Lucas Barrios

Football player infobox
playername = Lucas Barrios


fullname = Lucas Ramon Barrios
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|11|13
cityofbirth = San Fernando
countryofbirth = Argentina
height = height|m=1.89
currentclub = Colo-Colo
clubnumber = 8
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2003-2004
2004
2005
2006
2006-2007
2007
2008
clubs = Argentinos Juniors
Tigre
Temuco
Tiro Federal
Cobreloa
Atlas
Colo-Colo
caps(goals) = -
-
-
-
-
14 (1)
22 (19)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 4 June 2008
ntupdate =

Lucas Barrios (born November 13, 1984, in San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer, who currently plays for Chilean club Colo-Colo.

Barrios came to fame as a foward for Chilean club Cobreloa where he had a spectacular scoring record. Before joining Cobreloa, Barrios spent much of his professional career in second division football either in Chile or Argentina. However after joining Cobreloa, he has demonstrated his innate goal scoring ability, notching 14 goals in the Apertura 2007.

After the good time he passed with Cobreloa, Barrios garnered attention from Colo-Colo and Mexican club Necaxa. Finally, Barrios was bought by Mexican club Atlas for $2.5 million where he played one short season where he scored one goal in 14 league appearances [ [http://www.cooperativa.cl/p4_noticias/antialone.html?page=http://www.cooperativa.cl/p4_noticias/site/artic/20070630/pags/20070630115658.html "Lucas Barrios finalmente fichó en Atlas de México"] - Radio Cooperativa es icon] .

He returned to Chile at the beginning of 2008 to play for Colo-Colo as a reinforcement for the Copa Libertadores 2008 [ [http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/detalle/detallenoticias.asp?idnoticia=286908 "Lucas Barrios asegura que ya es de Colo Colo"] - Emol.com es icon] . During the Apertura 2008 season, Colo-Colo's coach Claudio Borghi abruptly quit and took over for Argentine club Independiente. He listed as one of the reasons for leaving being the lack of reinforcements the club had made prior to the tournament. However, Barrios was not one of those failures as he was the leading goal scorer in the . In the playoffs Barrios was an intrical part of the success of the club. In the second leg of the semifinals Colo-Colo found themselves behind 2-0 in the aggregate with ten minutes left, when Barrios scored two goals in less than two minutes to advance to the finals. In the first leg of the finals, Barrios added his fifth goal of the playoffs and his nineteenth of the season.

Barrios was loaned to Colo-Colo for sixth months and in June 2008 the player is scheduled to return to Atlas. The mexican side has asked for no less than $2 million for him to stay with Colo-Colo. At the end of May 2008, Colo-Colo offered $1.5 million for Barrios which Atlas denied [ [http://www.prensafutbol.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=591:atlas-rechazo-oferta-de-colo-colo-por-lucas-barrios&catid=35:noticias-nacionales&Itemid=78 "Atlas rechazó oferta de Colo Colo por Lucas Barrios"] - Prensa Futbol es icon] . Finally, Colo-Colo gave the $2 million Atlas was asking for Barrios. However Colo-Colo only purchased eighty percent of the player and Barrios holds the remaining twenty percent of his ownership.Barrios salary with Atlas was almost $400,000 per year but to stay with Colo-Colo he had to take almost a forty percent pay cut. [ [http://diario.elmercurio.com/2008/06/03/deportes/_portada/noticias/DEBF3B94-E63B-4B99-AA8E-3DA81B331430.htm?id=%7BDEBF3B94-E63B-4B99-AA8E-3DA81B331430%7D "Colo Colo asegura a Lucas Barrios y va por el histórico pentacampeonato"] - El Mercurio.com es icon]

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