Víctor Cuesta

Víctor Cuesta
	Cuesta playing for Internacional in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Víctor Leandro Cuesta
Date of birth	19 November 1988
Place of birth	La Plata, Argentina
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Internacional
Number	15
Youth career
0000–2008	Arsenal Sarandí
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 August 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 June 2016

Víctor Leandro Cuesta (born 19 November 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Internacional and the Argentina national team as a central defender.

Club career

Cuesta in 2015

Born in La Plata, Cuesta joined Arsenal Sarandí as a youth player, progressing to the senior team in 2008. Struggling to get first team action, he was loaned to Defensa y Justicia in January 2010, playing at the time in the Nacional B. He made 34 appearances and scored 2 goals during his one-and-a-half-year stint at the club.

Cuesta returned to Arsenal in 2011 and was part of the squad that won the 2012 Clausura, the 2012 Supercopa and the 2012–13 Copa Argentina, being used mainly as a substitute and making 19 appearances over two seasons. In 2013, he was loaned to Huracán and there enjoyed a successful spell, winning the Copa Argentina as a starter.

Independiente

In 2014, after 6 years contracted to Arsenal, Cuesta transferred to Independiente for $1 million.[1]

Internacional

On 2 March 2017 Internacional signed Cuesta from Independiente. The Brazilian club paid a $0.5 million fee for 50% of his rights with clauses that could raise the total fee to $2.5 million.[2]

Cuesta was a key member in the 2017 Brazilian Série B campaign, helping Internacional finishing in second place returning to Brazilian top level Série A.

In the following year he was selected to the Bola de Prata and 2018 Série A team of the year.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 December 2019.

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arsenal Sarandí	2011–12	Primera División	8	0	2	1	2	0	—		12	1
	2012–13		11	1	1	0	4	0	—		16	1
	2013–14		0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		19	1	4	1	6	0	0	0	29	2
Defensa y Justicia (loan)	2009–10	Primera División	17	1	—		—		—		17	1
	2010–11	Primera División	17	1	—		—		—		17	1
	Total		34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	2
Huracán (loan)	2013–14	Primera División	33	1	1	0	—		—		34	1
Independiente	2014		16	1	1	0	—		—		17	1
	2015		30	1	2	0	6	0	—		38	1
	2016		15	3	1	0	4	0	3	2	23	5
	2016–17		12	1	0	0	—		2	0	14	1
	Total		73	6	4	0	10	0	5	2	92	8
Internacional	2017	Série B	27	3	4	0	—		9	1	40	4
	2018	Série A	19	2	6	0	—		7	0	32	2
	2019	Série A	31	1	8	0	10	0	11	0	60	1
	Total		77	6	18	0	10	0	27	1	132	7
Career total			236	16	27	1	26	0	32	3	321	20

International career

In April 2016, Cuesta was included by Gerardo Martino in the preliminary list for the Olympic squad that will be playing in Rio.[4]

In May 2016, he received his first call up to the senior team as a member of the squad for the Copa América Centenario.[5] He made his debut on 27 May 2016, coming off the bench in a 1-0 win against Honduras.

International goals


Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref
1.	14 June 2016	CenturyLink Field, Seattle, United States	Bolivia	3–0	3–0	Copa America Centenario

Honours

Club

Arsenal de Sarandí

Huracán

Copa Argentina: 2013–14

Individual

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References

"Víctor Cuesta, a Independiente; ¿qué pasará con Damián Schmidt y Arsenal?". MundoD (in Spanish). 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
"Inter anuncia contratação do zagueiro Victor Cuesta, do Independiente" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
"Palmeiras e Internacional dominam a seleção do Brasileirão 2018; veja os 11 escolhidos" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
"Martino entregó una lista preliminar de 57 jugadores para los Juegos Olímpicos 2016". Infobae (in Spanish). 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
"Están los 23: Tevez lo verá por televisión y la gran sorpresa es Víctor Cuesta, del Rojo". Infobae (in Spanish). 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2016-05-26.

External links

Víctor Cuesta at Soccerway

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[1] "Víctor Cuesta, a Independiente; ¿qué pasará con Damián Schmidt y Arsenal?". MundoD (in Spanish). 2014-08-11. Retrieved 2016-05-26.

[2] "Inter anuncia contratação do zagueiro Victor Cuesta, do Independiente" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

[3] "Palmeiras e Internacional dominam a seleção do Brasileirão 2018; veja os 11 escolhidos" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

[4] "Martino entregó una lista preliminar de 57 jugadores para los Juegos Olímpicos 2016". Infobae (in Spanish). 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-05-26.

[5] "Están los 23: Tevez lo verá por televisión y la gran sorpresa es Víctor Cuesta, del Rojo". Infobae (in Spanish). 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2016-05-26.