Jorge Cuenca Barreno (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe ˈkweŋka]; born 17 November 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Premier League club Fulham.
 Cuenca with Fulham in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Cuenca Barreno[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 November 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fulham | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2017 | Alcorcón | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Alcorcón B | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | Alcorcón | 5 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Barcelona B | 65 | (3) |
| 2018 | Barcelona | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2024 | Villarreal | 39 | (3) |
| 2020–2021 | → Almería (loan) | 35 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | → Getafe (loan) | 32 | (1) |
| 2024– | Fulham | 4 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Spain U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Spain U21 | 12 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:41, 14 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editAlcorcón
editBorn in Madrid, Cuenca joined Alcorcón's youth setup in 2015.[2] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 12 February 2017, starting in a 1–0 Tercera División home win against FC Villanueva del Pardillo.[3]
Cuenca played his first professional match on 10 March 2017, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Elche in the Segunda División.[4] At the age of 17 years and 114 days, he became the youngest player to debut for the club.[2]
Barcelona
editOn 18 July 2017 Cuenca signed a two-year contract with Barcelona's reserve team Barcelona B, still in the second division, for a fee of €400,000.[5] He featured sparingly for the side during his first season, which ended in relegation.
On 20 October 2018, Cuenca scored his first goal for the club, netting a last-minute equalizer for Barça B in a 1–1 home draw against Villarreal B in the Segunda División B. Eleven days later he made his first-team debut, starting in a 1–0 away success over Cultural Leonesa in the 2018–19 Copa del Rey.[6]
On 15 February 2019, Cuenca renewed his contract with the Catalans until 2021.[7] On 1 September 2019, Cuenca scored the first official goal at the Johan Cruyff Stadium, receiving a commemorative plate.
Villarreal
editOn 22 September 2020, Barcelona and Villarreal reached an agreement for the transfer of Cuenca, for a fee of €2.5 million plus €4 million in variables; Barça also retained 20% over a future sale.[8] He agreed to a five-year contract with the club, but was immediately loaned to Almería of the second division for a year.[9]
Cuenca scored his first professional goal on 8 November 2020, netting the game's only in an away success over Rayo Vallecano. A regular starter for the Andalusians during the campaign, he scored three times as his side missed out promotion in the play-offs.
On 30 August 2021, Cuenca moved to fellow top-tier side Getafe CF on a one-year loan deal.[10] He made his debut in the category on 13 September in a 1–0 away loss against Elche CF, and scored his first goal on 21 November in a 4–0 home routing of Cádiz CF.
Fulham
editOn 3 August 2024, Cuenca signed for Premier League club Fulham.[11]
International career
editDue to the isolation of some national team players following the positive COVID-19 test of Sergio Busquets, Spain's under-21 squad were called up for the international friendly against Lithuania on 8 June 2021.[12]
Personal life
editCuenca's younger brother, David, plays for Real Madrid's youth setup.[13]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 14 December 2024[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Alcorcón B | 2016–17 | Tercera División | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Alcorcón | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Barcelona B | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 28 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||||
| 2019–20 | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | 3[a] | 0 | 17 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 65 | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 68 | 3 | |||||
| Barcelona | 2018–19 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Almería (loan) | 2020–21 | La Liga | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 37 | 3 | |||
| Villarreal | 2021–22 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 10[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 5[c] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | |||
| Total | 39 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3 | |||
| Getafe (loan) | 2021–22 | La Liga | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 1 | |||
| Fulham | 2024–25 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 188 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 217 | 10 | ||
- ^ Three appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
editBarcelona
Individual
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2021[16]
References
edit- ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 11 de noviembre de 2018, en" [Minutes of the Match held on 11 November 2018, in] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Jorge Cuenca, el debutante más joven del Alcorcón, es pretendido por media Europa" [Jorge Cuenca, the youngest debutant of Alcorcón, is targeted by half Europe] (in Spanish). Al Cabo de la Calle. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "ADA B | Triunfo vital con un gol de Jacobo" [ADA B | Vital triumph with a goal from Jacobo] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Al Elche no le vale con sólo diez minutos de fútbol" [Only ten minutes of football not worth it for Elche] (in Spanish). Marca. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Jorge Cuenca reinforces Barça B's defence". FC Barcelona. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "From the US Tour to their first team debuts". FC Barcelona. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "Jorge Cuenca renueva hasta 2021" [Jorge Cuenca renews until 2021] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ "Acuerdo con el Villarreal para el traspaso de Jorge Cuenca" [Agreement with Villarreal for the transfer of Jorge Cuenca] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ "Jorge Cuenca, a signing with a Yellow childhood". Villarreal CF. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ "Jorge Cuenca joins Getafe on loan". Villarreal CF. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Fulham sign Spanish defender Cuenca from Villarreal". BBC Sport. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Oficial | Lista de convocados para el encuentro ante Lituania" [Official | Squad list for the match against Lithuania]. Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). 6 June 2021. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Jorge Cuenca y Alejandro Ramos: Con sus hermanos en el Madrid... ¡fichan por el Barça!" [Jorge Cuenca and Alejandro Ramos: With their brothers at Madrid... they sign for Barça!] (in Spanish). Sport. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ Jorge Cuenca at Soccerway
- ^ "Chelsea 0–3 Barcelona". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Under-21 EURO Squad of the Tournament". UEFA. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
External links
edit- Jorge Cuenca at BDFutbol
- Jorge Cuenca at Soccerway
- Jorge Cuenca – UEFA competition record (archive)
