Pablo Barrera

Pablo Edson Barrera Acosta ( born June 21, 1987 in Tlalnepantla, Edo. De México ) is a Mexican football player who can be used both in the midfield and in attack. Since 2012 he is in his home at the Cruz Azul under contract.

Biography

Association

His debut in the Mexican Primera División he gave on 19 November 2005 in an away game the Pumas UANL Tigres in which decided the hosts 3-1 in their favor.

For the 2010/11 season changed Barrera for English Premier League club West Ham United, where he signed a four year contract. There, however, he could not prevail and has been awarded a year later to the Spanish side Real Zaragoza. Also following the lending Barrera could not prevail in London, so he switched to CD Cruz Azul in the summer of 2012.

National

Barrera participated in the FIFA U -20 World Cup 2007 in Canada, where he managed the team to the quarter- finals and scored two goals in five games. His first international appearance in the jersey of the Mexican national team graduated Barrera in a discharged on 17 October 2007 test game that Mexico lost 2:3 against Guatemala. He also belonged to the squad of the team that won the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009 in the USA.

In the summer of 2010 he was a member of the team squad for the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa, where he came to three inserts.

His three international goals he scored in the matches against Nicaragua (2-0) on 5 July 2009 and Haiti ( 4-0) on 19 July 2009 during the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2009, won the Mexicans, as well as in a at 24 February. discharged 2010 test match against Bolivia, which was won 5-0.