Julio Barroso

Julio Barroso
	Barroso with Colo-Colo in 2018.
Personal information
Full name	Julio Alberto Barroso
Date of birth	January 16, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	San Martín, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Argentinos Juniors
2005–2006	Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2005	Argentinos Juniors
2005–2011	Boca Juniors
2006	→ Racing Club (loan)
2007	→ Lorca (loan)
2007–2008	→ Estudiantes (loan)
2010–2011	→ Ñublense (loan)
2011–2012	Ñublense
2012	→ O'Higgins (loan)
2012–2013	O'Higgins
2014–2021	Colo-Colo
2021–2023	Everton
Total
International career
2005	Argentina U20
Medal record
Representing Argentina
Men's Football
FIFA U-20 World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julio Alberto Barroso (born 16 January 1985 in San Martín, Argentina) is an Argentine naturalized Chilean former football defender.

Career

Argentina, Spain and Ñublense

Barroso has played for a number of teams in his early years, like Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Racing Club, Estudiantes, including a spell in Spain with Lorca and his first experience in Chile with Ñublense.

Barroso was part of the Argentina under-20 team that won the FIFA World Youth Championship in 2005.

O'Higgins

On 2012, Barroso is signed for O'Higgins from Ñublense. In 2012, he was runner-up with O'Higgins, after lose the final against Universidad de Chile in the penalty shoot-out.

In 2013, he won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played in 16 of 18 matches, and scored one goal in the match that finished 4:3 against Rangers de Talca.

Colo-Colo

For the Clausura 2013-14, Barroso is signed for Colo-Colo for a US$1.1M fee.

In August 2014, it was reported that the Football Federation of Chile had approached the player with a view to representing the Chile national football team, but it was found he was ineligible due his participation at the 2005 FIFA World Cup Youth Championship prior to gaining citizenship.^[1]

Everton

Having spent three seasons with Everton de Viña del Mar, Barroso retired from professional football after playing the penultimate matchday of the 2023 season against O'Higgins on 2 December.^[2]

Personal life

In April 2017, Barroso naturalized Chilean by residence, freeing up a spot as an international player in the Chilean football.^[3]

Honours

Boca Juniors

Primera División Argentina (1): 2008 Apertura

O'Higgins

Primera División de Chile (1): 2013 Apertura

Colo-Colo

Primera División de Chile (3): 2014–C, 2015–A, Transición 2017
Copa Chile (1): 2016
Supercopa de Chile (2): 2017, 2018

Individual

Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014

International

FIFA World Youth Championship

FIFA World Youth Championship: 2005

References

^ "Normativa de la FIFA le impediría a Julio Barroso jugar por la "Roja"" (in Spanish). emol.com. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
^ Otárola López, Javier (3 December 2023). "Julio Barroso le brinda un emotivo homenaje a su padre tras su retiro del fútbol". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2023.
^ "Julio Barroso recibió la carta de nacionalidad para ser chileno" (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

External links

Julio Barroso at Soccerway
Julio Barroso at BDFA (in Spanish)
(in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped]
Football-Lineups player profile

[1] "Normativa de la FIFA le impediría a Julio Barroso jugar por la "Roja"" (in Spanish). emol.com. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.

[2] Otárola López, Javier (3 December 2023). "Julio Barroso le brinda un emotivo homenaje a su padre tras su retiro del fútbol". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2023.

[3] "Julio Barroso recibió la carta de nacionalidad para ser chileno" (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

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