FBC Melgar history written South American Cup 2022. The Arequipa team beat Internacional de Porto Alegre on penalties to reach the semi-finals of the continental competition. One of the main domino characters in this campaign is Bernhard Kuestawho gave the goal quota to Pablo Lavallén’s team.
The Argentine striker has scored eight goals in the current edition of this continental tournament and is the competition’s top scorer. In this note we tell you at which club “Berni” trained and how he came to Peruvian football.
‘Bernie’ is Melgar’s current goalscorer at the 2022 South American Cup. Photo: GLR/Luis Jiménez
Who is Bernardo Cuesta and where is he from?
Bernhard Kuesta He is a 33-year-old Argentine footballer who plays as a forward. He came through the smaller divisions of Newell’s Old Boys in his early days. However, he did not stay in the red-black squad and signed for second division club Tiro Federal.
2012 reached the attacker FBC Melgar at the express request of the technician Julius Zamora, who had directed him in Newell’s youth. “Berni” quickly gained affection through his good performance.
File by Bernardo Cuesta in Federal Shot. Photo: TyC Sports
Since that year, the gunner had several levels in dominoes. During all his campaigns with the red and black jersey, Rosario has played 286 official matches in which he has scored more than 150 goals, a number that has made him the historic goalscorer of said team. He also won the national title in 2016.
Bernardo Cuesta and his bad experiences outside of Peru
Although he has converted many goals FBC Melgar, Bernhard Kuesta could not show this performance outside of Peru. The ‘9’ wore the jerseys of Junior of Colombia, the strongest from Bolivia, Huachipato from Chile, Buri Ram United of Thailand and Puebla of Mexico.
In all these teams, the Argentine has only scored nine goals in total. Likewise, he couldn’t solidify in any of them and he couldn’t stay longer than a season.