Juninho Bacuna

Juninho Bacuna (born 7 August 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Scottish Premiership side Rangers and the Curacao national football team.

Club Career

Groningen

Bacuna is a Groningen youth exponent. He made his Eredivisie debut on 5 February 2015 against Heracles Almelo replacing Yoell van Nieff after 79 minutes in a 2–2 away draw. He came off the bench to help the Green-White Army win the KNVB Cup in the 2014–15 season against defending champions PEC Zwolle. It was their first major trophy and they qualified for the UEFA Europa League.

Huddersfield Town

Bacuna signed for Premier League team Huddersfield Town on 20 June 2018, for an undisclosed fee for three years, with the club having the option for a further season.

On 27 October 2018, Bacuna made his debut in the Premier League in a 3-0 away defeat to Watford, coming on as a 78th minute substitute. On 16 March 2019, he scored his first goal for Huddersfield in a 4-3 defeat at West Ham.

After relegation from the Premier League, Huddersfield started the 2019-20 season in the EFL Championship badly, only amassing 2 points from their first 9 games. Bacuna scored the only goal in the game in Huddersfield's first win of the season over Stoke City on 1 October 2019.

On 11 May 2021, Huddersfield exercised the option to extend Bacuna's contract until the end of 2021-22 season.

Rangers

On 19 August 2021, Bacuna signed for Scottish Premiership team Rangers. The player was paraded to club's supporters during the half time of Rangers Europa League play-off game against Alashkert.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Жуниньо Бакуна (russian)