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]
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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 | 145 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Colombia U17 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Colombia U20 | 21 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
2021– | Colombia | 21 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:20, 6 September 2024 (UTC) |
Club career
editOn 5 July 2019, Belgian club Genk announced that they had signed Cuesta on a contract until June 2024.[5]
International career
editCuesta 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 he became his replace for the rest of the tournament.
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 3 November 2024[8]
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[a] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
2017 | Categoría Primera A | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||
2018 | Categoría Primera A | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 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[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 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[f] | 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[g] | 0 | — | 42 | 1 | ||
2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||
Total | 145 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 174 | 4 | ||
Career total | 205 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 247 | 4 |
- ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ^ Appearances in Superliga Colombiana
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League, two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
edit- As of match played 6 September 2024
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Colombia | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
2022 | 4 | 0 | |
2023 | 4 | 0 | |
2024 | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 21 | 0 |
Honours
editAtlético Nacional
Genk
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Carlos Cuesta K.R.C. Genk profile". K.R.C. Genk official website (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ Carlos Cuesta at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "C. Cuesta". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ Carlos Cuesta joins Genk!, krcgenk.be, 5 July 2019
- ^ "Colombia v Chile game report". FIFA. 9 September 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Carlos Cuesta at Soccerway
- ^ "Onuachu with an assist as Genk clinch Belgian Cup title after Standard Liege win". Goal. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
External links
edit- Carlos Cuesta at Genk's website