Jhon Janer Lucumí Bonilla (born 26 June 1998) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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and the Colombia national team. A youth product of hometown club

Deportivo Cali Asociación Deportivo Cali, best known as Deportivo Cali, is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, most notable for its football team, which currently competes in the Categoría Primera A. Deportivo Cali is one of the most successful footba ...

, Lucumí made his professional football debut with the first team in 2015. After three years with the club, he transferred to

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side

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, 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

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to play for

the following year. At youth level, Lucumí was part of the Colombia U-17 squad that won gold at the

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. Additionally, he represented his country at the

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. 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

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. That same year, he was included in manager Carlos Queiroz's final 23-man squad for the

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. He reappeared for the

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where Colombia secured a bronze medal.

Club career

Genk

Lucumí signed with Belgian club Genk in July 2018.

Bologna

On 18 August 2022, he moved to Italian club

. He made his debut on 27 August, playing a full 90 minutes in a 2–0 home defeat to A.C. Milan. He made his first direct contribution for the club on 12 November, in a league match against

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, centering a cross to

Michel Aebischer Michel Aebischer (born 6 January 1997) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Bologna and the Switzerland national team. He first began representing the country internationally at youth level in ...

who provided Bologna's first goal of the match which ended in a 3–0 home win.

International career

He made his Colombia national team debut on 3 June 2019, in a

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against

, as a starter.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Genk *

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: 2018–19 * Belgian Cup:

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* * 1998 births Footballers from Cali Living people Colombian men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Colombia men's youth international footballers Colombia men's international footballers Deportivo Cali footballers K.R.C. Genk players Bologna FC 1909 players Categoría Primera A players Belgian Pro League players 2019 Copa América players 2021 Copa América players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Italy {{Colombia-footy-defender-stub Lucumí family