José de la Cuesta

José de la Cuesta
Personal information
Full name José Julián de la Cuesta Herrera
Date of birth (1983-02-10) 10 February 1983
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Once Caldas
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Atlético Nacional 41 (5)
2002 Austria Vienna 1 (0)
2002 → Untersiebenbrunn (loan)
2003 Atlético Nacional 7 (0)
2004–2010 Cádiz 83 (6)
2006–2007 → Valladolid (loan) 10 (2)
2010–2011 Albacete 27 (1)
2014–2015 Santa Fe 33 (1)
2016– Once Caldas 8 (1)
National team
2003 Colombia U20 7 (1)
2005–2006 Colombia 8 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 August 2016.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is De la Cuesta and the second or maternal family name is Herrera.

José Julián de la Cuesta Herrera (born 10 February 1983) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Once Caldas as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Medellín, de la Cuesta started playing football with local Atlético Nacional. In January 2004, after an unassuming spell in Austria and a brief return to his first club, he signed with Spain's Cádiz CF, where he would remain for the better part of the following six 1/2 seasons.

With the Andalusia side, de la Cuesta competed in all three major levels of Spanish football. He played 15 games in La Liga in the 2005–06 campaign, which ended in relegation; his best output consisted of 25 matches and one goal in 2007–08, with his team also dropping down a level, now from the second division.

Released by Cádiz in the 2010 summer, de la Cuesta joined another club in the country, Albacete Balompié, having his season curtailed after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury to his left knee[1] and again suffering team relegation from the second level.

International career

De la Cuesta represented Colombia at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates, partnering Pablo Pachón in central defense as the national team finished third.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "José Julián de la Cuesta, con rotura de ligamento, agradece apoyo del Cádiz" [José Julián de la Cuesta, with ruptured ligament, thanks Cádiz support] (in Spanish). El Colombiano. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "La pareja perfecta" [The perfect pair] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 16 December 2003. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  3. ↑ José de la Cuesta – FIFA competition record
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