Carlos Cuesta

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Carlos Cuesta
Personnel
Surname Carlos Eccehomo Cuesta Figueroa
birthday March 9, 1999
place of birth Quibdó ,  Colombia
size 179 cm
position Central defense
Juniors
Years station
0000–2016 Atlético Nacional
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2016-2019 Atlético Nacional 61 (0)
2019– KRC Genk 20 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2015 Colombia U17 3 (1)
2017-2019 Colombia U20 21 (1)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 7, 2020

2 As of February 3, 2020

Carlos Eccehomo Cuesta Figueroa (born March 9, 1999 in Quibdó ) is a Colombian football player who has been under contract with the Belgian first division club KRC Genk since July 2019 . The central defender is a former Colombian junior international.

Career

society

Cuesta comes from the youth department of Atlético Nacional in Medellín , where he was promoted to the first team for the 2016 season . He made his debut in the highest Colombian league on July 2, 2016 (1st matchday) in a 3-3 draw against Alianza Petrolera . In his first season he played 15 league games. In the following game year 2017 , at the age of 18, he was already a regular in the central defense of the Verdolagas . He lost this regular place again in the next season in 2018 and only made 11 appearances. By the time he moved in early July 2019, he had played five league games in the 2019 season .

On July 5, 2019, Carlos Cuesta moved to the Belgian first division club KRC Genk for a transfer fee of 3.8 million euros , where he was given a five-year contract. His debut, he played on July 20, 2019 when he and Genk in the match for the Belgian Supercup the KV Mechelen 3: defeated 0th In the league, he initially shuttled between the bank and the starting line-up, but finally established himself in the team of head coach Felice Mazzù in November and later in the month in that of his successor Hannes Wolf . In this 2019/20 season , he played 20 league games.

National team

Having already for the Colombian U17 national team had accrued, he took the U20 in the spring of 2017 at the Under-20 South American Championship in Ecuador , where he was deployed in seven games. Two years later, he led his home country onto the pitch as captain in seven of his nine games at the 2019 U20 South American Championship in Chile . In the summer he took part with the U20s in the U20 World Cup in Poland , where he appeared as captain in all five games in the selection.

successes

KRC Genk

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Profile of Carlos Cuesta In: Soccerway (accessed on February 3, 2020)
  2. ↑ Alianza Petrolera 3-3 Atlético Nacional In: Soccerway from July 2, 2016 (accessed February 3, 2020)
  3. ↑ Carlos Cuesta muy cerca del Genk de Bélgica In: As of June 30, 2019 (accessed on February 3, 2020)
  4. ↑ Carlos Cuesta joins Genk! In: KRC Genk from July 5, 2019 (accessed February 3, 2020)
  5. ↑ Racing Genk haalt Cuesta: De Condé heeft met Colombiaan (20) goud in handen In: Voetbal Primeur of July 7, 2019 (accessed on February 3, 2020)
  6. ↑ Eerste prijs is binnen voor Genk: landskampioen wint Supercup, kapitein Dewaest scoort twee keer (3-0) In: Het Laatste Nieuws of July 20, 2019 (accessed on February 3, 2020)
  7. ↑ a b Carlos Cuesta - performance data 19/20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on February 3, 2020)
  8. ↑ a b c Carlos Cuesta - Colombia U20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on February 3, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Cuesta, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cuesta Figueroa, Carlos Eccehomo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Quibdó , Colombia