Jesús Alberto Barrios Álvarez (born 10 January 1961) is a former Colombian

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Career

Born in

La Paz, Cesar Los Robles La Paz () or simply La Paz is a municipality and a town in the Department of Cesar, Colombia. The town is close to the Capital city of the Department of Cesar; Valledupar. The municipality of La Paz borders to the north with La Guajira ...

, Barrios played club football for

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Atlético Bucaramanga Club Atlético Bucaramanga S.A., better known as Atlético Bucaramanga, is a Colombian professional football team based in Bucaramanga. The club plays its home games at the Alfonso López stadium. The club was founded on 11 May 1949 by Rafael C ...

and

Envigado Envigado () is a town southeast of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta to the south, El Retiro and Caldas to ...

. He won the 1980 Colombian league title with Junior. Barrios made several appearances for the

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from 1983 to 1985, and he played at the

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. After he retired from playing, Barrios became a football coach. He managed

Valledupar Valledupar () is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Caesar Department. Its name, ''Valle de Upar'' (Valley of Upar), was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; ''Cacique Upar''. ...

, Envigado and Bucaramanga. He was also an assistant manager at

Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Pereira is a professional Colombian football team based in Pereira, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium. History Early years While there are several ...

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* * 1961 births Living people Colombian footballers Colombia international footballers 1983 Copa América players Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players Atlético Junior footballers Atlético Bucaramanga footballers Envigado F.C. players Colombian football managers Envigado F.C. managers Deportivo Pereira managers Association football forwards People from Cesar Department {{Colombia-footy-bio-stub