Enzo Barrenechea

Enzo Alan Tomás Barrenechea (born 22 May 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for Italian Serie A club Frosinone, on loan Juventus.

Enzo Barrenechea
Personal information
Full name Enzo Alan Tomás Barrenechea
Date of birth (2001-05-22) 22 May 2001
Place of birth Villa María, Argentina
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Frosinone
(on loan Juventus)
Number 45
Youth career
0000–2019 Newell's Old Boys
2019–2020 Sion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Sion B 7 (0)
2020– Juventus Next Gen[lower-greek 1] 42 (6)
2022– Juventus 3 (0)
2023– → Frosinone (loan) 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:38, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Career

Early career

In his early years he plays in Newell's Old Boys.[2] In summer 2019 he moved to Sion for €3.1 million.[3] In winter 2020 he moved to Juventus U23 – the reserve team of Juventus – for the following season.[3]

Juventus U23

He made his debut with Juventus U23 on 25 October 2020 in the away win against Lucchese.[4] On 22 May 2021, Barrenechea injured his ACL.[5] On 20 February 2022, Barrenechea returned being after his injury coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute against Seregno[6] drawn 2–2.[7] On 2 April, Barrenechea scored his first goal in his career in a 1–1 draw against Virtus Verona.[8] On 21 May, Barrenechea scored the 12th-minute decider in the second leg of the second round of the play-offs national phases in a match won 1–0 against Padova, which did not prevent Juventus from being eliminated from the play-offs.[9]

Barrenechea started to get first-team call-ups in the 2022–23 season. He made his debut for Juventus on 2 November 2022 as an 88th-minute substitute for Juan Cuadrado in a Champions League 1–2 home loss against Paris Saint-Germain.[10] By mid-February 2023, he was moved to the senior squad on a permanent basis. He made his Serie A debut for Juventus on 28 February 2023 against Torino.[11] On 1 April, Juventus announced his definitive promotion to the first team.[12]

Style of play

Defensive midfielder compared to Pogba and Nzonzi.[2]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 April 2023[13]
Club Season League Coppa Italia Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Juventus Next Gen[lower-greek 1] 2020–21 Serie C 30—0030
2021–22 Serie C 81—5[lower-alpha 1]1132
2022–23 Serie C 264—2[lower-alpha 2]0284
Total 3740071446
Juventus 2022–23 Serie A 30002[lower-alpha 3]050
Career total 4040091495
  1. Four appearances in Serie C promotion play-offs
  2. Appearance in Coppa Italia Serie C
  3. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League

Notes
  1. The team's name was changed from Juventus U23 to Juventus Next Gen in August 2022.[1]

References
  1. "From Under 23 to Next Gen – a new identity at Juventus". Juventus F.C. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  2. Posticipo, Redazione Il. "La Juventus guarda al futuro con Barrenechea: per il suo ex allenatore l'argentino "è un mix tra Nzonzi e Pogba"". Il Posticipo (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  3. "Calciomercato, anche il Sion conferma l'avvenuto trasferimento alla Juventus del talento argentino Enzo Barrenechea".
  4. Baridon, Marco (2020-10-25). "Lucchese-Juventus U23 0-1: riscatto bianconero al Porta Elisa - VIDEO". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  5. Juventus.com. "Le condizioni di Enzo Barrenechea - Juventus". Juventus.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  6. JuventusNews24, Redazione (2022-02-20). "Juventus U23, riecco Barrenechea: in campo dopo il lungo stop". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  7. Fioretti, Luca (2022-02-20). "Seregno Juventus U23 2-2: Cudrig e Pecorino salvano i bianconeri, punto d'oro per Zauli". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  8. JuventusNews24, Redazione (2022-04-02). "Juventus U23, Barrenechea ora può sorridere: il suo messaggio – FOTO". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  9. Pranzoni, Carlo (2022-05-21). "Padova Juventus U23 0-1: termina la corsa playoff dei bianconeri". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  10. "Juve v PSG game report". UEFA. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  11. "Juve v Torino game report". Soccerway. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  12. Sport, Sky (2023-04-01). "La Juventus promuove un giocatore in prima squadra". sport.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  13. Enzo Barrenechea at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2020.


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