Lucas Barrios

Lucas Barrios, 2013

Lucas Ramón Barrios Caceres ( born November 13, 1984 in San Fernando, Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine football player; the since April 2010 also has the Paraguayan nationality. Since 2013 he is the Russian first division club Spartak Moscow under contract.

• 2.1 club teams
• 2.2 national team
• 2.3 Awards

Career

Lucas Barrios grew up in a suburb of Buenos Aires in a large family with four brothers and three sisters. His mother is from Paraguay. Barrios is divorced and has a son, whom he has brought to his Germany. Since April 8, 2010 Barrios also possesses the citizenship of Paraguay.

In the club

Clubs in Argentina, Mexico and Chile

In his youth Barrios played for the club Argentinos Juniors, in which Diego Maradona was also great. There he got the nickname " La Pantera " ("The Panther" ) also due to its response speed. He played in the Argentine and Chilean second league, until he found the breakthrough in CD Cobreloa. To the Chilean first division he came in 2006 and was characterized by excellent performance and goals. Through his hit the Mexican club CF Atlas and the Chilean top club Colo -Colo were aware of him. Barrios decided to use Atlas, but there was a far cry from his previous performance.

After just 14 league appearances for his new club he left the team again to sign a contract with Colo -Colo. In Chile, the striker found his accuracy and became top scorer in 2008. Because Barrios was only on loan, the club officials decided in May 2008 to require that the attacker fixed. At the end of the 2008 season he helped the club with its gates for the 28th championship. Overall, Barrios scored 37 goals in 38 games, the most top-flight world in a calendar year. Contrary to often more appropriate representation of fans and media Barrios, however, did not win so the title of " world - leading scorer ," which at Leandson Dias da Silva went in that year.

Borussia Dortmund

In July 2009, he spent the equivalent of 4.23 million euros for Borussia Dortmund, where he replaced the FC Basel exchanged for Alexander Frei. He received a four-year contract he half a year later prematurely extended until 30 June 2014. His first competitive match Barrios graduated on August 1, 2009 in the first round of the DFB Cup 2009/10 against SpVgg Weiden, in which he also scored his first competitive goal for his new club. In the second round of the DFB Cup Barrios met in the game at Karlsruher SC twice. His first Bundesliga goal he scored 3 October 2009 in an away game against Borussia Mönchengladbach, the first time he met twice on 16th matchday in Wolfsburg. In total he scored until the end of the first round nine goals, including the winning goal in the 1-0 100th anniversary of Borussia Dortmund on December 19, 2009 compared to SC Freiburg. On the 32nd Round Barrios scored in a 3-2 success at Nuremberg all three Dortmund goals, what Ebi Smolarek was most recently in the 2005/06 season succeeded for Dortmund. At the end of the season Barrios was able to record 19 goals to his credit, which he finished third scorer. In his first two Europa League games on August 19 and 26, 2010 against the Azerbaijani club FK Qarabağ Aghdam he scored three goals and was instrumental in reaching the group stage. In the 4-3 victory in the group stage at Karpaty Lviv Barrios took the penalty to make it 1-0 out scored the 3:3 and even prepared the other two matches of Borussia Dortmund. Barrios then played with his attacking partner Shinji Kagawa a strong first round, in which he scored eight goals. Not least, he was instrumental in the outstanding balance of the first round BVB (14 wins, one draw, two defeats ) and was well-deserved winter champions. To the rear half of the season he was plagued with a flu virus, and thus played again until the 20th matchday in the starting lineup against VfL Wolfsburg. In this game, he scored his ninth goal of the season. Barrios was on the 32nd matchday one hit instrumental in the 2-0 victory over 1.FC Nuremberg and the associated premature winning the German Championship at. Nearly a year later, on matchday 32 of the 2011/12 season, Barrios was defending with Borussia Dortmund for the second time in his career German master and to the title in the year 2011. However, in contrast to last year, he often came only as a substitute for use as the striker Robert Lewandowski now got the nod in the top and was instrumental in the championship. On 33 Matchday he benefited from the rotation of the coach, was in the starting and met three times against 1 FC Kaiserslautern.

Guangzhou Evergrande FC

After the 2011/12 season Barrios moved to China to Guangzhou Evergrande FC. He signed a four -year contract. End of October 2012 with the club Barrios won the Chinese Championship and in November the Chinese Cup.

Spartak Moscow

2013 moved Lucas Barrios of Guangzhou Evergrande for Russian club Spartak Moscow.

National team of Paraguay

On 4 May 2010 Lucas Barrios was appointed national coach Gerardo Martino in the provisional World Cup squad Paraguay. This initially consisted of 30 players and was reduced on 1 June 2010 to 23 players.

Barrios made ​​his debut on 25 May 2010 in a friendly against Ireland (1-2) for the national team of Paraguay after he had received the citizenship of Paraguay until early April 2010. In this game, he also scored his first goal in an international match. Barrios after Jonathan Santana and Nestor Ortigoza the third national team in the World Cup squad of Paraguay, the Argentine has roots. Since joining the Guangzhou Evergrande FC Barrios is not nominated for the national team.

Awards and achievements

Club teams

CSD Colo -Colo

• Chilean Champion: 2008 (Clausura)

Borussia Dortmund

• German champion: 2011, 2012
• DFB Cup winners: 2012

Guangzhou Evergrande FC

• Chinese Master: 2012
• Chinese FA Cup winner: 2012

National

• World Cup quarter-final: 2010 ( 5 Credits )
• Copa America finalist: 2011 ( 5 Credits )

Awards

• Scorer in the Apertura and Clausura ( 1): 2008
• Golden Ball for the most successful top-flight scorer in the world ( IFFHS ): 2008

• Player of the Month in the Bundesliga: 10/2009
• Paraguayan Footballer of the Year: 2010
• Team of the Year: 2011 with Borussia Dortmund