Carlos Cuesta
Personal information
Full name Carlos Eccehomo Cuesta Figueroa[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-09) 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 116 (3)
International career
2015 Colombia U17 3 (1)
2017–2019 Colombia U20 21 (1)
2021– Colombia 7 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's football
Copa América
Third place2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:13, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

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]

Club career

KRC Genk

On 5 July 2019 Belgian club K.R.C. Genk announced, that they had signed Cuesta on a contract until June 2024.[5]

International career

He made his debut for Colombia national football team on 9 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Chile.[6]

Honours

Atlético Nacional

Genk

References

  1. "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.
  2. "Carlos Cuesta K.R.C. Genk profile". K.R.C. Genk official website (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. Profile at ZeroZero, zerozero.pt
  4. "Carlos Cuesta at Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  5. Carlos Cuesta joins Genk!, krcgenk.be, 5 July 2019
  6. "Colombia v Chile game report". FIFA. 9 September 2021.
  7. "Onuachu with an assist as Genk clinch Belgian Cup title after Standard Liege win". Goal. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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