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Chilean footballer and manager

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barrientos and the second or maternal family name is Pinto.
Henry Barrientos
Personal information
Full name Henry Ricardo Barrientos Pinto
Date of birth (1963-04-20) 20 April 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Rancagua, Chile
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Centre-back
Team information
Current team Aguacatán (manager)
Youth career
1978–1982 O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983 O'Higgins
1983 Chiprodal
1984 Cultural Doñihue
1985–1986 Tricolor Municipal
1986 Juventud O'Higgins
1987–1989 Católico 21 de Mayo
1990–1991 Dragón
1991 Verdes FC
1991–1992 Real Estelí
1992 UNAN Managua
1993 Águilas de León
Managerial career
1993 Águilas de León
1993–1994 Deportivo Usumatlán
1995–1996 Deportivo Carchá
1996–1997 Gualán
1997 Segunda División (GUA) (league team)
1997–1998 Deportivo Sanarate
1999 Atlético La Mesilla
2001 Deportivo Guastatoya
2006–2008 Deportivo Achuapa
2008–2009 Peñarol La Mesilla
2014–2015 Deportivo Sanarate
2016 Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa
2016–2018 Sololá [es]
2018 Quiché
2019–2020 Barillas
2020 Jacalteco
2021–2022 Jacalteco
2022– Aguacatán
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry Ricardo Barrientos Pinto (born 20 April 1966) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and centre-back

Playing career

Barientos came to O'Higgins youth system in 1977, coinciding with players such as Cristian Trejos and Aníbal González, and was part of the first team in the 1983 Primera División de Chile. Next, he played for Chiprodal de Graneros (1983) and Católico 21 de Mayo (1987–89) in the Chilean Cuarta División and for Cultural Doñihue (1984), Tricolor Municipal from Paine (1985–86) and Juventud O'Higgins (1986) in the Chilean Tercera División.

In 1990, he emigrated to Central America thanks to his uncle Wilfredo Barrientos. He first arrived to Honduras and next moved to Nicaragua to join Dragón. After he played for Verdes FC in Belize, Real Estelí, UNAN Managua and Águilas de León in the Nicaraguan top division. As a member of Real Estelí, he won the league title in 1991.

Coaching career

With an extensive career as coach in Guatemala, he began his career performing as both player and coach of Nicaraguan club Águilas de León in 1993. After rejecting an offer to play for Deportivo San Marcos, he assumed as coach of Guatemalan club Deportivo Usumatlán in the Segunda División in the same year.

In 1997, he also led a league team from the Segunda División de Ascenso in an inter-league championship.

He has coached at all divisions of the Guatemalan football, winning league titles with Deportivo Sanarate in 1997–98 and Sololá in 2016 of the Segunda División.

He is well known as El Señor de los Ascensos (The Lord of the Promotions) due to the fact that he has got promotions with Deportivo Sanarate (1997–98, 2014–15), Peñarol La Mesilla (2008), Sololá (2017) and Quiché FC (2018).

In 2019 he coached Barillas FC.

In 2020 and 2021–22 he coached Jacalteco FC.

In June 2022, he signed with Aguacatán FC.

Personal life

He is the nephew of the former professional footballers Wilfredo Barrientos and Sergio "The Doctor" Fuenzalida, who played for O'Higgins. In addition, his father served as director for the same club.

He performed as a football commentator in the TV program Dueños del balón (Ball Owners) from Antigua Sports channel.

Honours

As player

Real Estelí

As manager

Deportivo Sanarate

Sololá

References

  1. ^ (Cris Ignacio Sports) Entrevista a Henry Barrientos🇨🇱 - Entrenador Jacalteco FC🇬🇹 on YouTube (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Las historias del DT chileno que destaca en Guatemala" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  3. HENRY BARRIENTOS El señor de los ascensos Fútbol de Nivel on Facebook (in Spanish)
  4. Gómez, Jeniffer (20 June 2017). "FC Quiché repudia una falta de respeto de Henry Barrientos". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  5. ^ "#PorelMundo Henry Barrientos y su desafío como DT en Barillas de Guatemala". Colegio de Entrenadores de Fútbol (in Spanish). 18 February 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  6. "Entrenador chileno se prepara para nueva temporada en Guatemala". Colegio de Entrenadores de Fútbol (in Spanish). 1 July 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  7. "Entrenador chileno en Guatemala ficha en club de Segunda División". Colegio de Entrenadores de Fútbol (in Spanish). 23 June 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  8. "Henry Barrientos :: Henry Ricardo Barrientos Pinto ::". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  9. González, Sergio (4 December 2016). "Segunda División – Final – CSD Solola Campeón Torneo Apertura 2016 – 04/12/2016". Antorcha Deportiva (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2022.

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