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	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
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Groningen	2014–15	Eredivisie	11	0	2	0	—				0	0	13	0
	2015–16		14	0	1	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	3[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]	0	19	0
	2016–17		24	1	0	0	—				2	0	26	1
	2017–18		33	1	2	2	—				0	0	35	3
	Total		82	2	5	2	—		1	0	5	0	93	4
Huddersfield Town	2018–19	Premier League	21	1	1	0	1	0	—		0	0	23	1
	2019–20	Championship	35	6	1	0	1	0	—		0	0	37	6
	2020–21	Championship	21	1	0	0	1	0	—		0	0	22	1
	Total		77	8	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	82	8
Career total			159	10	7	2	3	0	1	0	5	0	175	12

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.