Lucas Barrios
Barrios with Palmeiras in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Lucas Ramón Barrios Cáceres | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | San Fernando, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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S.E. Palmeiras | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mitre | |||
| Juventud de Liniers | |||
| 1999–2002 | Barracas Central | ||
| Pacífico | |||
| Huracán | |||
| Argentinos Juniors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Argentinos Juniors | 17 | (5) |
| 2003–2004 | → Tigre (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Temuco | 28 | (12) |
| 2005–2006 | Tiro Federal | 12 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Cobreloa | 39 | (26) |
| 2007 | Atlas | 14 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Colo-Colo | 53 | (49) |
| 2009–2012 | Borussia Dortmund | 82 | (39) |
| 2012–2013 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 17 | (5) |
| 2013–2015 | Spartak Moscow | 16 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | → Montpellier (loan) | 31 | (11) |
| 2015– | Palmeiras | 22 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010– | Paraguay | 34 | (10) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2016 |
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Lucas Ramón Barrios Cáceres (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlukas raˈmom ˈbarjos ˈkaseɾes]; born 13 November 1984) is an Argentine-born Paraguayan footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Palmeiras. Barrios is known for his effectiveness in the target area. This earned him his nickname La Pantera, which means The Panther.
Even though he was born in San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Barrios' mother is Paraguayan, which made him eligible to receive Paraguay nationality at birth. He received his Paraguay nationality in March 2010 and made his debut on 25 May of that year.
In 2008 Barrios was named top scorer of the year in the world by the IFFHS with 37 goals.
Barrios began playing junior football for Argentine clubs Mitre, Juventud de Liniers, Barracas Central (where he was present from 1999 until February 2002) and Pacífico, before joining Huracán, where he was eventually forced to leave the club due to his small stature and low physical physique. Barrios then joined the youth teams of Argentinos Juniors after age 15, where he trained for one entire year without playing a youth fixture. Argentinos Juniors' coaches 'El Bichi' Borghi, Marcelo Barticcioto and 'El Checho' Batista ultimately took Barrios out of the club's youth team and promoted him to the club's first-team, where he debuted, before being loaned to Tigre in 2004.
Barrios rose to prominence as a forward for the Chilean club Cobreloa, where he had a spectacular scoring record. Before joining Cobreloa, he 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.
Barrios drew the attention of Chilean club Colo-Colo and Mexican club Necaxa with his excellent performance at Cobreloa. However, Barrios was finally signed by Mexican club Atlas for $2.5 million, where he played one short season in which he scored a single goal in 14 league appearances.
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