Carlos Cuesta (footballer)
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| Full name | Carlos Eccehomo Cuesta Figueroa[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 March 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Quibdó, Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Galatasaray | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Nacional[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Atlético Nacional | 61 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2025 | Genk | 151 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Galatasaray | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Colombia U17 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Colombia U20 | 21 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Colombia | 23 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 03:31, 26 March 2025 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Carlos Eccehomo Cuesta Figueroa (9 March 1999) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Colombia national team.[3]
Club career
Genk
On 5 July 2019, Belgian club Genk announced that they had signed Cuesta on a contract until June 2024.[4]
Galatasaray
On 6 February 2025, Cuesta joined Turkish Süper Lig side Galatasaray for a transfer fee of €8.0m.[5][6]
International career
Cuesta made his debut for the Colombia national team on 9 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Chile.[7]
On 14 June 2024, Cuesta was named into 26-man squad for 2024 Copa América.[8] 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 2 March 2025[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | 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[b] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Categoría Primera A | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Categoría Primera A | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[d] | 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[e] | 0 | 1[f] | 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[g] | 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[h] | 0 | — | 42 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| Total | 151 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 182 | 4 | ||
| Galatasaray | 2024–25 | Süper Lig | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[i] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Career total | 214 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 261 | 4 | ||
- ^ Includes Copa Colombia, Belgian Cup
- ^ Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ^ Appearances in Superliga Colombiana
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
- ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, four appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 25 March 2025[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Colombia | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 0 | |
Honours
Atlético Nacional
Genk
Galatasaray
References
- ^ "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 at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "C. Cuesta". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ Carlos Cuesta joins Genk!, krcgenk.be, 5 July 2019
- ^ "Carlos Cuesta Galatasaray'da!". Galatasaray S.K. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "Galatasaray'a hoş geldin Cuesta!". Galatasaray S.K. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "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
- ^ Carlos Cuesta at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Onuachu with an assist as Genk clinch Belgian Cup title after Standard Liege win". Goal. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "TÜRKİYE'NİN İLK VE TEK BEŞ YILDIZLI ŞAMPİYONU GALATASARAY!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ "TÜRKİYE KUPASI 19. KEZ GALATASARAY'IN!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
External links
- Carlos Cuesta at Genk's website
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