Wilfredo Barrientos
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilfredo Ramón Barrientos Valdés | ||
| Date of birth | 29 July 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Rancagua, Chile | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
Wilfredo Ramón Barrientos Valdés (born 29 July 1946), also known as Willy Barrientos,[1] is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile and Central America.
Playing career
Barientos is a product of O'Higgins youth system, playing after for Colchagua and Chiprodal de Graneros,[2] with whom he won the Campeonato Regional Zona Central.[3]
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[4] and Xelajú MC, with whom he won the league title in 1980 with his compatriot Javier Mascaró as coach.[5] In El Salvador he played for both Sonsonate and Universidad de El Salvador.
Coaching career
Barrientos has developed an extensive career as coach of youth players, men and women, in the United States,[2] also winning many titles in New York.[1]
Personal life
He is the uncle of the former professional footballer and current coach Henry Barrientos, 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.[6]
Both Wilfredo and his nephew, Henry, were coached by the Chilean coach Rolando Torino.[7]
Honours
As player
Xelajú MC
References
- ^ a b c "Chicas del Internacional se coronan en EcuaStar". El Diario NY (in Spanish). 11 December 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ a b (Cris Ignacio Sports) Entrevista a Henry Barrientos🇨🇱 - Entrenador Jacalteco FC🇬🇹 on YouTube (in Spanish)
- ^ Osses, Carlos (6 May 2021). "Club Chiprodal de Graneros: Rumbo a los 104 años". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ JUCA DE IZABAL 1974 100 AÑOS De Futbol (Guatemala) on Facebook (in Spanish)
- ^ "Hace 39 años Xelajú MC conquistó la segunda Luna". Diario de Los altos (in Spanish). 28 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Las historias del DT chileno que destaca en Guatemala" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "De Rancagua a Centroamérica, la historia del señor de los ascensos". La pelota al diez (in Spanish). 19 April 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2022.