Víctor Cuesta

Víctor Cuesta
Personal information
Full name	Víctor Leandro Cuesta
Date of birth	19 November 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	La Plata, Argentina
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Independiente
Number	14
Youth career
0000–2008	Arsenal Sarandí
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2014	Arsenal Sarandí
2010–2011	→ Defensa y Justicia (loan)
2013–2014	→ Huracán (loan)
2014–	Independiente
International career‡
2016–	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2016; ‡ 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 Independiente and the Argentina national team as a central defender.

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.

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

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.^[2]

In May 2016, he received his first call up to the senior team as a member of the squad for the Copa América Centenario.^[3] 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

Honours

Arsenal de Sarandí

Huracán

Copa Argentina: 2013–14

References

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

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

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

[3] "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.

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