [18]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Once Caldas | 2016 | Categoría Primera A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
2017 | Categoría Primera A | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 26 | 2 | ||||
2018 | Categoría Primera A | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 19 | 4 | ||||
Total | 43 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 47 | 6 | |||||
Feyenoord | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
2019–20 [c] | Eredivisie | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | 8 [d] | 2 | – | 32 | 7 | |||
2020–21 | Eredivisie | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 [d] | 0 | 2 [e] | 1 | 25 | 5 | ||
2021–22 | Eredivisie | 30 | 12 | 1 | 0 | – | 18 [f] | 11 | – | 49 | 23 | |||
Total | 76 | 20 | 8 | 1 | – | 27 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 113 | 35 | |||
Leeds United | 2022–23 | Premier League | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 7 | ||
2023–24 | Championship | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
Total | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 8 | ||||
Bournemouth (loan) | 2023–24 [g] | Premier League | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 23 | 3 | |||
Bournemouth | 2024–25 | Premier League | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
Total | 32 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 3 | ||||
Career total | 170 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 221 | 53 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Colombia | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 4 | 3 | |
2023 | 4 | 0 | |
2024 | 7 | 2 | |
Total | 18 | 5 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 24 September 2022 | Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
2 | 27 September 2022 | Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, United States | ![]() | 1–2 | 3–2 | |
3 | 2–2 | |||||
4 | 8 June 2024 | Commanders Field, Maryland, United States | ![]() | 4–1 | 5–1 | |
5 | 15 October 2024 | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia | ![]() | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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