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| Full name | Carlos Eccehomo Cuesta Figueroa | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Quibdó, Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Genk | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Atlético Nacional | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Atlético Nacional | 61 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Genk | 151 | (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 18 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:20, 6 September 2024 (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.
Club career
On 5 July 2019, Belgian club Genk announced that they had signed Cuesta on a contract until June 2024.
International career
Cuesta made his debut for the Colombia national team on 9 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Chile.
On 14 June 2024, Cuesta was named into 26-man squad for 2024 Copa América. 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 18 January 2025
| 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 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Categoría Primera A | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Categoría Primera A | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 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 | 0 | — | 42 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Total | 151 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 181 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 211 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 254 | 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
- 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
Atlético Nacional
Genk
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 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
- Carlos Cuesta at Genk's website
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Quibdó
- Colombian men's footballers
- Colombia men's under-20 international footballers
- Colombia men's youth international footballers
- 21st-century Colombian sportsmen
- Colombia men's international footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- Categoría Primera A players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Atlético Nacional footballers
- K.R.C. Genk players
- 2021 Copa América players
- 2024 Copa América players
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
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