Andrés Cuenca
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrés Cuenca Cejudo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 June 2007 | ||
| Place of birth | Adamuz, Spain[1] | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Barcelona B | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Avejoe | |||
| Villafranca | |||
| Córdoba | |||
| Sevilla | |||
| 2019– | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | Barcelona B | 15 | (0) |
| 2024– | Barcelona | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Spain U15 | 6 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Spain U16 | 6 | (1) |
| 2023 | Spain U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2023 | Spain U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2024– | Spain U19 | 6 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:36, 23 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:36, 23 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Andrés Cuenca Cejudo (born 11 June 2007) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a centre-back for Barcelona Atlètic.[2]
Club career
[edit]Born in Adamuz, Córdoba, Andalusia,[3][citation needed] in 2019, Cuenca joined the youth academy of Spanish La Liga side Barcelona, where he was regarded as one of the club's most important players.[4] On October 1, 2024, Cuenca made his senior debut for Barcelona in an UEFA Champions League match against Swiss club Young Boys subbing in for Iñigo Martínez in the 84th minute.[5]
International career
[edit]Cuenca represented Spain internationally at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[6] In 2024 he represented Spain's U17 side in the 2023 European U17 Championship. Spain were knocked out in the group stage, but Cuenca played in two of the three group matches.
Style of play
[edit]Cuenca mainly operates as a defender and has been described as a "left-handed center back with a more than clean ball output".[7]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 22 December 2024
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona Atlètic | 2024–25 | Primera Federación | 15 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Barcelona | 2024–25 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Andrés Cuenca at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Andrés Cuenca, el central zurdo que enamora a los amantes de La Masia". sport.es. 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Andrés Cuenca, el central que siguen Barça y Real Madrid". eldesmarque.com. 15 June 2019.
- ^ "Andrés Cuenca, la promesa cordobesa que ya deslumbra con España". eldiario.es. 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Andrés Cuenca makes his Barça debut". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Andrés Cuenca - Relevo article". 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Andrés Cuenca - Mundo Deportivo article". 4 May 2023.