Juninho Bacuna

Juninho Bacuna
Bacuna with Groningen in 2018
Personal information
Full name Juninho Bacuna[1]
Date of birth (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Groningen, Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al-Wehda
Number 10
Youth career
FC Lewenborg
2005–2006 GRC Groningen
2006–2015 Groningen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Groningen 82 (2)
2018–2021 Huddersfield Town 102 (12)
2021–2022 Rangers 6 (1)
2022–2024 Birmingham City 105 (11)
2024– Al-Wehda 8 (1)
International career‡
2015–2016 Netherlands U18 2 (0)
2016–2018 Netherlands U20 11 (0)
2018–2019 Netherlands U21 3 (2)
2019– Curaçao 33 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:57, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:04, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Juninho Bacuna (born 7 August 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Wehda. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Curaçao national team.

Bacuna began his career in his native Netherlands with Groningen before moving to English football with Huddersfield Town. After one season in the Premier League and two in the second-tier Championship, he spent six months with Scottish Premiership club Rangers and then returned to English football with Birmingham City in 2022. He left for Al-Wehda in 2024. In international football, he played for the Netherlands up to under-21 level before switching in 2019 to represent Curaçao, for which he qualified by descent.

  1. ^ "Premier League clubs publish retained lists". Premier League. 7 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Juninho Bacuna". Huddersfield Town AFC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2018.