Édgar Yoel Bárcenas Herrera (born 23 October 1993) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Mazatlán and the Panama national team.
_(cropped).jpg) Bárcenas with Panama at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Édgar Yoel Bárcenas Herrera[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 October 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Colón, Panama | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Mazatlán | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Árabe Unido | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | Árabe Unido | 96 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | → RNK Split (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Cafetaleros (loan) | 45 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Tijuana | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | → Oviedo (loan) | 70 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Girona (loan) | 36 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Leganés (loan) | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Mazatlán | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Panama U22 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Panama U23 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Panama | 90 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:56, 8 June 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 July 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Born in Colón, Bárcenas made his senior debut with hometown side Árabe Unido on 29 July 2012, coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 away draw against Plaza Amador. He scored his first goal for the club on 1 February 2014, netting the game's only in a home defeat of San Francisco.
On 15 January 2016, Bárcenas was loaned to Croatian side RNK Split for six months.[2] After appearing rarely, he returned to Árabe Unido before joining Ascenso MX side Cafetaleros de Tapachula on 23 January 2017, also in a temporary deal.[3]
On 26 December 2017, Bárcenas joined Cafetaleros permanently, with a deal to Tijuana arranged in the following July.[4] On 18 July 2018, however, he was loaned to Segunda División side Real Oviedo for one year.[5] On 9 August 2019, Bárcenas' loan was extended for a further campaign.[6]
On 5 October 2020, Bárcenas joined Girona on loan.[7] The following 8 August, he moved to fellow second division team CD Leganés also in a temporary deal.[8]
In June 2022 Liga MX club Mazatlán announced they had signed Bárcenas to a deal.[9]
International career
Bárcenas made his full international debut for Panama on 6 August 2014, in a 3–0 loss against Peru. After featuring for under-23 side in the 2015 Pan American Games, he was included in Hernán Darío Gómez's squads for the 2017 Copa Centroamericana[10] and the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[11]
On 14 May 2018, Bárcenas was named in Panama's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, and was also among the final squad announced on 30 May.[12] He appeared in all matches of the tournament, as Panama was knocked out in the group stage.
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 6 July 2024[13]
| Panama | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 |
| 2017 | 16 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1 |
| 2022 | 13 | 3 |
| 2023 | 13 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 90 | 9 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.[13]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 18 June 2019 | Allianz Field, Saint Paul, United States |  Trinidad and Tobago | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 2. | 8 June 2021 | Estadio Nacional, Panama City, Panama |  Dominican Republic | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 9 June 2022 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama |  Martinique | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A |
| 4. | 5–0 | |||||
| 5. | 5 November 2022 | Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain |  Qatar | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 6. | 26 June 2023 | DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States |  Costa Rica | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 7. | 8 July 2023 | AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States | Qatar | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 8. | 13 October 2023 | Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao |  Curaçao | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A |
| 9. | 20 November 2023 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | Costa Rica | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A |
Honours
Cafetaleros
Individual
- CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2023[14]
References
External links
- Edgar Yoel Bárcenas Herrera at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
- Edgar Yoel Bárcenas Herrera at Ascenso MX at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 April 2017) (in Spanish)
- Yoel Bárcenas at BDFutbol
- Yoel Bárcenas at National-Football-Teams.com
- Yoel Bárcenas at Soccerway