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.

Gonzalo Barriga
Barriga with Santiago Wanderers in 2014
Personal information
Full nameGonzalo Felipe Barriga Ahumada
Date of birth (1984-06-21) 21 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birthSantiago, Chile
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)Left midfielder, Left back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009Deportes Melipilla24(1)
2010–2011Unión La Calera58(9)
2011–2012Unión Española41(5)
2013–2017O'Higgins81(6)
2014–2015Wanderers (loan)33(2)
2017Deportes Antofagasta1(0)
2018Unión La Calera12(0)
International career
2014Chile1(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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

Club

O'Higgins

Individual

  • Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014

References