Gustavo Cuéllar

Gustavo Cuéllar is the unglamorous engine I tend to root for. Born in Barranquilla, that sweltering, football-mad stretch of Colombia's coast, he became a defensive midfielder whose value lives in the work nobody applauds: breaking up play, screening the back line, recycling possession. He earned his place with the Colombia national team on graft, not highlight reels. Anchors like him don't trend on social media, but every coherent team is built on one. I have a soft spot for the holding role precisely because it's thankless, and Cuéllar plays it with the steady discipline that quietly wins matches.

Name (English)

Gustavo Cuéllar

Name (Japanese)

グスタボ・クエジャル

Reading

ぐすたぼ・くえじゃる

Born

October 14, 1992 (age 33)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

Origin

Barranquilla, Atlántico Department, Colombia

Height

2 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gustavocuellaroficial/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB

Tags

• Atlántico Department
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.