Enzo_Barrenechea
Enzo Barrenechea
Argentine footballer (born 2001)
Enzo Alan Tomás Barrenechea (born 22 May 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for Italian Serie A club Frosinone, on loan from Juventus.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Enzo Alan Tomás Barrenechea | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-05-22) 22 May 2001 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Villa María, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Frosinone (on loan from Juventus) | ||
| Number | 45 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2019 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
| 2019–2020 | Sion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Sion B | 7 | (0) |
| 2020– | Juventus Next Gen[lower-greek 1] | 37 | (4) |
| 2022– | Juventus | 3 | (0) |
| 2023– | → Frosinone (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:13, 20 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Early career
In his early years he plays in Newell's Old Boys.[2] In summer 2019 he moved to Sion for €3.1 million.[3] In winter 2020 he moved to Juventus U23 – the reserve team of Juventus – for the following season.[3]
Juventus U23
He made his debut with Juventus U23 on 25 October 2020 in the away win against Lucchese.[4] On 22 May 2021, Barrenechea injured his ACL.[5] On 20 February 2022, Barrenechea returned being after his injury coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute against Seregno[6] drawn 2–2.[7] On 2 April, Barrenechea scored his first goal in his career in a 1–1 draw against Virtus Verona.[8] On 21 May, Barrenechea scored the 12th-minute decider in the second leg of the second round of the play-offs national phases in a match won 1–0 against Padova, which did not prevent Juventus from being eliminated from the play-offs.[9]
Barrenechea started to get first-team call-ups in the 2022–23 season. He made his debut for Juventus on 2 November 2022 as an 88th-minute substitute for Juan Cuadrado in a Champions League 1–2 home loss against Paris Saint-Germain.[10] By mid-February 2023, he was moved to the senior squad on a permanent basis. He made his Serie A debut for Juventus on 28 February 2023 against Torino.[11] On 1 April, Juventus announced his definitive promotion to the first team.[12]
He is a defensive midfielder who has drawn comparisons with Paul Pogba and Steven Nzonzi.[2]
Club
- As of match played 19 December 2023[13]
| Club | Season | League | Coppa Italia | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Juventus Next Gen[lower-greek 1] | 2020–21 | Serie C | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Serie C | 8 | 1 | — | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie C | 26 | 4 | — | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
| Total | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 47 | 6 | ||
| Juventus | 2022–23 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Frosinone | 2023–24 | Serie A | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 17 | 1 | |
| Career total | 55 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 69 | 6 | ||
- Appearance in Coppa Italia Serie C
- One appearance in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
- The team's name was changed from Juventus U23 to Juventus Next Gen in August 2022.[1]
- "From Under 23 to Next Gen – a new identity at Juventus". Juventus FC. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- Posticipo, Redazione Il. "La Juventus guarda al futuro con Barrenechea: per il suo ex allenatore l'argentino "è un mix tra Nzonzi e Pogba"". Il Posticipo (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- Baridon, Marco (2020-10-25). "Lucchese-Juventus U23 0-1: riscatto bianconero al Porta Elisa - VIDEO". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- Juventus.com. "Le condizioni di Enzo Barrenechea - Juventus". Juventus.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- JuventusNews24, Redazione (2022-02-20). "Juventus U23, riecco Barrenechea: in campo dopo il lungo stop". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-02-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Fioretti, Luca (2022-02-20). "Seregno Juventus U23 2-2: Cudrig e Pecorino salvano i bianconeri, punto d'oro per Zauli". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- JuventusNews24, Redazione (2022-04-02). "Juventus U23, Barrenechea ora può sorridere: il suo messaggio – FOTO". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Pranzoni, Carlo (2022-05-21). "Padova Juventus U23 0-1: termina la corsa playoff dei bianconeri". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-05-21.
- "Juve v PSG game report". UEFA. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- "Juve v Torino game report". Soccerway. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- Sport, Sky (2023-04-01). "La Juventus promuove un giocatore in prima squadra". sport.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-05-21.
- Enzo Barrenechea at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- Enzo Barrenechea at Soccerway
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