Gonzalo Barriga
 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) |
| Provincial Chacabuco | – | (–) | |
| 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 | → Santiago Wanderers (loan) | 33 | (2) |
| 2017 | Deportes Antofagasta | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | Unión La Calera | 12 | (0) |
| Total | 250 | (23) | |
| International career | |||
| 2014 | Chile | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gonzalo Felipe Barriga Ahumada (born 21 June 1984) is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a left midfielder.
Club career
[edit]After ending his career of engineering at Duoc UC, Barriga was discovered playing for Provincial Chacabuco by the Dutchman Jorrit Smink, then the 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]
Personal life
[edit]He was titled as engineer after attending Duoc UC.[4]
Barriga became a fan of O'Higgins and made his home in Rancagua.[4]
Honors
[edit]- O'Higgins
- Individual
- Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014
References
[edit]- ^ "El Cielo es Celeste". El Tipógrafo. Rancagua. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "O'higgins Ganó la Supercopa al Vencer a Deportes Iquique".
- ^ "O'Higgins se quedó en blanco con Lanús y fue eliminado de la Copa Libertadores".
- ^ a b Ilic, Gabriel (5 March 2025). "Fue figura del fútbol chileno, llegó a La Roja y revela su gran deuda: "Siempre quise jugar en..."". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Gonzalo Barriga at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- 21st-century Chilean sportsmen
- Men's association football wingers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Primera B de Chile players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Deportes Melipilla footballers
- Unión La Calera footballers
- Unión Española footballers
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- Santiago Wanderers footballers
- C.D. Antofagasta footballers
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile