Jorge Cuenca
{{short description|Spanish footballer (born 1999)}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2025}}
{{family name hatnote|Cuenca|Barreno|lang=Spanish}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jorge Cuenca
| image = Jorge Cuenca 24082024.jpg
| caption = Cuenca with Fulham in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|11|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Madrid, Spain
| height =
| position = Centre-back, left-back
| currentclub = Fulham
| clubnumber = 15
| youthyears1 = 2015–2017
| youthclubs1 = Alcorcón
| years1 = 2017
| clubs1 = Alcorcón B
| caps1 = 8
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2017
| clubs2 = Alcorcón
| caps2 = 5
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2017–2020
| clubs3 = Barcelona B
| caps3 = 65
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2018
| clubs4 = Barcelona
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2020–2024
| clubs5 = Villarreal
| 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–
| clubs8 = Fulham
| caps8 = 8
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2017–2018
| nationalteam1 = Spain U19
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2019–2021
| nationalteam2 = Spain U21
| nationalcaps2 = 12
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 18:01, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update =
}}
Jorge Cuenca Barreno ({{IPA|es|ˈxoɾxe ˈkweŋka}}; born 17 November 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Premier League club Fulham.
Club career
=Alcorcón=
Born in Madrid, Cuenca joined Alcorcón's youth setup in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.alcabodelacalle.com/article/jorge-cuenca-debutante-mas-joven-del-alcorcon-es-pretendido-por-media-europa|title=Jorge Cuenca, el debutante más joven del Alcorcón, es pretendido por media Europa|trans-title=Jorge Cuenca, the youngest debutant of Alcorcón, is targeted by half Europe|publisher=Al Cabo de la Calle|language=es|date=15 March 2017|accessdate=20 March 2017}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.adalcorcon.com/noticia/ada-b-triunfo-vital-con-un-gol-de-jacobo|title=ADA B {{!}} Triunfo vital con un gol de Jacobo|trans-title=ADA B {{!}} Vital triumph with a goal from Jacobo|publisher=AD Alcorcón|language=es|date=12 February 2017|accessdate=20 March 2017}}
Cuenca played his first professional match on 10 March 2017, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Elche in the Segunda División.{{cite web|url=http://www.marca.com/futbol/segunda-division/2017/03/10/58c315f2ca47414f638b462b.html|title=Al Elche no le vale con sólo diez minutos de fútbol|trans-title=Only ten minutes of football not worth it for Elche|work=Marca|language=es|date=10 March 2017|accessdate=20 March 2017}} At the age of 17 years and 114 days, he became the youngest player to debut for the club.
=Barcelona=
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/barca-b/news/2017-2018/jorge-cuenca-reinforces-barca-b-s-defence|title=Jorge Cuenca reinforces Barça B's defence|publisher=FC Barcelona|date=18 July 2017|accessdate=18 July 2017}} 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 equaliser 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.{{cite web|title=From the US Tour to their first team debuts|trans-title=|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/news/2018-2019/american-tour-usa-first-team-debut-copa-del-rey-orge-cuenca-chumi-juan-miranda|publisher=FC Barcelona|accessdate=3 November 2018|date=1 November 2018}}
On 15 February 2019, Cuenca renewed his contract with the Catalans until 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20190215/46475236852/fc-barcelona-barca-jorge-cuenca-renovacion.html|title=Jorge Cuenca renueva hasta 2021|trans-title=Jorge Cuenca renews until 2021|work=Mundo Deportivo|language=es|date=15 February 2019|accessdate=22 September 2020}} On 1 September 2019, Cuenca scored the first official goal at the Johan Cruyff Stadium, receiving a commemorative plate.
=Villarreal=
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.es/es/futbol/barca-b/noticias/1837834/acuerdo-con-el-villarreal-para-el-traspaso-de-jorge-cuenca|title=Acuerdo con el Villarreal para el traspaso de Jorge Cuenca|trans-title=Agreement with Villarreal for the transfer of Jorge Cuenca|publisher=FC Barcelona|language=es|date=22 September 2020|accessdate=22 September 2020}} He agreed to a five-year contract with the club, but was immediately loaned to Almería of the second division for a year.{{cite web|url=https://villarrealcf.es/en/news/item/28562-jorge-cuenca-a-signing-with-a-yellow-childhood|title=Jorge Cuenca, a signing with a Yellow childhood|publisher=Villarreal CF|date=21 September 2020|accessdate=22 September 2020}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://villarrealcf.es/en/news/item/31587-jorge-cuenca-joins-getafe-on-loan|title=Jorge Cuenca joins Getafe on loan|publisher=Villarreal CF|date=30 August 2021|accessdate=30 August 2021}} 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.
=Fulham=
International career
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.{{cite news |url=https://sefutbol.com/oficial-lista-convocados-encuentro-lituania |title=Oficial {{!}} Lista de convocados para el encuentro ante Lituania |trans-title=Official {{!}} Squad list for the match against Lithuania |work=Royal Spanish Football Federation |date=6 June 2021 |access-date=7 June 2021 |language=es |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008070336/https://sefutbol.com/oficial-lista-convocados-encuentro-lituania |url-status=dead }}
Personal life
Cuenca's younger brother, David, plays for Real Madrid's youth setup.{{cite web|url=https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/con-sus-hermanos-madrid-fichan-por-barca-6177596|title=Jorge Cuenca y Alejandro Ramos: Con sus hermanos en el Madrid... ¡fichan por el Barça!|trans-title=Jorge Cuenca and Alejandro Ramos: With their brothers at Madrid... they sign for Barça!|work=Sport|language=es|date=20 July 2017|access-date=29 May 2018}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 25 May 2025}}{{Soccerway|jorge-cuenca-barreno/485662}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||||
| Alcorcón B | 8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | |||
| Alcorcón | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Barcelona B
|Segunda División | 23 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19
|rowspan="2"|Segunda División B | 28 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 14 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3{{efn|name=POT|Three appearances in Segunda División B play-offs}} | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total | 65 | 3 | colspan="2"| — || colspan="2" |— | colspan="2"| — | 3 | 0 | 68 | 3 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Barcelona
|rowspan="2"|La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Almería (loan)
|La Liga | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Villarreal
|rowspan="3"|La Liga | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23
|10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 10{{efn|name=UECL|Appearances in UEFA Conference League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 2023–24
|29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 5{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!39 | 3 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3 | |
| Getafe (loan)
|La Liga |32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 1 | |||
| Fulham
|8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!192 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 223 | 10 |
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Honours
References
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External links
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Category:Footballers from Madrid
Category:Spanish men's footballers
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:AD Alcorcón B players
Category:AD Alcorcón footballers
Category:FC Barcelona Atlètic players
Category:Villarreal CF players
Category:Getafe CF footballers
Category:Segunda División players
Category:Segunda División B players
Category:Tercera División players
Category:Spain men's youth international footballers
Category:Spain men's under-21 international footballers