Christian Cueva
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| Full name | Christian Alberto Cueva Bravo | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 November 1991 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Trujillo, Peru | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Winger | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Toluca | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||
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| Universidad San Martín | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2012 | Universidad San Martín | 120 | (19) | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | Universidad César Vallejo | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Unión Española | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Alianza Lima | 19 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2015– | Toluca | 33 | (3) | ||||||||||||
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| 2011 | Peru U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2011– | Peru | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 April 2016. | |||||||||||||||
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Christian Alberto Cueva Bravo (born 23 November 1991) is a Peruvian international footballer who plays professionally for Mexican club Toluca, as a winger. He was a member of the Peru national football team that finished in third place at the 2015 Copa América.
Career
Club
Cueva spent his early career in his native Peru with Universidad San Martín and Universidad César Vallejo.[1][2] In January 2013 he was close to signing for Brazilian club Ponte Preta,[3] but later that month he moved to Chilean club Union Española.[4]
He signed on loan for Spanish club Rayo Vallecano in August 2013.[5]
He returned to Peru with Alianza Lima in 2014.[2]
He signed for Mexican club Toluca in July 2015.[6]
International
He made his international debut for Peru in 2011.[1] He was included in Peru's squad for the 2015 Copa América, scoring the team's opening goal of the tournament in a 2–1 loss to Brazil.[7]
International goals
- Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first:
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 14 June 2015 | Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco, Chile |  Brazil | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2015 Copa América[7] |
Honours
Individual
References
- 1 2 "Christian Cueva". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- 1 2 Christian Cueva profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ↑ "Christian Cueva jugará al lado de Ramírez en el Ponte Preta de Brasil" (in Spanish). elcomercio.pe. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ "Unión Española oficializó el fichaje de Gustavo Canales y Christian Cueva" (in Spanish). cooperativa.cl. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ↑ "El centrocampista peruano Christian Cueva, nuevo jugador del Rayo" (in Spanish). Marca.com. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ↑ http://elcomercio.pe/deporte-total/peruanos-en-el-mundo/christian-cueva-toluca-voy-entregar-todo-club-noticia-1826946
- 1 2 "Brazil 2-1 Peru". BBC. 15 June 2015.
- ↑ "Copa América 2015 - Team of the tournament". Retrieved 1 January 2016.
External links
- Official website (Spanish)
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