Juninho Bacuna
Juninho Bacuna (born 7 August 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for EFL Championship side Huddersfield Town and the Curaçao national football team.
 Juninho Bacuna with Groningen | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juninho Bacuna[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Groningen, Netherlands- | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Huddersfield Town | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2005 | FC Lewenborg | ||
| 2005–2006 | GRC Groningen | ||
| 2006–2015 | Groningen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Groningen | 82 | (2) |
| 2018– | Huddersfield Town | 56 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Netherlands U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Netherlands U20 | 11 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Netherlands U21 | 3 | (2) |
| 2019– | Curaçao | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:30, 20 June 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:20, 20 June 2020 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Groningen
Bacuna is a Groningen youth exponent. He made his Eredivisie debut on 5 February 2015 against Heracles Almelo replacing Yoell van Nieff after 79 minutes in a 2–2 away draw.[3] He came off the bench to help the Green-White Army win the KNVB Cup in the 2014–15 season against defending champions PEC Zwolle. It was their first major trophy and they qualified for the UEFA Europa League.[4][5]
Huddersfield Town
Bacuna signed for Premier League team Huddersfield Town on 20 June 2018, for an undisclosed fee for three years.[6]
Personal life
He is the younger brother of Leandro Bacuna, also a footballer.[7]
Career statistics
- As of match played 20 June 2020 [8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[9] | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Groningen | 2014–15 | Eredivisie | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |||||
| 2017–18 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 82 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 4 | |||
| Huddersfield Town | 2018–19 | Premier League | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | Championship | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 | ||
| Total | 56 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 138 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 153 | 11 | ||
- Appearance in the Europa League
- Appearance in the Johan Cruyff Shield
- Appearance in the Eredivisie European competition play-offs
References
- "Premier League clubs publish retained lists". Premier League. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- "Juninho Bacuna". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- "Heracles Almelo vs. FC Groningen - 5 February 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- "Groningen claim first trophy with KNVB Cup triumph". Goal.com. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- https://za.soccerway.com/matches/2015/05/03/netherlands/knvb-beker/bvo-fc-zwolle/stichting-fc-groningen/2028581/
- "Huddersfield sign Juninho Bacuna from FC Groningen". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
- "Ook tweede Bacuna wint de beker" [Second Bacuna wins the cup as well] (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- Juninho Bacuna at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- Includes KNVB Cup, and FA Cup.