| Jorge Cuenca | |
| Full Name: | Jorge Cuenca Barreno[1] |
| Birth Date: | 17 November 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Madrid, Spain |
| Position: | Centre-back, left-back |
| Currentclub: | Fulham |
| Clubnumber: | 15 |
| Youthyears1: | 2015–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Alcorcón |
| Years1: | 2017 |
| Caps1: | 8 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2017 |
| Caps2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017–2020 |
| Caps3: | 65 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2018 |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020–2024 |
| Caps5: | 39 |
| Goals5: | 3 |
| Years6: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs6: | → Almería (loan) |
| Caps6: | 35 |
| Goals6: | 3 |
| Years7: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs7: | → Getafe (loan) |
| Caps7: | 32 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2024– |
| Caps8: | 0 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019–2021 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 18:07, 3 August 2024 (UTC) |
Jorge Cuenca Barreno (pronounced as /es/; born 17 November 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Premier League club Fulham.
Born in Madrid, Cuenca joined Alcorcón's youth setup in 2015.[2] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 12 February 2017, starting in a 1–0 Tercera División home win against FC Villanueva del Pardillo.[3]
Cuenca played his first professional match on 10 March 2017, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Elche in the Segunda División.[4] At the age of 17 years and 114 days, he became the youngest player to debut for the club.[2]
On 18 July 2017 Cuenca signed a two-year contract with Barcelona's reserve team Barcelona B, still in the second division, for a fee of €400,000.[5] He featured sparingly for the side during his first season, which ended in relegation.
On 20 October 2018, Cuenca scored his first goal for the club, netting a last-minute equalizer for Barça B in a 1–1 home draw against Villarreal B in the Segunda División B. Eleven days later he made his first-team debut, starting in a 1–0 away success over Cultural Leonesa in the 2018–19 Copa del Rey.[6]
On 15 February 2019, Cuenca renewed his contract with the Catalans until 2021.[7] On 1 September 2019, Cuenca scored the first official goal at the Johan Cruyff Stadium, receiving a commemorative plate.
On 22 September 2020, Barcelona and Villarreal reached an agreement for the transfer of Cuenca, for a fee of €2.5 million plus €4 million in variables; Barça also retained 20% over a future sale.[8] He agreed to a five-year contract with the club, but was immediately loaned to Almería of the second division for a year.[9]
Cuenca scored his first professional goal on 8 November 2020, netting the game's only in an away success over Rayo Vallecano. A regular starter for the Andalusians during the campaign, he scored three times as his side missed out promotion in the play-offs.
On 30 August 2021, Cuenca moved to fellow top-tier side Getafe CF on a one-year loan deal.[10] He made his debut in the category on 13 September in a 1–0 away loss against Elche CF, and scored his first goal on 21 November in a 4–0 home routing of Cádiz CF.
On 3 August 2024, Cuenca signed for Premier League club Fulham.[11]
Due to the isolation of some national team players following the positive COVID-19 test of Sergio Busquets, Spain's under-21 squad were called up for the international friendly against Lithuania on 8 June 2021.[12]
Cuenca's younger brother, David, plays for Real Madrid's youth setup.[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Alcorcón B | 2016–17 | Tercera División | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Alcorcón | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Barcelona B | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 28 | 1 | — | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||||
| 2019–20 | 14 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 65 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 68 | 3 | |||||
| Barcelona | 2018–19 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Villarreal | 2021–22 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Almería (loan) | 2020–21 | La Liga | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 113 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 119 | 6 | |||
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