Gonzalo Barriga
Gonzalo Felipe Barriga Ahumada (born 21 June 1984) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Primera División club Unión La Calera as a midfielder. He was titled as engineer after attending DuocUC.
 Barriga with Santiago Wanderers in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gonzalo Felipe Barriga Ahumada | ||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left midfielder, Left back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009 | Deportes Melipilla | 24 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Unión La Calera | 58 | (9) |
| 2011–2012 | Unión Española | 41 | (5) |
| 2013–2017 | O'Higgins | 81 | (6) |
| 2014–2015 | → Wanderers (loan) | 33 | (2) |
| 2017 | Deportes Antofagasta | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | Unión La Calera | 12 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | Chile | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 December 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2011 | |||
Club career
After ending his career of engineering at DuocUC, Barriga was discovered by the Dutchman Jorrit Smink (in that time Deportes Melipilla coach) and convinced him to play at homogeneous city-based team.
In January 2013, Barriga joined O'Higgins along his Unión Española teammate Braulio Leal.
On 10 December 2013, he won the 2013–14 Apertura with O'Higgins. During the tournament, he played in 17 matches and scored one goal in a win 2–1 against Deportes Antofagasta.[1]
In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique.[2]
He participated with the club in the 2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced Deportivo Cali, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage. [3]
Honors
Individual
- Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014
References
- "El Cielo es Celeste". El Tipógrafo. Rancagua. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- http://www.anfp.cl/noticia/20957/ohiggins-gano-la-supercopa-al-vencer-a-deportes-iquique
- http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/copa-libertadores/ohiggins/oa-higgins-se-quedo-en-blanco-con-lanus-y-fue-eliminado-de-la-copa-libertadores/2014-04-08/235905.html
External links
- Gonzalo Barriga at BDFA (in Spanish)