Víctor Cuesta

Víctor Cuesta
	Cuesta playing for Internacional in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Víctor Leandro Cuesta
Date of birth	19 November 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth	La Plata, Argentina
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Bahia
Number	15
Youth career
0000–2008	Arsenal Sarandí
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2014	Arsenal de Sarandí
2010–2011	→ Defensa y Justicia (loan)
2013–2014	→ Huracán (loan)
2014–2016	Independiente
2017–2023	Internacional
2022–2023	→ Botafogo (loan)
2024–	Bahia
International career‡
2016	Argentina Olympic (O.P.)
2016	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:48, 15 March 2023 (UTC); ‡ 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 as a central defender for Bahia.

Club career

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]

International career

Cuesta was chosen as the overage player for the Argentina under-23 squad at the 2016 Olympic tournament in Brazil.^[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


No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	14 June 2016	CenturyLink Field, Seattle, United States	Bolivia	3–0	3–0	Copa America Centenario

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 March 2023.

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		State League		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Defensa y Justicia (loan)	2009–10	Primera B Nacional	17	1	—		—		—		—		17	1
	2010–11	Primera B Nacional	17	1	—		—		—		—		17	1
	Total		34	2	—		—		—		—		34	2
Arsenal de Sarandí	2011–12	Primera División	8	0	2	1	2^[a]	0	—		—		12	1
	2012–13		11	1	1	0	4^[a]	0	—		—		16	1
	2013–14		0	0	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		19	1	4	1	6	0	—		—		29	2
Huracán (loan)	2013–14	Primera B Nacional	33	1	1	0	—		—		—		34	1
Independiente	2014	Primera División	16	1	1	0	—		—		—		17	1
	2015		30	1	2	0	6^[b]	0	—		—		38	1
	2016		15	3	1	0	4^[b]	0	—		—		20	3
	2016–17		12	1	0	0	—		—		—		12	1
	Total		73	6	4	0	10	0	—		—		87	6
Internacional	2017	Série B	27	3	4	0	—		9^[c]	1	—		40	4
	2018	Série A	34	2	6	0	—		7^[c]	0	—		47	2
	2019		31	1	8	0	10^[a]	0	11^[c]	0	—		60	1
	2020		35	1	4	0	10^[a]	0	8^[c]	0	—		53	1
	2021		35	0	2	0	8^[a]	2	9^[c]	0	—		51	1
	2021		0	0	1	0	0	0	11^[c]	0	—		12	0
	Total		162	7	25	0	28	2	46	1	—		261	10
Botafogo (loan)	2022	Série A	29	4	—		—		—		—		29	4
	2023	Série A	0	0	1	0	0	0	8^[d]	1	—		9	1
	Total		29	4	1	0	0	0	8	1	—		38	5
Career total			350	21	35	1	44	2	54	2	0	0	483	26

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
^ ^a ^b Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Appearance(s) in Campeonato Gaúcho.
^ Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.

Honours

Club

Arsenal de Sarandí

Huracán

Copa Argentina: 2013–14

Botafogo

Taça Rio: 2023

International

Argentina

Copa América: Runner-up 2016

Individual

References

^ "Víctor Cuesta, a Independiente; ¿qué pasará con Damián Schmidt y Arsenal?". MundoD (in Spanish). 11 August 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
^ "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). 18 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
^ "Están los 23: Tevez lo verá por televisión y la gran sorpresa es Víctor Cuesta, del Rojo". Infobae (in Spanish). 20 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

External links

Víctor Cuesta at Soccerway

[COL-6] Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.

[COS-7] Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.

[GAU-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Appearance(s) in Campeonato Gaúcho.

[CAR-9] Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.

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

[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). 18 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

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

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