Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Carlos Eccehomo Cuesta Figueroa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 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 | 138 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2015 | Colombia U17 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Colombia U20 | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2021– | Colombia | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:13, 26 March 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.[4]
On 5 July 2019 Belgian club K.R.C. Genk announced that they had signed Cuesta on a contract until June 2024.[5]
He made his debut for Colombia national football team on 9 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Chile.[6]
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[a] | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
2017 | Categoría Primera A | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||
2018 | Categoría Primera A | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 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[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 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[f] | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | ||
2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | ||
2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8[g] | 0 | — | 39 | 1 | ||
Total | 138 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 166 | 3 | ||
Career total | 198 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 239 | 3 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Colombia | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
2022 | 4 | 0 | |
2023 | 4 | 0 | |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 14 | 0 |
Atlético Nacional
Genk