Luis Fernando Sinisterra Lucumí (17 June 1999) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a winger for

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and the Colombia national team.

Club career

Feyenoord

On 8 July 2018, Sinisterra signed a three-year contract with an option for two more years with

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for a reported fee of €2 million. He scored his first goal for the club on 8 August 2019, scoring the opening goal in third qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League against

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. On 7 February 2020, Sinisterra won the prize for Eredivisie Player of the Month under-21 for the month of January 2020 after scoring in three consecutive matches. On 12 November 2020, Feyenoord announced that the club had used the option in Sinisterra's contract to extend his contract with another two years. On 19 August 2021, Sinisterra scored a hat-trick in the first leg of their

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play-off round tie against

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Leeds United

On 7 July 2022 Sinisterra joined Leeds United on a five-year contract for a transfer fee of £21 million. With the move he became the most expensive outgoing transfer in Feyenoord's history. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3-1 win against Barnsley in the EFL Cup second round at Elland Road. He then scored his first Premier League goal a week later, the equaliser in a 1-1 home draw against Everton.

International career

On 15 October 2019, Sinisterra made his debut for the Colombia national football team in a friendly against

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, which Colombia lost 3–0. He netted his first international goal on September 24, 2022, scoring Colombia's second in a 4–1 win against Guatemala. On 27 September, Sinisterra scored a brace against

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to help his team win 3–2 after trailing 0–2 at half-time.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sinisterra goal.''

Honours

Feyenoord *

runner-up: 2021–22 Individual *

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Talent of the Month: January 2020 * UEFA Europa Conference League Team of the Season: 2021–22 * UEFA Europa Conference League Young Player of the Season: 2021–22

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* 1999 births Living people Colombian footballers Colombia international footballers Sportspeople from Cauca Department Association football forwards Categoría Primera A players Eredivisie players Once Caldas footballers Feyenoord players Premier League players Leeds United F.C. players South American Games bronze medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Colombian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century Colombian people {{Colombia-footy-bio-stub