Andrés Cuenca
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| Full name | Andrés Cuenca Cejudo[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 June 2007[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Adamuz, Spain[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Sporting Gijón (on loan from Barcelona B) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Avejoe | |||||||||||||||||
| Villafranca | |||||||||||||||||
| Córdoba | |||||||||||||||||
| Sevilla | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2025 | Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Barcelona B | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Barcelona | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | → Sporting Gijón (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Spain U15 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Spain U16 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Spain U17 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Spain U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Spain U19 | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Spain U20 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:50, 11 October 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Andrés Cuenca Cejudo (born 11 June 2007) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Segunda División team Sporting de Gijón, on loan from FC Barcelona.[3]
Club career
Born in Adamuz, Córdoba, Andalusia,[4] in 2019, Cuenca joined the youth academy of Spanish La Liga side Barcelona,[5] where he was regarded as one of the club's most important players.[6] On 1 October 2024, Cuenca made his senior debut for Barcelona in a UEFA Champions League league phase match against Young Boys, coming off the bench to replace Iñigo Martínez in the 84th minute.[7]
On 2 February 2026, Cuenca renewed his contract until 2027, and was loaned out to Segunda División club Sporting de Gijón.[8]
International career
Cuenca represented Spain internationally at the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[9] In 2024 he represented Spain's U17 side in the 2023 European U17 Championship. Spain were knocked out in the group stage, but Cuenca played in two of the three group matches.
Style of play
Cuenca mainly operates as a defender and has been described as a "left-footed center-back with a more than clean ball output".[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 22 December 2024
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Barcelona Atlètic | 2024–25 | Primera Federación | 19 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Segunda Federación | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Barcelona | 2024–25 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
Honours
Barcelona
Spain U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2025[12]
References
- ^ a b c "FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile 2025™ Squad List: Spain (ESP)" (PDF). FIFA. 27 September 2025. p. 22.
- ^ Andrés Cuenca at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Andrés Cuenca, el central zurdo que enamora a los amantes de La Masia". sport.es. 24 September 2023.
- ^ "Así es Andrés Cuenca: «Se le siguen viendo cosas que ya tenía de pequeñito»" [This is Andrés Cuenca: "They keep seeing things in him since he was little"] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 30 January 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ "Andrés Cuenca, el central que siguen Barça y Real Madrid". eldesmarque.com. 15 June 2019.
- ^ "Andrés Cuenca, la promesa cordobesa que ya deslumbra con España". eldiario.es. 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Andrés Cuenca makes his Barça debut". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
- ^ "Andrés Cuenca, contract extended to 2027 and loaned to Sporting Gijón". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ "Andrés Cuenca - Relevo article". 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Andrés Cuenca - Mundo Deportivo article". 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Record third Youth League title". FC Barcelona. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
- ^ "Spain vs Netherlands – UEFA Under-19 Championship 2025". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
External links
- Andrés Cuenca at BDFutbol