Gonzalo Barreto

Gonzalo Barreto
Personal information
Full name	Gonzalo Barreto Mastropierro
Date of birth	22 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Progreso
Number	19
Youth career
2009	Danubio
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009–2010	Danubio
2010–2015	Lazio
2016–2017	Danubio
2017	→ U. de Concepción (loan)
2018	Sportivo Luqueño
2019	Montevideo Wanderers
2020–2021	Rampla Juniors
2021	Racing Montevideo
2022–2024	Rampla Juniors
2024–	Progreso
International career
2007	Uruguay U15
2009	Uruguay U17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 September 2024

Gonzalo Barreto Mastropierro (born 22 January 1992) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Progreso.

Club career

Danubio

Born in Montevideo, Barreto began his career with local club Danubio F.C. He started with the youth team and in 2009, at the age of 17 made his debut with the first team. His debut came in an away match against Tacuarembó, in which he came off the bench and won a decisive penalty as Danubio claimed a 2–1 victory.

Lazio

Barreto's talent attracted interest from big clubs and he quickly made the move to Europe. On 2 September 2009, Barreto went to Rome to sign a five-year deal with Lazio, who bought him for about €1.781 million.^[1]^[2] However, Barreto was not able to play for Lazio until he turned 18 in 2010, due to FIFA's restrictions regarding the transfers of minors across different continents.^[2]

Return to Danubio

In 2015 Barreto returned to Danubio F.C.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Barreto established himself as a star of Uruguay's youth teams. He appeared for their under-15 side in 2007

In 2009, Barreto established himself as a key player for the under-17 national team. He competed with the side in the 2009 South American Under-17 Football Championship, held in Chile, scoring twice in their opening match win over hosts Chile. Uruguay progressed to the final group stage where Barreto scored twice more, against Bolivia and Ecuador. With four goals, he finished as the second highest goalscorer in the competition.

Uruguay's good finish meant that they qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Nigeria. Uruguay were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Spain on penalties. Barreto successfully converted his spot-kick in the shootout. Injuries restricted him to just two appearances at the tournament.

He has been capped by the Uruguay national under-20 football team for the 2011 Copa Aerosur.

International goals


No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	20 November 2010	Estadio Juan Carlos Durán, Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Chile	1–0	1–2	Copa Aerosur

References

^ "Bilancio separato e consolidato al 30.06.2010" [2009–10 Annual Report] (PDF). SS Lazio (in Italian). 28 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b "La Lazio abbraccia Barreto, il nuovo Zarate". CorrieredelloSport.it (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Gonzalo Barreto at Soccerway
Gonzalo Barreto at WorldFootball.net

[Lazio-1] "Bilancio separato e consolidato al 30.06.2010" [2009–10 Annual Report] (PDF). SS Lazio (in Italian). 28 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2010.

[barretotolazio-2] "La Lazio abbraccia Barreto, il nuovo Zarate". CorrieredelloSport.it (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

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