Jhon Janer Lucumí Bonilla (born 26 June 1998) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Bologna.
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Full name | Jhon Janer Lucumí Bonilla | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1998-06-26) 26 June 1998 (age 24) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cali, Colombia | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Bologna | |||||||||||||||
Number | 26 | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Deportivo Cali | 54 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018–2022 | Genk | 91 | (2) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Bologna | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | Colombia U17 | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019– | Colombia | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 |
A youth product of hometown club Deportivo Cali, Lucumí made his professional football debut with the first team in 2015. After three years with the club, he transferred to Belgian Pro League side K.R.C. Genk, where he achieved a league title along with the Belgian Super Cup in his first season. In 2021, Lucumí won the Belgian Cup before moving to Serie A to play for Bologna the following year.
At youth level, Lucumí was part of the Colombia U-17 squad that won gold at the 2014 South American Games. Additionally, he represented his country at the 2015 South American U-17 Championship. In 2018, he received his first call-up to Colombia's senior team, however, his debut would come a year later in a friendly against Panama. That same year, he was included in manager Carlos Queiroz's final 23-man squad for the 2019 Copa América. He reappeared for the 2021 Copa América where Colombia secured a bronze medal.
Lucumí signed with Belgian club Genk in July 2018.[1]
On 18 August 2022, he moved to Italian club Bologna.[2]
He made his Colombia national team debut on 3 June 2019, in a friendly against Panama, as a starter.[3]
Genk
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Colombia squad – 2019 Copa América | ||
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Colombia squad – 2021 Copa América third place | ||
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