Jorge Cuenca

Jorge Cuenca
Personal information
Full name Jorge Cuenca Barreno
Date of birth (1999-11-17) 17 November 1999
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona B
Youth career
2015–2017 Alcorcón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Alcorcón B 8 (0)
2017 Alcorcón 5 (0)
2017– Barcelona B 7 (0)
National team‡
2017–2018 Spain U19 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2018

Jorge Cuenca Barreno (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe ˈkwenka]; born 17 November 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for FC Barcelona B as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Madrid, Cuenca joined AD Alcorcón's youth setup in 2015.[1] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 12 February 2017, starting in a 1–0 Tercera División home win against FC Villanueva del Pardillo.[2]

Cuenca played his first professional match on 10 March 2017, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Elche CF for the Segunda División championship.[3] At the age of 17 years and 114 days, he became the youngest player to debut for the club.[1]

On 18 July 2017 Cuenca signed a two-year contract with another reserve team, FC Barcelona B still in the second division, for a fee of €400,000.[4]

Personal life

Cuenca's younger brother, David, plays for Real Madrid's youth setup.[5]

Honours

Club

Barcelona

References

  1. 1 2 "Jorge Cuenca, el debutante más joven del Alcorcón, es pretendido por media Europa" [Jorge Cuenca, the youngest debutant of Alcorcón, is targeted by half Europe] (in Spanish). Al Cabo de la Calle. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "ADA B | Triunfo vital con un gol de Jacobo" [ADA B | Vital triumph with a goal from Jacobo] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Al Elche no le vale con sólo diez minutos de fútbol" [Only ten minutes of football not worth it for Elche] (in Spanish). Marca. 10 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Jorge Cuenca reinforces Barça B's defence". FC Barcelona. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Jorge Cuenca y Alejandro Ramos: Con sus hermanos en el Madrid... ¡fichan por el Barça!" [Jorge Cuenca and Alejandro Ramos: With their brothers at Madrid... they sign for Barça!] (in Spanish). Sport. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
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