Jorge Cuenca

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

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cuenca and the second or maternal family name is Barreno.
Jorge Cuenca
Personal information
Full name Jorge Cuenca Barreno[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-17) 17 November 1999
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Barcelona B
Number 3
Youth career
2015–2017 Alcorcón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Alcorcón B 8 (0)
2017 Alcorcón 5 (0)
2017– Barcelona B 65 (3)
2018– Barcelona 0 (0)
National team‡
2017–2018 Spain U19 7 (0)
2019– Spain U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:22, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2019

Club career

Born in Madrid, Cuenca joined AD Alcorcón's youth setup in 2015.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] At the age of 17 years and 114 days, he became the youngest player to debut for the club.[2]

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.[5]

On 1 September 2019, Cuenca scored the first official goal at the Johan Cruyff Stadium, receiving a commemorative plate.

Personal life

Cuenca's younger brother, David, plays for Real Madrid's youth setup.[6]

Career statistics
As of 8 March 2020[7]
Club League Season League Copa del Rey Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Alcorcón B Tercera División 2016–17 8000—80
Total 8000—80
Alcorcón Segunda División 2016–17 5000—50
Total 5000—50
Barcelona B Segunda División 2017–18 23000—230
Segunda División B 2018–19 28100—281
2019–20 14200—142
Total 653000000653
Barcelona La Liga 2018–19 0010000010
Total 0010000010
Career total 783100000793

    Honours

    Barcelona

    References
    1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 11 de noviembre de 2018, en" [Minutes of the Match held on 11 November 2018, in] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
    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.
    3. "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.
    4. "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.
    5. "Jorge Cuenca reinforces Barça B's defence". FC Barcelona. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
    6. "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.
    7. Jorge Cuenca at Soccerway
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