# Jorge Cuenca

Jorge Cuenca Barreno (Spanish pronunciation:; 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. 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.
Cuenca played his first professional match on 10 March 2017, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Elche in the Segunda División. 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. 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 equalizer 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.
On 15 February 2019, Cuenca renewed his contract with the Catalans until 2021. 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. He agreed to a five-year contract with the club, but was immediately loaned to Almería of the second division for a year.
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. 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

On 3 August 2024, Cuenca signed for Premier League club 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.

## Personal life

Cuenca's younger brother, David, plays for Real Madrid's youth setup.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 25 February 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Alcorcón B | 2016–17 | Tercera División | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 |
| Alcorcón | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 |
| Barcelona B | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 |
| Barcelona B | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 28 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 1 |
| Barcelona B | 2019–20 | Segunda División B | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| Barcelona B | Total | Total | 65 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 68 | 3 |
| Barcelona | 2018–19 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Barcelona | 2019–20 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barcelona | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Almería (loan) | 2020–21 | La Liga | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | 3 |
| Villarreal | 2021–22 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Villarreal | 2022–23 | La Liga | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Villarreal | 2023–24 | La Liga | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| Villarreal | Total | Total | 39 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3 |
| Getafe (loan) | 2021–22 | La Liga | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | 1 |
| Fulham | 2024–25 | Premier League | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 189 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 220 | 10 |
* ↑ Three appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

## Honours

Barcelona
* UEFA Youth League: 2017–18
Individual
* UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2021