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

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who plays as a winger or

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for club

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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

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on a five-year contract for a transfer fee of £21 million. Following his transfer to Leeds he became the most expensive outgoing transfer in Feyenoord's history. Sinisterra scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win against

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in the

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second round at Elland Road, he then scored his first Premier League goal days later, the equaliser in a 1–1 home draw against Everton. 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, he finished the season as the club's second-highest scorer in all competitions after

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Bournemouth

On 2 September 2023, it was announced that

had signed Sinisterra from Leeds United on a season-long loan swap deal with

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on the last day of the summer transfer window after pledging to stay with Leeds to young fans hours before. 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 with the transfer formally to be completed in the summer 2024 transfer window. On 31 August, he scored the winning goal in stoppage time of a 3–2 victory over Everton.

International career

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

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

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. On 27 September, Sinisterra scored a brace against

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to help his team win 3–2 after trailing 2–0 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 *

Team of the Month:

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, *

Team of the Season: 2021–22 *

Young Player of the Season: 2021–22

References

External links

Profile
at the AFC Bournemouth website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinisterra, Luis 1999 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers 2024 Copa América players Footballers from Cauca Department Men's association football forwards Categoría Primera A players Eredivisie players Once Caldas footballers Feyenoord players Premier League players Leeds United F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players South American Games bronze medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century Colombian sportsmen Lucumí family English Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in England