Wilfredo Barrientos

Wilfredo Ramón Barrientos Valdés (born 29 July 1946), also known as Willy Barrientos,[1] is a Chilean former football player who played as a forward for clubs in Chile and Central America.[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barrientos and the second or maternal family name is Valdés.
Wilfredo Barrientos
Personal information
Full name Wilfredo Ramón Barrientos Valdés
Date of birth (1946-07-29) 29 July 1946
Place of birth Rancagua, Chile
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
O'Higgins
Colchagua
Chiprodal
Colchagua
1974 Izabal JC
1974–1978 Sonsonate
1978–1979 UES
1979–1982 Xelajú MC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Barientos is a product of O'Higgins youth system, playing after for Colchagua and Chiprodal de Graneros,[3] with whom he won the Campeonato Regional Zona Central.[4]

He emigrated to Central America and spent ten years in Guatemala and five years in El Salvador.[1] In Guatemala, he played for Izabal JC[5] and Xelajú MC, with whom he won the league title in 1980 with his compatriot Javier Mascaró as coach.[6] In El Salvador he played for both Sonsonate and Universidad de El Salvador.[2]

Coaching career

Barrientos has developed an extensive career as coach of youth players, men and women, in the United States,[3] also winning many titles in New York.[1]

Personal life

He is the uncle of the former professional footballer and current coach Henry Barrientos,[7] whom he suggested to move towards Central America at the end of 1989. In addition, his brother and Henry's father, served as director for O'Higgins.[8]

Both Wilfredo and his nephew, Henry, were coached by the Chilean coach Rolando Torino.[9]

Honours

As player

Xelajú MC

References
  1. "Chicas del Internacional se coronan en EcuaStar". El Diario NY (in Spanish). 11 December 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. "Wilfredo Barrientos". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  3. (Cris Ignacio Sports) Entrevista a Henry Barrientos🇨🇱 - Entrenador Jacalteco FC🇬🇹 on YouTube (in Spanish)
  4. Osses, Carlos (6 May 2021). "Club Chiprodal de Graneros: Rumbo a los 104 años". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  5. JUCA DE IZABAL 1974 100 AÑOS De Futbol (Guatemala) on Facebook (in Spanish)
  6. "Hace 39 años Xelajú MC conquistó la segunda Luna". Diario de Los altos (in Spanish). 28 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  7. "Henry Ricardo Barrientos Pinto". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  8. "Las historias del DT chileno que destaca en Guatemala" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  9. "De Rancagua a Centroamérica, la historia del señor de los ascensos". La pelota al diez (in Spanish). 19 April 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
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