Luis Sinisterra
Colombian footballer (born 1999)
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Luis Fernando Sinisterra Lucumí (born 17 June 1999) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Brazilian Série A club Cruzeiro, on loan from Premier League club Bournemouth, and the Colombia national team.
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| Full name | Luis Fernando Sinisterra Lucumí[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 June 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santander de Quilichao, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Cruzeiro (on loan from Bournemouth) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Once Caldas | 43 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Feyenoord | 76 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Leeds United | 21 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Bournemouth (loan) | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Bournemouth | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Colombia U20 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Colombia | 18 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:28, 15 October 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Feyenoord
On 8 July 2018, Sinisterra signed a three-year contract with an option for two more years with Feyenoord for a reported fee of €2 million.[2] 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 FC Dinamo Tbilisi.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
On 19 August 2021, Sinisterra scored a hat-trick in the first leg of their UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round tie against Swedish club IF Elfsborg.[6]
Leeds United
On 7 July 2022, Sinisterra joined Leeds United on a five-year contract for a transfer fee of £21 million.[7] Following his transfer to Leeds he became the most expensive outgoing transfer in Feyenoord's history.[citation needed] Sinisterra scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win against Barnsley in the EFL Cup second round at Elland Road,[8] he then scored his first Premier League goal days later, the equaliser in a 1–1 home draw against Everton.[9] Despite suffering injury spells out of the team in November 2022 through mid-January 2023, and for the final, crucial five games of the season in April/May,[10] he finished the season as the club's second-highest scorer in all competitions after Rodrigo.
Bournemouth
On 2 September 2023, it was announced that Bournemouth had signed Sinisterra from Leeds United on a season-long loan swap deal with Jaidon Anthony on the last day of the summer transfer window after pledging to stay with Leeds to young fans hours before.[11] On 9 February 2024, after having scored three goals and provided three assists in 17 appearances in all competitions, Sinisterra joined Bournemouth on a permanent deal, for a reported transfer fee of £20 million[12][13] with the transfer formally to be completed in the summer 2024 transfer window.[14] On 31 August, he scored the winning goal in stoppage time of a 3–2 victory over Everton.[15]
Cruzeiro
On 22 August 2025, Sinisterra joined Brazilian side Cruzeiro on a loan. The deal included a £2 million up front fee along with an obligation to make the deal permanent at the end of the loan worth £10 million.[16]
International career
On 15 October 2019, Sinisterra made his debut for the Colombia national team in a friendly against Algeria, which Colombia lost 3–0.[17] He netted his first international goal on 24 September 2022, scoring Colombia's second in a 4–1 win against Guatemala.[18] On 27 September, Sinisterra scored a brace against Mexico to help his team win 3–2 after trailing 2–0 at half-time.[19]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 14 December 2025[20]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Once Caldas | 2016 | Categoría Primera A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | Categoría Primera A | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||||
| 2018 | Categoría Primera A | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 43 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 47 | 6 | |||||
| Feyenoord | 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20[c] | Eredivisie | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | 8[d] | 2 | — | 32 | 7 | |||
| 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1[d] | 0 | 2[e] | 1 | 25 | 5 | ||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 30 | 12 | 1 | 0 | — | 18[f] | 11 | — | 49 | 23 | |||
| Total | 76 | 20 | 8 | 1 | — | 27 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 113 | 35 | |||
| Leeds United | 2022–23 | Premier League | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 7 | ||
| 2023–24 | Championship | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 8 | ||||
| Bournemouth (loan) | 2023–24[g] | Premier League | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 23 | 3 | |||
| Bournemouth | 2024–25 | Premier League | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Total | 32 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 3 | ||||
| Cruzeiro (loan) | 2025 | Série A | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 181 | 36 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 235 | 55 | ||
- Includes Copa Colombia, KNVB Cup, FA Cup, Copa do Brasil
- Season curtailed due to COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in Eredivisie European competition play-offs
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- Part of this season was spent on loan from Leeds United
International
- As of match played 15 October 2024[21]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Colombia | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | |
| Total | 18 | 5 | |
- Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sinisterra goal.[21]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 24 September 2022 | Red Bull Arena, Harrison, United States |  Guatemala | 2–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 27 September 2022 | Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, United States |  Mexico | 1–2 | 3–2 | |
| 3 | 2–2 | |||||
| 4 | 8 June 2024 | Commanders Field, Maryland, United States |  United States | 4–1 | 5–1 | |
| 5 | 15 October 2024 | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia |  Chile | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Feyenoord
- UEFA Europa Conference League runner-up: 2021–22[22]
Individual
- Eredivisie Talent of the Month: January 2020[23]
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: February 2022,[24] April 2022,[25]
- UEFA Europa Conference League Team of the Season: 2021–22[26]
- UEFA Europa Conference League Young Player of the Season: 2021–22[27]
