From Villa María to European football, and from there to the National Team. Learn the story of the young footballer.
Lionel Scaloni surprised in the list of names of the last call for the double South American Qualifiers date. This will take place in November, one in Paraguay (Thursday the 14th, at 8:30 p.m.) and the other locally against Peru (Tuesday the 19th, at 9 p.m.). The name that caught the attention was Enzo Barrenechea.
It is a 23 year old midfielder born in Villa María, Córdoba, who currently plays in European soccer. After being summoned to the national team for the first time, Barrenechea shared his joy on his Instagram account with a post in his stories saying “A dream”next to the payroll postcard.
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Who is Enzo Barrenechea, the new one summoned by Scaloni
When I played in the Newell’s Ninth Divisionstood out as one of the figures of the 2001 Category who became champion in 2015. Since then her name began to be followed by scouts of the youth teams. Barrenechea became part of the preparatory process for the dispute of the L’Alcúdia Tournament 2018, directed by Scaloni. At that time I was only 17 years old and it was an Under 20 competition.
In August 2019, Newell’s sold the steering wheel to Zion of Switzerlandand then sign on the Juventus of Italy. Your transfer was completed for a sum greater than 3 million euros. But after the pandemic Barrenechea suffered a anterior cruciate ligament injury on a knee that kept him away from the courts for several months.
After his recovery, the midfielder was able to train and gain experience until his official debut in the Vecchia Signora in November 2022, for the sixth day of the group stage of the Champions League. That day he faced Lionel Messi.
In February 2023, his baptism as a starter was in the classic against Torino, with a 4-2 victory at home. In that season he also added minutes in the victories against Sampdoria (4-2), Verona (1-0), both in Serie A, and Freiburg of Germany (2-0), in the Europa League.
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In which club does Enzo Barrenechea currently play?
Once the preseason for 2023/2024 was completed, to gain minutes, the player was loaned to Frosinone. He played 39 games, with one goal and one assist. There he gave a good performance and projection that led him to captivate the English Aston Villawho bought it in 8 million euros (with 3 in bonuses for objectives). However, the British entity He transferred it to Valencia.
With this new team he came to play 7 official matchesas well as a friendly one. Barrenechea scored his first goal against Getafe, in a 1-1 draw on Matchday 11 of a Spanish league that sees Valencia led by Rubén Baraja.
Source: Ambito
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