Juan Guillermo Cuadrado

Juan Guillermo was born in Necoclí, a town in the department of Antioquia hit by violence in the 90s. When he was only four years old, he lost his father as a result of violence. A few years later, his mother, Marcela Bello, enrolled him in a soccer school, and in order to pay the monthly fee, he went to work in Apartadó, leaving the little boy with his uncles. On weekends, she returned to Necoclí to be with her son and finish high school at night.

He started at Club Atlético Urabá and later became part of the Rionegro de la Primera B de Colombia, and after his good performance with Deportivo Independiente Medellín at the age of 20. In this team of the First A of Colombia he debuted on September 14, 2009 against Boyacá Chicó match in which he scored his first goal as a professional.In that same year, on July 2 and at the age of 21, Cuadrado signed with Udinense, an Italian first division club, with a five-year contract. His first match was in the Italian League against Chievo Verona as a starter, without scoring goals. A year later, he was loaned to Lecce, a club that debuted at the time in A. Cuadrado debuted in the 2011-12 season against AC Cesena, in which he scored four goals becoming a figure. He scored 11 goals in 33 games while in the Italian club, despite his performance, the club dropped to BIn July 2012, he was loaned to the Fiorentina club and it is here where he is consecrated as a footballer with 20 goals in 60 games for the 2012-13 season, and the club's classification to the UEFA Europe League. For the 2013-14 season, Cuadrado scored 22 goals in 32 games. Eighteen goals in Serie A, three in the Europe League and one in the Italian Cup

On February 2, 2015, he was signed by FC Chelsea, signing a contract for 35 million euros and 4 years. He debuted as a starter on February 11 against Everton, where his team won 1- 0.

23 of August of that same year, Cuadrado was transferred to Juventus and made his debut on August 30, entering the 75th minute. He made his debut as a Champions League starter on September 15 in the victory over Manchester City, having a performance that caught the attention of the general public and the press. After this Chelsea and Juventus reached an agreement for the player of 22 million euros, passing definitively to the Italian club. His first entry was made on October 30 against Torino, with an outstanding performance that will continue with 15 consecutive wins that took the Italian team to the first place in the table, finishing champion of the Scudetto and the Italian Cup He arrived with his team in the quarterfinals of the Copa América, but did not appear as a starter in any match and only replaced Freddy Guarín in the 50th minute of the match against Bolivia. The first time he was called up was for a series of friendlies against Venezuela in 2010. But it was in 2014 that coach José Pekerman included him in the initial list of 30 players who would go to the World Cup and then be selected on the final roster. His assists in the World Cup became memorable goals, and also led Colombia to the quarterfinals. On May 11, 2015 and after an excellent performance in the world cup, he was selected by Pekerman as part of the payroll for the Copa América in Chile. In the 2016-17 World Cup qualifiers, Cuadrado was a fundamental pillar, holding 12 dates, always being one of the most important figures on the field with projections, speed and imbalance on the right wing, also supporting Santiago Arias . He scored a goal against Ecuador and made three assists, in the matches against Peru, Ecuador and Uruguay. Juan Guillermo Cuadrado has scored 44 goals throughout his career, seven of them wearing the Colombia National Team jersey. He has had Italian nationality for a few years, and is married to Colombian Melissa Botero, with whom he has a girl.