Gustavo Barros Schelotto

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Gustavo Barros Schelotto
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Personal information
Full name Gustavo Barros Schelotto
Date of birth (1973-05-04) 4 May 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Paraguay (assistant)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1997 Gimnasia Esgrima La Plata 135 (9)
1997 Boca Juniors 5 (0)
1998 Unión Santa Fe 13 (0)
1998–2000 Boca Juniors 45 (4)
2001 Villarreal 7 (0)
2001–2002 Racing Club 30 (1)
2002–2004 Rosario Central 41 (4)
2004 Gimnasia Esgrima La Plata 9 (0)
2005 Alianza Lima 6 (0)
2006–2007 Puerto Rico Islanders 23 (3)
Managerial career
2009 Olimpia (assistant)
2010–2011 Libertad (assistant)
2011–2012 Peñarol (assistant)
2012–2015 Lanús (assistant)
2016–2018 Boca Juniors (assistant)
2019–2020 LA Galaxy (assistant)
2021–2023 Paraguay (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gustavo Barros Schelotto (born 4 May 1973) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the assistant manager of LA Galaxy.

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Playing career

Born in La Plata, Barros Schelotto came through the youth system at Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata with his twin brother Guillermo. Gustavo made his Primera debut against Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield on 4 October 1992. [1] They helped the team to win the Copa Centenario (the AFA Centenary Cup) in 1993.

In 1996, Guillermo was signed by Argentine giants Boca Juniors and Gustavo followed him there in 1997. He was part of 3 national leagues winning squads and helped the team to win the 2000 Libertadores Cup and the Copa Intercontinental later that year. Barros Schelotto played 65 games for Boca in all competitions, scoring 6 goals.

In January 2001, Barros Schelotto had a small La Liga stint, joining Spanish side Villarreal CF before returning to Argentina to join Racing Club de Avellaneda where he won the Apertura 2001. He then went on to play for Rosario Central before returning to Gimnasia de La Plata.

In 2005 Barros Schelotto joined Peruvian outfit Alianza Lima, and in 2006 moved to Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL First Division in the United States where he played 23 games and scored 3 goals.

Coaching career

In March 2009, Barros Schelotto became the assistant manager of Gregorio Pérez at Club Olimpia. [2] He left the position together with Pérez in July. Pérez and Barros Schelotto continued together the next year, where they joined Club Libertad in April 2010 before leaving in July 2011. [3] In September 2011 they joined Peñarol still with Barros Schelotto as Pérez' assistant. [3]

In July 2012, Barros Schelotto was appointed as the assistant manager of Club Atlético Lanús in Argentine alongside his twin brother Guillermo Barros Schelotto who became the manager. [4] The two brothers finished the 2015 season before leaving to seek a fresh challenge elsewhere. [5] In March 2016, the two twin brothers joined Boca Juniors, with Guillermo as the manager and Gustavo as the assistant manager. [6] They left the club again at the end of the 2018 season.

On 9 January 2019, Gustavo and his twin brother joined LA Galaxy, again with Gustavo as the assistant manager under Guillermo. [7] They were relieved of their duties on October 29, 2020, due to Galaxy's poor performance near the latter part of the season.

Personal life

Barros Schelotto is the twin brother of Guillermo Barros Schelotto. [8] [9] [10] Their father, Hugo Barros Schelotto, was one of Gimnasia y Esgrima's presidents in the 1980s, while his nephews Juan, Salvador & Tomás Cataldi and Bautista Barros Schelotto are footballers. [8] [9] [10]

Honours

Gimnasia de La Plata
Boca Juniors
Racing Club

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References

  1. ↑ "Barros Schelotto Gvo" (in Spanish). GELP.org. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Gustavo Barros Schelotto llega como ayudante técnico al club del "Tati", latercera.com, 10 March 2009
  3. 1 2 Profile at Footballdatabase, footballdatabase.eu
  4. ↑ Los mellizos Guillermo y Gustavo Barros Schelotto, nueva dupla técnica de Lanús, gacetamercantil.com, 20 June 2012
  5. ↑ Barros Schelotto quits Lanus, joins departing Argentine coaches, reuters.com, 27 November 2015
  6. ↑ Soccer-Boca Juniors name Barros Schelotto as their new coach, reuters.com, 2 March 2016
  7. ↑ LA Galaxy announce technical staff additions, lagalaxy.com, 9 January 2019
  8. 1 2 "En Gimnasia se juega con el corazón". Diario Hoy. 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  9. 1 2 "El sobrino de los mellizos continúa con la dinastía Barros Schelotto en el Lobo". 0221. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Cataldi: pasado, presente y futuro albiazul". Inferiores Platenses. 17 July 2018. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

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