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Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Argentine footballer and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʎeɾmo ˈβaros eskeˈloto]; born 4 May 1973) is an Argentine football manager and former forward who recently was the manager of Paraguay national team.[1]
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Guillermo Barros Schelotto | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1973-05-04) 4 May 1973 (age 51) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward, attacking midfielder, winger | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1985–1991 | Gimnasia La Plata | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1991–1997 | Gimnasia La Plata | 184 | (49) | ||||||||||||||
1997–2007 | Boca Juniors | 300 | (86) | ||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Columbus Crew | 118 | (38) | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Gimnasia La Plata | 20 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 526 | (145) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1995–1999 | Argentina | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | Lanús | ||||||||||||||||
2016 | Palermo | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Boca Juniors | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | LA Galaxy | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Paraguay | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Barros Schelotto played 16 years of his professional career in the Argentine Primera División (6 with Gimnasia La Plata and 10 with Boca Juniors). With these two teams, he won a total 17 official titles (one with Gimnasia and 16 with Boca).
In 2007, Barros Schelotto left Boca Juniors for Columbus Crew in the Major League Soccer, his first move outside his native country. The forward won three league and cup titles with Columbus Crew, as well as two individual awards, before moving back to Gimnasia La Plata in 2011.