Full name Víctor Leandro Cuesta Playing position 0000–2008 Arsenal Sarandí Weight 84 kg | Place of birth La Plata, Argentina Number TBA Height 1.87 m Career start 2009 | |
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Date of birth (1988-11-19) 19 November 1988 (age 28) Current teams Argentina national football team, Sport Club Internacional (#15 / Defender) Similar Nicolás Tagliafico, Martín Benítez, Emiliano Rigoni, Jorge Ortiz, Diego Vera Profiles |
Víctor Leandro Cuesta (born 19 November 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Internacional and the Argentina national team as a central defender.
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Club career
Born in La Plata, Cuesta joined Arsenal Sarandí as a youth player, progressing to the senior team in 2008. Struggling to get first team action, he was loaned to Defensa y Justicia in January 2010, playing at the time in the Nacional B. He made 34 appearances and scored 2 goals during his one-and-a-half-year stint at the club.
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Cuesta returned to Arsenal in 2011 and was part of the squad that won the 2012 Clausura, the 2012 Supercopa and the 2012–13 Copa Argentina, being used mainly as a substitute and making 19 appearances over two seasons. In 2013, he was loaned to Huracán and there enjoyed a successful spell, winning the Copa Argentina as a starter.
In 2014, after 6 years contracted to Arsenal, Cuesta transferred to Independiente for $1 million.
International career
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In April 2016, Cuesta was included by Gerardo Martino in the preliminary list for the Olympic squad that will be playing in Rio.
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In May 2016, he received his first call up to the senior team as a member of the squad for the Copa América Centenario. He made his debut on 27 May 2016, coming off the bench in a 1-0 win against Honduras.
Honours
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![Víctor Cuesta Xolos va por el defensa de Independiente Vctor Cuesta Grupo Milenio](https://alchetron.com/cdn/vctor-cuesta-d23f408e-877d-48fe-beae-7216163f733-resize-750.jpeg)