Stiwart Acuña

Stiwart Acuña
Personal information
Full name Stiwart Alejando Acuña López
Date of birth (1999-02-06) 6 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Barranquilla, Colombia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Right winger[1]
Team information
Current team
 Barranquilla
Number 19
Youth career
2013–2017 Barranquilla
2018 → Junior (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Barranquilla 140 (29)
2018 → Junior (loan) 1 (0)
2019 → Junior (loan) 5 (0)
2022 → Alianza Petrolera (loan) 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:17, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Stiwart Alejando Acuña López (born 6 February 1999) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a right winger for Categoría Primera B side Barranquilla.

Club career

Barranquilla

Started playing football at the age of 5 in a little school in El Bosque. He then went to Cartagena to play there before moving back to Barranquilla.[2] Acuña arrived at Barranquilla in 2013.[2]

In 2018, Acuña went to Atlético Junior on loan where he mostly played for the clubs U20s. However, he did participate in one game for the A-team, which also was his first game in the Categoría Primera A, on 12 February 2018 against Deportivo Pasto, replacing Sebastián Hernández in the 64th minute.[3] Acuña returned to Barranquilla in the summer 2018. He made a total of 38 games and scored eight goals during the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

In the summer 2019, Acuña was once again loaned out to Atlético Junior, this time together with his teammate, Fabián Ángel, for the rest of the 2019 season.[4] On 28 January 2022, Acuña joined Categoría Primera A club Alianza Petrolera on loan until the end of June 2022.[5]

Personal life

Stiwart Acuña is the nephew of former footballer, Emerson Acuña[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Stiwart Acuña at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b Luis Miranda, de ‘motilón’ a ‘pijao’: fue confirmado como nuevo jugador del Tolima, gol.caracoltv.com, 23 December 2019
  3. ^ Pasto 2 - Junior 0: los refuerzos le dan la victoria al local, colombia.as.com, 12 February 2018
  4. ^ a b Los jugadores llegan a préstamo del Barranquilla FC, equipo de la Segunda División de Colombia, app.juniorfc.co, 12 July 2019
  5. ^ 🗣️Richard Rentería, defensa central y Stiwart Acuña..., facebook.com, 28 January 2022