Juninho Bacuna

Juninho Bacuna (born 7 August 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for EFL Championship side Huddersfield Town and the Curaçao national football team.

Juninho Bacuna
Juninho Bacuna with Groningen
Personal information
Full name Juninho Bacuna[1]
Date of birth (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997
Place of birth Groningen, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
Huddersfield Town
Number 7
Youth career
–2005 FC Lewenborg
2005–2006 GRC Groningen
2006–2015 Groningen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Groningen 83 (2)
2018– Huddersfield Town 82 (9)
National team
2015–2016 Netherlands U18 2 (0)
2016–2018 Netherlands U20 11 (0)
2018–2019 Netherlands U21 3 (2)
2019– Curaçao 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:28, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Groningen

Bacuna is a Groningen youth exponent. He made his Eredivisie debut on 5 February 2015 against Heracles Almelo replacing Yoell van Nieff after 79 minutes in a 2–2 away draw.[3] He came off the bench to help the Green-White Army win the KNVB Cup in the 2014–15 season against defending champions PEC Zwolle. It was their first major trophy and they qualified for the UEFA Europa League.[4][5]

Huddersfield Town

Bacuna signed for Premier League team Huddersfield Town on 20 June 2018, for an undisclosed fee for three years.[6]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Leandro Bacuna, also a footballer.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 January 2021 [8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[9] League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Groningen 2014–15 Eredivisie 1102000130
2015–16 140101[lower-alpha 1]03[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]0190
2016–17 2410020261
2017–18 3312200353
Total 822521050934
Huddersfield Town 2018–19 Premier League 211101000231
2019–20 Championship 356101000376
2020–21 Championship 211001000221
Total 77820300000828
Career total 159107230105017512
  1. Appearance in the Europa League
  2. Appearance in the Johan Cruyff Shield
  3. Appearance in the Eredivisie European competition play-offs

References

  1. "Premier League clubs publish retained lists". Premier League. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  2. "Juninho Bacuna". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  3. "Heracles Almelo vs. FC Groningen - 5 February 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  4. "Groningen claim first trophy with KNVB Cup triumph". Goal.com. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  5. https://za.soccerway.com/matches/2015/05/03/netherlands/knvb-beker/bvo-fc-zwolle/stichting-fc-groningen/2028581/
  6. "Huddersfield sign Juninho Bacuna from FC Groningen". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  7. "Ook tweede Bacuna wint de beker" [Second Bacuna wins the cup as well] (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  8. Juninho Bacuna at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  9. Includes KNVB Cup, and FA Cup.
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