Lucas Barrios
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Lucas Ramón Barrios Cáceres (born 13 November 1984 in San Fernando, Buenos Aires
) is an Argentine-born Paraguayan footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Borussia Dortmund
in the German Bundesliga
. Barrios is known for his effectiveness in the target area. This earned him his nickname, La Pantera which means The Panther.
Barrios' mother is Paraguayan, which made him eligible to receive Paraguay nationality at birth. He received his Paraguay nationality in March 2010. (subsequently renounced Argentine nationality as the nation does not recognize dual nationality).
, where he had a spectacular scoring record. Before joining Cobreloa, he spent much of his professional career in second division football, either in Chile or Argentina. However after joining Cobreloa, he has demonstrated his innate goal scoring ability, notching 14 goals in the Apertura 2007.
Barrios drew the attention of Chilean club Colo-Colo
and Mexican club Necaxa with his excellent performance at Cobreloa. However, Barrios was finally signed by Mexican club Atlas for $2.5 million, where he played one short season in which he scored a single goal in 14 league appearances.
campaign. Barrios returned to his pre-Atlas form as he was the leading goal scorer in the Apertura with 19 goals. In the play-offs Barrios was an integral part of the club's success. In the second leg of the semi-final Colo-Colo found themselves trailing Ñublense
2–0 on aggregate with only ten minutes remaining, when Barrios scored two goals in less than two minutes to qualify the team for the final. In the first leg of the final, Barrios added his fifth goal of the play-offs and his nineteenth of the season.
At the end of May 2008, and with the loan agreement due to expire in June 2008, Colo-Colo offered $1.5 million for Barrios which Atlas rejected as it didn't meet their $2 million valuation. Eventually, Colo-Colo offered the $2 million Atlas was asking for Barrios. However Colo-Colo only purchased eighty percent of the player and Barrios holds the remaining twenty percent of his ownership. Barrios' salary with Atlas was almost $400,000 per year, but in order to be transferred to Colo-Colo he had to accept a forty percent pay cut.
Barrios maintained his fine form in the 2008 Clausura, scoring 18 goals in 16 matches only. This meant he finished top scorer in both halves of the championship, the first to do so since Patricio Galaz
in 2004. He amassed an impressive 37 goals in 38 games which attracted the attention of a number of clubs.
Lucas Barrios was on the verge of signing a four-year contract with French club Nancy
, but Colo-Colo's president Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle, on the afternoon of 12 January 2009, rejected the offer, but stated that further offers were being discussed.
On 29 January 2009 it was revealed that a $7 million offer from Espanyol
had been rejected by Colo-Colo
due to the way the deal was structured. On 28 June 2009, rumors from Greece claimed that Lucas Barrios signed a 4-year-contract with Panathinaikos for a sum of €5 millions. However it was later announced that even after Colo-Colo
accepted the offer, Barrios declined to go, without any reasons being mentioned.
, Barrios officially signed a contract with German club Borussia Dortmund
. The German club paid a sum of €4.2 million. After having a tough start, Barrios finally broke through and scored five goals in five consecutive Bundesliga
matches. Barrios also added four goals and one assist in three DFB-Pokal
appearances. Since then he has added 13 more goals, bringing his tally to 19 for the Bundesliga season
, and 23 all together.
Barrios was a key part of Dortmund's push for Champions League
football for next season. His goals, especially his hattrick on 24 April 2010 against 1. FC Nuremberg helped his team win 3–2 and to secure a place in the Europa League the following season.
His first season in Germany ended with a goal on the final day of the season away at Freiburg, the goal meant Barrios finished third in the Bundesliga top scorer of 2010 with 19 goals in 33 games.
scored braces in a 4–0 victory at home. The second leg was held on 26 August at the Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
in Baku
. The game looked destined to end 0–0, but Barrios popped up and netted the winner in the first minute of stoppage time, leading to an aggregate win of 5–0.
After Dortmund lost on the opening day to Bayer Leverkusen
, Barrios scored his first goal of the season against VfB Stuttgart
on 29 August 2010. Dortmund started their UEFA Europa League campaign on 16 September against Ukrainian side Karpaty Lviv. Dortmund were down 3–2 late in the game, but Barrios scored the equalizer in the 87th minute and Mario Götze scored the winner in the second minute of stoppage time. It took Barrios almost another month to find the back of the net again in the Bundesliga for Die Borussen. But against FC Kaiserslautern, he was able to score two goals, helping secure a 5–0 win on 22 September. On 2 October, Bayern Munich travelled to the Westfalenstadion
. Barrios scored the first goal, in a 2–0 win for the home side, meaning they had won six games in a row since their opening day defeat. His goal helped Dortmund keep up their chase of league leaders Mainz 05
. Dortmund played league leaders Mainz on 31 October at the Stadion am Bruchweg
. Mario Götze
opened the scoring for Dortmund in the first half and Barrios added a second after the break. The result meant that Dortmund leap-frogged Mainz into first place in the Bundesliga. Lucas continued this goalscoring form, scoring in each of the next two games. This included a 4–0 victory over Hannover and a 2–0 win over Hamburg. After being relatively ineffective in his side's 2–1 defeat of SC Freiburg
on 20 November, Barrios netted in the next game against Borussia Mönchengladbach
, the final goal of a 4–1 thrashing, and also added an assist.
In the third game back from the Bundesliga winter break, Lucas netted the winning goal in the second minute against VfL Wolfsburg
, Dortmund went on to win the game 3–0. 26 February saw a top of the table clash with German powerhouse Bayern. Dortmund once again prevailed against the Bavarians, this time by a score of 3–1. Lucas opened the scoring in the 9th minute at the Allianz Arena
and put his side 13 points clear of Bayer Leverkusen
at the top of the table. Because of his success with Dortmund, reports in Europe linked him with English giants Chelsea
in a reported £17.5 million move.
On 2 April, Barrios had arguably his best performance all season against Hannover
. Lucas scored the second and third goals of his side's 4–1 win and also grabbed an assist. He scored 14 goals through 30 games. With two games left, Dortmund secured the 2010–11 Bundesliga
Championship, their first German title in 9 years, when Barrios scored the winning goal in a 2–0 win over Nuremberg. In the final game of the season at home against Eintracht Frankfurt
, Barrios grabbed a brace, after missing an early penalty, in a 3–1 win, bringing his Bundesliga total to 16 goals for the season. The result was terrible for Frankfurt, as it meant that they were relegated.
along with Jonathan Santana
, Néstor Ortigoza
and Sergio Aquino
. On 4 May 2010, Barrios was called up by trainer Gerardo "Tata" Martino" to join the Paraguay national football team
training camp for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
.
Los Guaraníes played five games in the tournament, only bowing out in the quarterfinals to eventual winner Spain. Barrios was brought on in immediate response to a goal by Spain's David Villa, but only in the 83rd minute, with Barrio getting one shot off on goal in the 89th. In 2011, he was runner-up in the Copa Amèrica with the Paraguayan national team. He has put in 21 appearances for Paraguay, most recently scoring a goal in a draw against Venezuela.
Barrios currently plays league soccer for Borussia Dortmund of Germany, where he played a pivotal role in their 2010/2011 league-leading performance which clinched the Bundesliga title. His game/goals scored ratio is outstanding at 65:35, with 11 assists also making him dangerous as an overall scorer. After tearing a muscle in the final of the Copa Amèrica, he is currently on the disabled list until mid-September.
| 1. || 25 May 2010 || RDS Arena
, Dublin, Republic of Ireland || || 2–1 || 2–1 || Friendly
|-
| 2. || 30 May 2010 || Stade Joseph-Moynat
, Thonon-les-Bains
, France || || 1–2 || 2–2 || Friendly
|-
| 3. || 2 June 2010 || Stadion Schützenwiese
, Winterthur
, Switzerland || || 0–2 || 0–2 || Friendly
|-
| 4. || 7 September 2010 || Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
, Nanjing
, China || || 0–1 || 1–1 || Friendly
|-
| 5. || 4 June 2011 || Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
, Bolivia || || 0–1 || 0–2 || Friendly
|-
| 6. || 13 July 2011 || Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena
, Salta
, Argentina || || 2–1 || 3–3 || 2011 Copa América
|}
Borussia Dortmund
San Fernando, Buenos Aires
San Fernando de la Buena Vista is a city in the Gran Buenos Aires, in Argentina, and capital of the San Fernando Partido, north of the city of Buenos Aires.- Geographic Data:...
) is an Argentine-born Paraguayan footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
in the German Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
. Barrios is known for his effectiveness in the target area. This earned him his nickname, La Pantera which means The Panther.
Barrios' mother is Paraguayan, which made him eligible to receive Paraguay nationality at birth. He received his Paraguay nationality in March 2010. (subsequently renounced Argentine nationality as the nation does not recognize dual nationality).
Career
Barrios rose to prominence as a forward for the Chilean club CobreloaCobreloa
Club de Deportes Cobreloa is a Chilean football club from the Atacama Desert mining city of Calama which has established itself as one of the country's most competitive clubs. The club was founded on January 7, 1977 and play in the Chilean top flight, the Primera División, where they have played...
, where he had a spectacular scoring record. Before joining Cobreloa, he spent much of his professional career in second division football, either in Chile or Argentina. However after joining Cobreloa, he has demonstrated his innate goal scoring ability, notching 14 goals in the Apertura 2007.
Barrios drew the attention of Chilean club Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...
and Mexican club Necaxa with his excellent performance at Cobreloa. However, Barrios was finally signed by Mexican club Atlas for $2.5 million, where he played one short season in which he scored a single goal in 14 league appearances.
Colo-Colo
At the beginning of 2008 Colo-Colo signed Barrios on a six-month loan as a reinforcement for their Copa Libertadores 2008Copa Libertadores 2008
The 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Santander. As such, the competition is officially the 2008 Copa Santander...
campaign. Barrios returned to his pre-Atlas form as he was the leading goal scorer in the Apertura with 19 goals. In the play-offs Barrios was an integral part of the club's success. In the second leg of the semi-final Colo-Colo found themselves trailing Ñublense
Ñublense
Deportivo Ñublense S.D.A.P is a professional football team based in Chillán, Ñuble Province. The club was formed in 1916 under the name of Liceo Fútbol Club...
2–0 on aggregate with only ten minutes remaining, when Barrios scored two goals in less than two minutes to qualify the team for the final. In the first leg of the final, Barrios added his fifth goal of the play-offs and his nineteenth of the season.
At the end of May 2008, and with the loan agreement due to expire in June 2008, Colo-Colo offered $1.5 million for Barrios which Atlas rejected as it didn't meet their $2 million valuation. Eventually, Colo-Colo offered the $2 million Atlas was asking for Barrios. However Colo-Colo only purchased eighty percent of the player and Barrios holds the remaining twenty percent of his ownership. Barrios' salary with Atlas was almost $400,000 per year, but in order to be transferred to Colo-Colo he had to accept a forty percent pay cut.
Barrios maintained his fine form in the 2008 Clausura, scoring 18 goals in 16 matches only. This meant he finished top scorer in both halves of the championship, the first to do so since Patricio Galaz
Patricio Galaz
Patricio Sebastián Galaz Sepúlveda is a Chilean football forward. He last played for Ñublense in the Chilean Primera División....
in 2004. He amassed an impressive 37 goals in 38 games which attracted the attention of a number of clubs.
Lucas Barrios was on the verge of signing a four-year contract with French club Nancy
AS Nancy
Association Sportive Nancy-Lorraine is a French association football club based in Nancy. The club was founded in 1967 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top level of French football. Nancy plays its home matches at the Stade Marcel Picot in Tomblaine, a commune located in the Arrondissement of...
, but Colo-Colo's president Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle, on the afternoon of 12 January 2009, rejected the offer, but stated that further offers were being discussed.
On 29 January 2009 it was revealed that a $7 million offer from Espanyol
RCD Espanyol
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona is a sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. It is best known for its football team. Espanyol currently play in the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat with seats for 40,500 spectators. It was inaugurated on 2 August 2009...
had been rejected by Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...
due to the way the deal was structured. On 28 June 2009, rumors from Greece claimed that Lucas Barrios signed a 4-year-contract with Panathinaikos for a sum of €5 millions. However it was later announced that even after Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...
accepted the offer, Barrios declined to go, without any reasons being mentioned.
Borussia Dortmund
In July 2009, after just one and a half years at Colo-ColoColo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...
, Barrios officially signed a contract with German club Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
. The German club paid a sum of €4.2 million. After having a tough start, Barrios finally broke through and scored five goals in five consecutive Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
matches. Barrios also added four goals and one assist in three DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
appearances. Since then he has added 13 more goals, bringing his tally to 19 for the Bundesliga season
2009–10 Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2009–10 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 47th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season commenced on 7 August 2009 with the traditional season opening match involving the defending champions VfL Wolfsburg and VfB Stuttgart. The last games were played on 8 May 2010...
, and 23 all together.
Barrios was a key part of Dortmund's push for Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
football for next season. His goals, especially his hattrick on 24 April 2010 against 1. FC Nuremberg helped his team win 3–2 and to secure a place in the Europa League the following season.
His first season in Germany ended with a goal on the final day of the season away at Freiburg, the goal meant Barrios finished third in the Bundesliga top scorer of 2010 with 19 goals in 33 games.
2010–11
In his second season, Barrios continued his fine form for Dortmund. The Germans were drawn against Azerbaijan side FK Qarabağ in the Play-Off round of the Europa League. In the first leg on 19 August, both Barrios and Shinji KagawaShinji Kagawa
is a Japanese footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He previously played for Cerezo Osaka. He has been capped by Japan at international level.-Club career:...
scored braces in a 4–0 victory at home. The second leg was held on 26 August at the Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
Tofiq Bahramov Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as the home ground of FK Baku and the Azerbaijan national football team and holds 30,000, making it the largest stadium in the country.- History :The Tofiq Bahramov...
in Baku
Baku
Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...
. The game looked destined to end 0–0, but Barrios popped up and netted the winner in the first minute of stoppage time, leading to an aggregate win of 5–0.
After Dortmund lost on the opening day to Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and early years:On 27 November...
, Barrios scored his first goal of the season against VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart
Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...
on 29 August 2010. Dortmund started their UEFA Europa League campaign on 16 September against Ukrainian side Karpaty Lviv. Dortmund were down 3–2 late in the game, but Barrios scored the equalizer in the 87th minute and Mario Götze scored the winner in the second minute of stoppage time. It took Barrios almost another month to find the back of the net again in the Bundesliga for Die Borussen. But against FC Kaiserslautern, he was able to score two goals, helping secure a 5–0 win on 22 September. On 2 October, Bayern Munich travelled to the Westfalenstadion
Westfalenstadion
Westfalenstadion is an association football stadium in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the home stadium of the Borussia Dortmund football team playing in the German Bundesliga....
. Barrios scored the first goal, in a 2–0 win for the home side, meaning they had won six games in a row since their opening day defeat. His goal helped Dortmund keep up their chase of league leaders Mainz 05
1. FSV Mainz 05
1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05, or simply Mainz, is a 1905 founded German association football club based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to the football section the 1. FSV Mainz 05 has a handball and table tennis department...
. Dortmund played league leaders Mainz on 31 October at the Stadion am Bruchweg
Stadion am Bruchweg
Stadion am Bruchweg is a multi-purpose stadium in Mainz, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is able to hold 20,300 people and was built in 1929. It is the home stadium of Bundesliga club Mainz 05. It is due to be replaced by Coface Arena in 2011....
. Mario Götze
Mario Götze
Mario Götze is a German footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder and a right winger, although he has also been deployed in central midfield. Götze is considered to be an up-and-coming, potential...
opened the scoring for Dortmund in the first half and Barrios added a second after the break. The result meant that Dortmund leap-frogged Mainz into first place in the Bundesliga. Lucas continued this goalscoring form, scoring in each of the next two games. This included a 4–0 victory over Hannover and a 2–0 win over Hamburg. After being relatively ineffective in his side's 2–1 defeat of SC Freiburg
SC Freiburg
Sport-Club Freiburg, commonly known as SC Freiburg, is a German association football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. SC Freiburg has played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, since their promotion in 2009...
on 20 November, Barrios netted in the next game against Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...
, the final goal of a 4–1 thrashing, and also added an assist.
In the third game back from the Bundesliga winter break, Lucas netted the winning goal in the second minute against VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...
, Dortmund went on to win the game 3–0. 26 February saw a top of the table clash with German powerhouse Bayern. Dortmund once again prevailed against the Bavarians, this time by a score of 3–1. Lucas opened the scoring in the 9th minute at the Allianz Arena
Allianz Arena
The Allianz Arena is a football stadium in the north of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The two professional Munich football clubs FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 München have played their home games at Allianz Arena since the start of the 2005–06 season...
and put his side 13 points clear of Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and early years:On 27 November...
at the top of the table. Because of his success with Dortmund, reports in Europe linked him with English giants Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
in a reported £17.5 million move.
On 2 April, Barrios had arguably his best performance all season against Hannover
Hannover 96
Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...
. Lucas scored the second and third goals of his side's 4–1 win and also grabbed an assist. He scored 14 goals through 30 games. With two games left, Dortmund secured the 2010–11 Bundesliga
2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 48th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 with the traditional season opening match involving the defending champions and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011. The winter...
Championship, their first German title in 9 years, when Barrios scored the winning goal in a 2–0 win over Nuremberg. In the final game of the season at home against Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...
, Barrios grabbed a brace, after missing an early penalty, in a 3–1 win, bringing his Bundesliga total to 16 goals for the season. The result was terrible for Frankfurt, as it meant that they were relegated.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | Domestic League | Domestic Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Colo-Colo Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo... |
Apertura 2008 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 19 | ||
| Clausura 2008 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 21 | |||
| Apertura 2009 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 12 | |||
| Clausura 2009 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 53 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 53 | |||
| Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football... |
2009–10 2009–10 Fußball-Bundesliga The 2009–10 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 47th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season commenced on 7 August 2009 with the traditional season opening match involving the defending champions VfL Wolfsburg and VfB Stuttgart. The last games were played on 8 May 2010... |
33 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 23 |
| 2010–11 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga The 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 48th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 with the traditional season opening match involving the defending champions and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011. The winter... |
32 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 21 | |
| 2011–12 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga The 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga is the 49th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on 5 August 2011 with the season opening match involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and will end with the last games on 5 May 2012... |
5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 70 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 84 | 44 | |
| Career Totals | 123 | 84 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 140 | 97 | |
International career
Barrios started his dual citizenship process on 16 March 2010 hoping to get a chance to be in the World Cup 2010 which was granted on 8 April. He is the fourth Argentine to join the Paraguay National teamParaguay national football team
The Paraguay national football team is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association and represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions. The team has reached the second round of the World Cup on four occasions . The 2010 trip also featured their first appearance in the...
along with Jonathan Santana
Jonathan Santana
Jonathan Santana Gehre is an Argentine-Paraguayan football midfielder, who plays for Kayserispor in the Turkish Süper Lig and Paraguay national team.-Club:...
, Néstor Ortigoza
Néstor Ortigoza
Néstor Ezequiel Ortigoza is a Paraguayan football midfielder, who plays for San Lorenzo de Almagro in the Argentine First Division.- Career :...
and Sergio Aquino
Sergio Aquino
Sergio Aquino is a Paraguayan football player of Argentine descent who currently plays for Paraguayan side Club Libertad. He has formerly played for Cerro Porteño and Olimpia of Asunción. He has also represented the Paraguayan national side in seven international games between 2008 and the present...
. On 4 May 2010, Barrios was called up by trainer Gerardo "Tata" Martino" to join the Paraguay national football team
Paraguay national football team
The Paraguay national football team is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association and represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions. The team has reached the second round of the World Cup on four occasions . The 2010 trip also featured their first appearance in the...
training camp for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
.
Los Guaraníes played five games in the tournament, only bowing out in the quarterfinals to eventual winner Spain. Barrios was brought on in immediate response to a goal by Spain's David Villa, but only in the 83rd minute, with Barrio getting one shot off on goal in the 89th. In 2011, he was runner-up in the Copa Amèrica with the Paraguayan national team. He has put in 21 appearances for Paraguay, most recently scoring a goal in a draw against Venezuela.
Barrios currently plays league soccer for Borussia Dortmund of Germany, where he played a pivotal role in their 2010/2011 league-leading performance which clinched the Bundesliga title. His game/goals scored ratio is outstanding at 65:35, with 11 assists also making him dangerous as an overall scorer. After tearing a muscle in the final of the Copa Amèrica, he is currently on the disabled list until mid-September.
International goals
|-| 1. || 25 May 2010 || RDS Arena
RDS Arena
RDS Arena is a multi-purpose sports stadium, owned by the Royal Dublin Society and located in the Dublin suburb of Ballsbridge, Ireland.The arena was originally developed to host equestrian events, including the annual Dublin Horse Show, which was first held there in 1868. The site was acquired in...
, Dublin, Republic of Ireland || || 2–1 || 2–1 || Friendly
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| 2. || 30 May 2010 || Stade Joseph-Moynat
Stade Joseph-Moynat
Stade Joseph-Moynat is a multi-use stadium in Thonon-les-Bains, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Croix de Savoie Gaillard. The stadium is able to hold 6,000 people....
, Thonon-les-Bains
Thonon-les-Bains
Thonon-les-Bains is a town in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.-History:...
, France || || 1–2 || 2–2 || Friendly
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| 3. || 2 June 2010 || Stadion Schützenwiese
Stadion Schützenwiese
Stadion Schützenwiese is a football stadium in Winterthur, Switzerland. It is the home ground of FC Winterthur and has a capacity of 14,987. Due to security reasons it has a reduced capacity of 8,550. The stadium has 1,100 covered seats, 800 uncovered seats and 6,650 standing places.- External...
, Winterthur
Winterthur
Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth largest population with an estimate of more than 100,000 people. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti...
, Switzerland || || 0–2 || 0–2 || Friendly
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| 4. || 7 September 2010 || Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
The Nanjing Olympic Sports Center is located in Nanjing Hexi New City, covers an area of 89.6 hectares, with a total construction area of about 401,000 square meters...
, Nanjing
Nanjing
' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...
, China || || 0–1 || 1–1 || Friendly
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| 5. || 4 June 2011 || Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Estadio Ramón "Tahuichi" Aguilera is a multi-purpose stadium in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It is used mostly for football matches, on club level by Club Blooming, Oriente Petrolero, and Club Destroyers. The stadium has a capacity of 38,000 people and was built in 1939...
, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia and the largest city in the country...
, Bolivia || || 0–1 || 0–2 || Friendly
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| 6. || 13 July 2011 || Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena
Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena
Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena is a multi-use stadium in Salta, Argentina. The stadium, built for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, holds 20,408 people and was opened in 2001. It is now the home ground of football club Juventud Antoniana, which plays in the country's third level...
, Salta
Salta
Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta Province. Along with its metropolitan area, it has a population of 464,678 inhabitants as of the , making it Argentina's eighth largest city.-Overview:...
, Argentina || || 2–1 || 3–3 || 2011 Copa América
2011 Copa América
The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América Argentina 2011, was the 43rd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South America...
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Club
Colo-Colo- Chilean Primera División: 1
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- 2008
Borussia Dortmund
- BundesligaFußball-BundesligaThe Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
: 1
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- 2010–112010–11 Fußball-BundesligaThe 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 48th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 with the traditional season opening match involving the defending champions and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011. The winter...
- 2010–11
Individual
- Chilean Primera División top scorer: 2008 Apertura, 2008 Clausura
- IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer: 2008
- Paraguayan Footballer of the YearParaguayan Footballer of the YearThe Paraguayan Footballer of the Year is an award given to the best Paraguayan professional football player every year. The award began officially in 1997 and it is presented by Paraguayan newspaper Diario ABC Color...
: 2010
External links
- Profile at Fútbol XXI
- Profile at BDFA
- Lucas Barrios at kicker.de