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.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barriga and the second or maternal family name is Ahumada.
Gonzalo Barriga
Barriga with Santiago Wanderers in 2014
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Felipe Barriga Ahumada
Date of birth (1984-06-21) 21 June 1984
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder, Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Deportes Melipilla 24 (1)
2010–2011 Unión La Calera 58 (9)
2011–2012 Unión Española 41 (5)
2013–2017 O'Higgins 81 (6)
2014–2015 → Wanderers (loan) 33 (2)
2017 Deportes Antofagasta 1 (0)
2018 Unión La Calera 12 (0)
National team‡
2014 Chile 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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
  1. "El Cielo es Celeste". El Tipógrafo. Rancagua. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  2. http://www.anfp.cl/noticia/20957/ohiggins-gano-la-supercopa-al-vencer-a-deportes-iquique
  3. http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/copa-libertadores/ohiggins/oa-higgins-se-quedo-en-blanco-con-lanus-y-fue-eliminado-de-la-copa-libertadores/2014-04-08/235905.html
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