Gustavo Cuéllar

Gustavo Cuéllar
Personal information
Full name Gustavo Leonardo Cuéllar Gallego
Date of birth (1992-10-14) October 14, 1992
Place of birth Barranquilla, Colombia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Central Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Flamengo
Number 26
Youth career
2008–2009 Deportivo Cali
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2015 Deportivo Cali 118 (2)
2014–2015Junior (loan) 49 (0)
2016– Flamengo 16 (0)
National team
2009 Colombia U17 7 (2)
2011 Colombia U20 5 (0)
2015– Colombia 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June, 2016

Gustavo Cuéllar (born October 14, 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brazilian Série A club Flamengo.[1]

Career

Flamengo

On 20 January 2016 Deportivo Cali confirmed that Cuéllar would be transferred to Brazilian club Flamengo. The transfer fee surrounded the amount of R$8 million for 70% of his economic rights.[2]

International career

Gustavo played for Colombia U17 in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, he appeared in all seven matches and scored two goals, both against Gambia in a 2-2 draw,[3] as the team finished the tournament in fourth place.

He also represented Colombia U20 in the 2011 South American U-20 Championship, he had five appearances and the team finished the tournament in the sixth place.

On 8 September 2015 Gustavo debuted for Colombia as a starter in a 1-1 draw against Peru in Harrison, United States.

Career statistics

Club

As of 16 November 2016
Club Season League Cup Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Deportivo Cali 2009 Primera A 10--------10
2010 120--------120
2011 20060--10--270
2012 37040------410
2013 38230------412
2014 1002050----170
Total 11821505010001392
Junior (loan)
2014 Primera A 150100------250
2015 34090--40--470
Total 490190004000720
Flamengo 2016 Série A 16040--30100330
Total 160400030100330
Career total 183238050801002442

According to combined sources on the Flamengo official website[4] and Flaestatística.[5]

International

As of June 15, 2016[6]
Team Year Apps Goals
Colombia 201510
201610
Total20

International appearances and goals

Honours

Club

Junior

References

  1. "Gustavo Cuellar". Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. "Deportivo Cali confirma venda de Gustavo Cuéllar para o Flamengo". globoesporte.com. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  3. "Gambia vs Colombia match report". FIFA. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  4. Flamengo official website (in Portuguese)
  5. Flaestatística Player Profile (in Portuguese)
  6. Gustavo Cuellar at National-Football-Teams.com
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