Lucas Barrios was born in 1984, on November 13, in Buenos Aires. This is a famous Paraguayan football player of Brazilian origin. Today he is the striker of the club “Palmeiras” and his national team. However, in Russia this footballer is also very famous, because for two whole seasons he defended the colors of Moscow Spartak.
Carier start
Even as a youth, Lucas Barrios changed six (!) Youth clubs. In three years. He played for Miter, Juventud, Barracas Central, Pacifico, Hurricane and Argentinos Juniors. And the first club with which he entered into a professional contract was the last of these. Exactly a year, the young man played for the “Argentinos Juniors” in the first team. He participated in 17 matches and even scored five goals. This was a good result. After this season, he moved to FC Tigre. There, Lucas played 16 matches and did not score a single goal.
In 2005, he moved to Deportivo Temuco from Chile. There he also lingered only for one season. He played 28 matches and scored 12 goals. The performance was impressive, but still the next year, Lucas Barrios moved to a new club. This time in the Argentinean “Tiro Federal”. There he played 12 matches and scored a goal.
And in the 2006/07 season, he defended the colors of “Cobreola” from Chile. It was in this team that he became widely known. And all thanks to its effectiveness. Indeed, in 39 games played, he scored 26 (!) Goals.
Career at Kolo-Kolo
The next club of the Paraguayan was the Mexican Atlas. True, in 2008 Lucas Barrios was rented by the Kolo-Kolo team for half the season. The management decided to invite the striker to strengthen their composition. After all, the team wanted not to miss the chance to participate in the Libertadores Cup. Barrios fit in so well that the Chilean club decided to buy it. Atlas was offered 1.5 million dollars. But the Mexicans rejected this offer because they wanted 500,000 more. The management of Kolo-Kolo accepted these conditions, so that Lucas Barrios left the composition of the Atlas. And in 2008, with his help, the Chilean team won the championship.
Further activities
Lucas Barrios is a striker known for his performance. Therefore, it is not surprising that he was interested in various eminent clubs. In 2009, he received an offer from the Dortmund Borussia. The management of the German club offered 3,500,000 euros. So the contract was signed, and on August 8 the Paraguayan made its debut. True, he scored his first goal only two months later. He was sent to the gate of the Mönchengladbach Borussia.
In the German club, Lucas Barrios proved to be really at a decent level. No wonder at the end of the first season he was recognized as the team's top scorer. Indeed, for this year he scored 23 goals. And in the next season - 21. As a result, he became interested in such teams as “Ruby”, “Manchester City” and “Milan”.
But the Paraguayan agreed to the proposal, "Guangzhou Evergrand." As part of this team, he spent a year. Played 17 matches, scored 5 goals. And then he moved to Russia for two seasons. True, during this time spent in “Spartak”, he entered the field only 16 times. And scored, respectively, only two goals. Compare at least with the performance that he pleased his fans, playing for the “Montpellier” from 2014 to 2015. 31 matches - 11 goals! And this is only for a year.
Last years
It was told above how interesting a biography is for a football player named Lucas Barrios. The rating of this football player is also very high - this can be judged by his statistics and notorious performance. By the way, now she has not fallen. Since 2015, the Paraguayan has been playing for Palmeiras FC. During the year, he played 16 matches and scored 6 goals. September 17, 2015 and completely designed a hat-trick in the gates of “Fluminense”. Interestingly, these were his first goals for the new club. Very effective debut.
And this player has a lot of achievements. And besides the team ones, there are also personal ones. So, for example, in 2008 he was awarded the IFFHS prize - as the best scorer of national championships.