Jorge Barrios (footballer)
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| Full name | Jorge Wálter Barrios Balestrasse | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 January 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Las Piedras, Uruguay | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1985 | Wanderers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1987 | Olympiacos | 49 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1991 | Levadiakos | 113 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Peñarol | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–2000 | Wanderers | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1994 | Uruguay | 60 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jorge Wálter Barrios Balestrasse (born 24 January 1961) is a retired football midfielder from Uruguay, who was nicknamed "Chifle" during his professional career. Having made his official debut on July 18, 1980 against Peru (0-0), Barrios obtained a total number of 60 international caps for the Uruguay national football team.[1]
He was a Mundialito Winner at the 1980 Copa D'Oro, and he scored the first goal in the final game against Brazil (2-1) on January 10, 1981.
He represented his native country at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, against West Germany, Scotland (as captain) and Argentina wearing the number eight jersey.
Away of Uruguay, he made a significant career in Greece with Olympiakos for two years (1985-1987) and Levadiakos for four years (1987-1991).
After the end of his playing years Barrios became a manager and managed teams in Greece such as Doxa Dramas, Kavala FC and Ionikos. He also managed Olympiakos Nicosia of Cyprus.
Honours
1986–87 Alpha Ethniki
References
- ^ rsssf: Uruguay record international footballers Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- International statistics at rsssf
- (in Spanish) Profile
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- People from Las Piedras, Uruguay
- Uruguayan footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Super League Greece players
- Peñarol players
- Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players
- Uruguayan football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
- Uruguay under-20 international footballers
- Uruguay international footballers
- 1983 Copa América players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- 1993 Copa América players
- Levadiakos F.C. players
- Olympiacos F.C. players
- Uruguayan expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Olympiakos Nicosia managers
- Ionikos F.C. managers
- Niki Volos F.C. managers
- Kavala F.C. managers
- Doxa Drama F.C. managers
- Expatriate football managers in Greece
- Copa América-winning players
- Club Sportivo Cerrito managers