Jorge Barrios (footballer)

Jorge Barrios
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Wálter Barrios Balestrasse
Date of birth	24 January 1961
Place of birth	Las Piedras, Uruguay
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1&fras1;2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
National team
Representing Uruguay
Copa América
Mundialito
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jorge Wálter Barrios Balestrasse (born 24 January 1961) is a retired football midfielder from Uruguay, who was nicknamed "Chifle" during his professional career. Having made his official debut on July 18, 1980 against Peru (0-0), Barrios obtained a total number of 60 international caps for the Uruguay national football team.^[1]

He was a Mundialito Winner at the 1980 Copa D'Oro, and he scored the first goal in the final game against Brazil (2-1) on January 10, 1981.

He represented his native country at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, against West Germany, Scotland (as captain) and Argentina wearing the number eight jersey.

Away of Uruguay, he made a significant career in Greece with Olympiakos for two years (1985-1987) and Levadiakos for four years (1987-1991).

After the end of his playing years Barrios became a manager and managed teams in Greece such as Doxa Dramas, Kavala FC and Ionikos. He also managed Olympiakos Nicosia of Cyprus.

Honours

Olympiacos

1986–87 Alpha Ethniki

References

^ rsssf: Uruguay record international footballers Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine

External links

International statistics at rsssf
(in Spanish) Profile

[1] rsssf: Uruguay record international footballers Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine

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