Kevin Balanta

{{short description|Colombian footballer (born 1997)}}

{{family name hatnote|Balanta|Lucumí|lang=Spanish}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kevin Balanta

| image = Kevin Balanta Rio 2016.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Balanta with Colombia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

| fullname = Kevin Alexander Balanta Lucumí

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|4|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = El Palmar, Colombia

| height = 1.83 m[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/kevin-balanta Kevin Balanta] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816175548/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/kevin-balanta |date=2016-08-16 }}. rio2016.com

| currentclub = Defensa y Justicia
(on loan from Tijuana)

| clubnumber = 30

| position = Defensive midfielder

| years1 = 2014–2018 | clubs1 = Deportivo Cali |caps1 = 93 |goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2019–2020 | clubs2 = Tijuana |caps2 = 31 |goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2021–2023 | clubs3 = Querétaro |caps3 = 48 |goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2023– | clubs4 = Tijuana |caps4 = 45 |goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = → Defensa y Justicia (loan) |caps5 = 1 |goals5 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2013

| nationalteam1 = Colombia U17

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2017

| nationalteam2 = Colombia U20

| nationalcaps2 = 7

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2015–2020

| nationalteam3 = Colombia Olympic

| nationalcaps3 = 10

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2015–

| nationalteam4 = Colombia

| nationalcaps4 = 1

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| pcupdate = 11 February 2025

| nationalteam-update = 12 February 2017

}}

Kevin Alexander Balanta Lucumí (born 28 April 1997) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and centre-back for Defensa y Justicia, on loan from Liga MX club Tijuana.