Wilfredo Ramón Barrientos Valdés (born 29 July 1946), also known as Willy Barrientos,[1] is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile and Central America.[2]
Barientos is a product of O'Higgins youth system, playing after for Colchagua and Chiprodal de Graneros,[3] with whom he won the Campeonato Regional Zona Central.[4]
He emigrated to Central America and spent ten years in Guatemala and five years in El Salvador.[1] In Guatemala, he played for Izabal JC [es][5] and Xelajú MC, with whom he won the league title in 1980 with his compatriot Javier Mascaró as coach.[6] In El Salvador he played for both Sonsonate and Universidad de El Salvador.[2]
Barrientos has developed an extensive career as coach of youth players, men and women, in the United States,[3] also winning many titles in New York.[1]
He is the uncle of the former professional footballer and current coach Henry Barrientos,[7] whom he suggested to move towards Central America at the end of 1989. In addition, his brother and Henry's father, served as director for O'Higgins.[8]
Both Wilfredo and his nephew, Henry, were coached by the Chilean coach Rolando Torino.[9]
Xelajú MC
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