Jefferson Cuero Castro (born 15 May 1988) is a Colombian footballer.
Cuero made his professional debut for Once Caldas on 6 March 2010 in a 3âÂÂ0 loss against Deportivo Cali. Cuero started the match but was substituted at half time by Dayro Moreno. In his debut year he helped Once Caldas capture the 2010 Campeonato Finalización title. In 2012, he had a short stint at Independiente MedellÃÂn where he appeared in ten matches for the club. The following season Cuero moved to Santa Fe.
Cuero made his debut for Santa Fe at the 2013 Superliga Colombiana against Millonarios coming in for Cristian Borja in the 74th minute. Santa Fe would win the match 1âÂÂ0 (3âÂÂ2 on aggregate) and captured the 2013 Superliga Colombiana. On 21 December 2014 Cuero helped Santa Fe capture the 2014 Torneo Finalización after Santa Fe defeated his former team Independiente MedellÃÂn 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
On 22 December 2014, the day after Cuero won the Campeonato Finalización with Santa Fe, it was announced Cuero was transferred to Liga MX club Monarcas Morelia
On 12 December 2017, he was transferred to Liga MX club Santos Laguna on a 1-year loan. On 26 December, Morelia announced that the transfer of Jefferson Cuero to Santos Laguna had been canceled following an injury that the player had.
On 1 February 2018, it was announced Cuero was transferred to CategorÃÂa Primera A club América de Cali.