Gonzalo Barriga

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Gonzalo Barriga
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Barriga in 2025.
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Felipe Barriga Ahumada
Date of birth (1984-06-21) 21 June 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder, Left-back
Youth career
1998 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2009 Provincial Chacabuco – (–)
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 → Santiago Wanderers (loan) 33 (2)
2017 Deportes Antofagasta 1 (0)
2018 Unión La Calera 12 (0)
Total250(23)
International career
2014 Chile 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gonzalo Felipe Barriga Ahumada (born 21 June 1984) is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a left midfielder.

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Club career

Barriga had a brief stint at the Colo-Colo youth ranks, aged 13. [1]

After ending his career of engineering at Duoc UC, Barriga was discovered playing for Provincial Chacabuco by the Dutchman Jorrit Smink, then the 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. [2]

In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique. [3]

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. [4]

Personal life

He was titled as engineer after attending Duoc UC. [5]

Barriga became a fan of O'Higgins and made his home in Rancagua. [5]

Honors

O'Higgins
Individual

References

  1. ↑ Romero, Jorge; Lizama, Gonzalo (10 August 2025). ""Me fui de Colo Colo por seguridad, a varios compañeros los asaltaban"". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "El Cielo es Celeste". El Tipógrafo. Rancagua . Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "O'higgins Ganó la Supercopa al Vencer a Deportes Iquique".
  4. ↑ "O'Higgins se quedó en blanco con Lanús y fue eliminado de la Copa Libertadores".
  5. 1 2 Ilic, Gabriel (5 March 2025). "Fue figura del fútbol chileno, llegó a La Roja y revela su gran deuda: "Siempre quise jugar en..."". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 March 2025.
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