Wilmar Barrios

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barrios and the second or maternal family name is Terán.

Wilmar Enrique Barrios Terán (born 16 October 1993) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Colombia national team.

Wilmar Barrios

Barrios with Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Wilmar Enrique Barrios Terán[1]
Date of birth	(1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Cartagena, Colombia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Deportes Tolima	102	(3)
2016–2018	Boca Juniors	48	(1)
2019–	Zenit Saint Petersburg	164	(3)
International career‡
2016	Colombia U23	9	(0)
2016–	Colombia	55	(1)
Medal record Representing  Colombia Men's football Copa América 2021 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Born in Cartagena, Colombia, Barrios relocated to Ibagué where he made professional football debut with Deportes Tolima. During his time with Tolima, Barrios notably won the Copa Colombia in 2014. In 2016, he was acquired by Argentine giants Boca Juniors. Barrios won two trophies with the Xeneizes: the Primera División in 2017 and 2018. In 2019, he joined Russian Premier League side FC Zenit Saint Petersburg on an initial 4,5-year contract; in 2021, his contract was extended until 2026. Since his arrival to the club, Barrios has won six trophies with Zenit, including four league titles, the Russian Cup and the Russian Super Cup.

Before debuting with Colombia in 2016, Barrios represented his country's Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Since then, he has earned over 50 caps. Barrios was part of the Colombia squad that took part in the 2018 World Cup. Additionally, Barrios represented Colombia at the 2019 and 2021 editions of the Copa América, achieving a third-place finish in the latter.

Club career

Barrios was given a red card for two bookable offences during the second leg of the 2018 Copa Libertadores Finals against rivals River Plate held at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.^[2]

On 1 February 2019, he signed a 4,5-year contract with Zenit Saint Petersburg.^[3] On 19 October 2021, Barrios extended his contract with Zenit until the end of the 2025–26 season.^[4] On 31 August 2023, he extended his contract with Zenit until June 2027.^[5]

International career

Barrios was named in Colombia's provisional squad for Copa América Centenario, but was cut from the final squad.^[6]

In May 2018, he was named in Colombia's final 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.^[7]

On 27 September 2022, Barrios scored his first goal for Colombia, the winning goal in a 3–2 friendly win against Mexico.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 December 2024^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Deportes Tolima	2013	Categoría Primera A	11	0	12	0	—		—		23	0
	2014	Categoría Primera A	36	0	13	1	0	0	—		49	1
	2015	Categoría Primera A	37	3	8	0	4	0	—		49	3
	2016	Categoría Primera A	18	0	5	1	0	0	—		23	1
	Total		102	3	38	2	4	0	—		144	5
Boca Juniors	2016–17	Argentine Primera División	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
	2017–18	Argentine Primera División	23	1	3	0	4	0	1[a]	0	31	1
	2018–19	Argentine Primera División	6	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	16	0
	Total		48	1	6	0	12	0	1	0	67	1
Zenit Saint Petersburg	2018–19	Russian Premier League	10	1	—		4	0	—		14	1
	2019–20	Russian Premier League	26	1	3	0	6	0	—		35	1
	2020–21	Russian Premier League	26	0	0	0	6	0	1[b]	0	33	0
	2021–22	Russian Premier League	27	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	37	0
	2022–23	Russian Premier League	28	1	2	0	—		1[b]	0	31	1
	2023–24	Russian Premier League	29	0	9	0	—		1[b]	0	39	0
	2024–25	Russian Premier League	18	0	4	0	—		1[b]	0	23	0
	Total		164	3	20	0	24	0	4	0	212	3
Career total			314	7	64	2	40	0	5	0	423	9

1. Appearance in Supercopa Argentina
2. Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International

As of match played 7 September 2023^[10]

Colombia
Year	Apps	Goals
2016	3	0
2017	5	0
2018	9	0
2019	12	0
2020	4	0
2021	16	0
2022	4	1
2023	2	0
Total	55	1

Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barrios goal.^[10]

List of international goals scored by Wilmar Barrios

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 September 2022	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, United States	Mexico	3–2	3–2	Friendly

Honours

Deportes Tolima

• Copa Colombia: 2014

Boca Juniors

• Argentine Primera División: 2016–17, 2017–18

Zenit Saint Petersburg

• Russian Premier League: 2018–19, 2019–20,^[11] 2020–21,^[12] 2021–22,^[13] 2022–23,^[14] 2023–24^[15]
• Russian Cup: 2019–20,^[16] 2023–24^[17]
• Russian Super Cup: 2020,^[18] 2022,^[19] 2023,^[20] 2024^[21]

Individual

• Superliga Colombiana Team of the Year: 2015
• Copa Libertadores Team of the Tournament: 2018
• Russian Premier League Defensive Midfielder of the Season: 2019–20^[22]

References

1. "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Colombia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
2. Lowe, Sid (9 December 2018). "River Plate claim Copa Libertadores against 10-man Boca after Quintero strikes". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
3. "Добро пожаловать, Вильмар! В "Зенит" переходит игрок сборной Колумбии" [Welcome, Wilmar! Colombia national team player moves to Zenit] (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 1 February 2019.
4. "Wilmar Barrios signs a contract extension with the club". fc-zenit.ru. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
5. "Сине-бело-голубые продлили контракт с Вильмаром Барриосом" (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
6. "Falcao left out of Colombia's Copa America squad". goal.com. Goal. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
7. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". goal.com. Goal. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
8. "Mexico vs. Colombia - Football Match Summary - September 27, 2022 - ESPN".
9. Wilmar Barrios at Soccerway
10. "Barrios, Wílmar". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
11. "Zenit crowned 2019/20 RPL champions". Russian Premier League. 5 July 2020.
12. "Sensational Zenit storm to the title with utterly dominant thrashing". Russian Premier League. 2 May 2021.
13. ""Зенит" – восьмикратный чемпион Тинькофф РПЛ!" [Zenit is the eight-times winner of Tinkoff RPL] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 30 April 2022.
14. ""Зенит" обеспечил 5-е чемпионство подряд благодаря победе над "Спартаком"" [Zenit secured 5th title in a row thanks to a win over Spartak]. Russian Premier League. 7 May 2023.
15. ""Зенит" завоевал золотые медали Мир РПЛ в шестом сезоне подряд!" [Zenit won the gold medals of MIR RPL for the sixth season in a row!] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 25 May 2024.
16. "Late Dzyuba penalty seals Russian Cup for Zenit". Russian Premier League. 25 July 2020.
17. "Суперфинал FONBET Кубка России LIVE. Гол Алипа приносит "Зениту" победу" [Russian Cup Superfinal: Alip goal gives Zenit the victory] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2024.
18. ""Зенит" обыграл "Локомотив" и стал пятикратным победителем Олимп-Суперкубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 7 August 2020.
19. ""Зенит" обыграл "Спартак" в Петербурге и завоевал третий OLIMPBET Суперкубок подряд" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 9 July 2022.
20. "2023 Russian Super Cup game report" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 15 July 2023.
21. ""Зенит" – обладатель OLIMPBET Суперкубка России-2024" [Zenit is the winner of OLIMPBET Russian Super Cup 2024] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 13 July 2024.
22. "Исполком РФС утвердил 33 лучших футболиста сезона-2019/20" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

External links

• Profile at the FC Zenit Saint Petersburg website
• Wilmar Barrios at Soccerway