The coach of the Argentine National Team, Lionel Scalonipresented this Tuesday the list of those called up for what will be the matches against Paraguay and Peru within the framework of the Qualifierswith the surprise presence of the midfielder from Valencia of Spain, Enzo Barrenechea.
Born in the Cordoba city of Villa Maria on May 11, 2001the attacking midfielder took his first steps in football in the youth ranks of Newell’s Old Boys of Rosarywhere it was until the third division. In August 2019Barrenechea obtained a European passport and was sold to the Zion of Swiss by 3.3 million euros.
In the Swiss team he quickly attracted the attention of several large teams of Europe and it was the Juventus of Italy who acquired their services for around 5 million euros in January 2020. The man from Córdoba joined the ranks of the team Under-19 of the Italians and, in three years, he climbed two categories to earn a place in the professional squad of the “Vecchia Signora” in 2022.
It was November 2 of that year when Barrenechea He debuted with the black and white shirt in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League before, nothing more and nothing less, than the Paris Saint Germain French of the Argentine star Lionel Messi.
for the season 2023/24the Juventus decided to give it to Frosinonewhere he played 39 games and scored a single goal. Upon returning to Turin last July, the Juventino team made the decision to sell the footballer to the Aston Villa of England by 8 million dollars.
During that 12-month experience in the modest Italian team, the one trained in Newell’s He shared the squad with his compatriot Matías Soulé that, having already taken steps through Argentine national teamhe confessed to the coach’s follow-up Lionel Scaloni for future calls.
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“One day we were doing physio here and Mati Soulé arrived and told me that Scaloni had given an interview and that he had named us, that he was following us. It was a very nice thing, it is a dream to be there without a doubt and it is the most I have. “That motivates me even more to give my best every day.”he said Barrenechea a few months ago.
Barrenechea He lasted only two months on the team London where he shared a locker room with the Argentines Emiliano Martínez and Emiliano Buendía since it was transferred to Valencia of Spain where, to this day, they have played seven games with only one goal against the Getafe on the 11th of LaLiga.
This filming that the midfielder began to win in the Andalusian team made the Argentine coach Scaloniwho preselected him for the tournament L’Acudia Sub-20 in 2018make the decision to surprise on the squad list for the next FIFA double date of South American Qualifiers and mention him for the first time to the senior team.
Source: Ambito
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