Leandro Barrera

Leandro Barrera

Barrera with San Jose Earthquakes in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Leandro Barrera
Date of birth	(1991-02-22) February 22, 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Godoy Cruz, Mendoza, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Cobreloa
Youth career
	Argentinos Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Argentinos Juniors	42	(3)
2014	→ Chivas USA (loan)	32	(1)
2015–2017	San Jose Earthquakes	6	(0)
2016	→ San Martín SJ (loan)	0	(0)
2016–2017	→ Chacarita Juniors (loan)	23	(1)
2017–2018	All Boys	21	(1)
2018–2020	Marítimo	29	(2)
2019	Marítimo B	2	(0)
2020	→ Mafra (loan)	3	(0)
2020–2022	Santiago Morning	46	(8)
2023	Sportivo Peñarol [es]	16	(1)
2024	Deportes Santa Cruz	25	(3)
2025–	Cobreloa	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:33, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Leandro Iván Barrera (born February 22, 1991) is an Argentine football forward who plays for Chilean club Cobreloa.

Career

Barrera began his career in the renowned youth ranks of Argentinos Juniors, making his debut in the Primera Division Argentina in 2010. Pedro Troglio handed Barrera his first team debut against Club Atlético Huracán as he came in for Andrés Romero. With Argentinos Barrera made 42 league appearances and scored three goals.

Barrera was loaned to Chivas USA of Major League Soccer on February 19, 2014, with Chivas having an option to purchase the player.[2]

Following the 2014 season, the Chivas USA franchise was contracted by MLS. In November 2014, Barrera was available to other MLS clubs in the 2014 MLS Dispersal Draft but was not selected. In December 2014, Barrera was selected by San Jose Earthquakes in the MLS Waiver Draft.[3]

On 25 June 2018 Leandro Barrera signed a three-year professional contract with Marítimo.[4]

Barrera signed with Chilean club Cobreloa for the 2025 season, his third club in that country after Santiago Morning in 2020–2022 and Deportes Santa Cruz in 2024.[5]

Honours

Argentinos Juniors

• Argentine Primera División: 2009–10 Clausura

References

1. mlssoccer. "Leandro Barrera | MLSsoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
2. "Argentinos Juniors announce loan of Barrera to Chivas USA". thegoatparade.com. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
3. "Nigel Reo-Coker headlines three former Chivas USA players taken in MLS Waiver Draft | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
4. "Leandro Barrera: "sou um jogador rápido que joga pelas alas"" [Leandro I'm a fast player who plays on the wings.] (in Portuguese). csmaritimo.org.pt. June 25, 2018. Archived from the original on June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
5. Pavez Farías, Felipe (December 11, 2024). "Cobreloa anuncia delantero internacional para retornar a primera división". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved December 12, 2024.

External links

• Leandro Barrera at Major League Soccer
• Leandro Barrera at Fichajes.com (in Spanish)
• Argentina League stats at the Wayback Machine (archived March 1, 2014) (in Spanish)
• Leandro Barrera at Soccerway