Wilmar Enrique Barrios Terán (born 16 October 1993) is a Colombian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defensive midfielder
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for Russian club
Zenit Saint Petersburg
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and the
Colombia national team.
Born in
Cartagena, Colombia, Barrios relocated to
Ibagué
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where he made professional football debut with
Deportes Tolima
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Founded in 1954, the club has wo ...
. During his time with Tolima, Barrios notably won the
Copa Colombia
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in
2014
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. In 2016, he was acquired by
Argentine giants
Boca Juniors. Barrios won two trophies with the ''Xeneizes'': the
Primera División in
2017
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and
2018
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. In 2019, he joined
Russian Premier League
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side
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg on an initial 4,5-year contract; in 2021, his contract was extended until 2026. Since his arrival to the club, Barrios has won six trophies with Zenit, including four
league
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titles, the
Russian Cup and the
Russian Super Cup
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.
Before debuting with
Colombia in 2016, Barrios represented his country's
Olympic team at the
2016 Summer Olympics. Since then, he has earned over 50 caps. Barrios was part of the Colombia squad that took part in the
2018 World Cup
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. Additionally, Barrios represented Colombia at the
2019
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and
2021
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editions of the
Copa América, achieving a third-place finish in the latter.
Club career
Barrios was given a red card for two bookable offences during the second leg of the
2018 Copa Libertadores Finals
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The ...
against rivals
River Plate held at the
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
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.
On 1 February 2019, he signed a 4,5-year contract with
Zenit Saint Petersburg
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. On 19 October 2021, Barrios extended his contract with Zenit until the end of the 2025–26 season.
International career
Barrios was named in Colombia's provisional squad for
Copa América Centenario
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, but was cut from the final
squad.
In May 2018, he was named in Colombia's final 23-man
squad for the
2018 World Cup
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in Russia.
On 27 September 2022, Barrios scored his first goal for Colombia, the winning goal in a 3–2 friendly win against
Mexico
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.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barrios goal.''
Honours
Deportes Tolima
*
Copa Colombia
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:
2014
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Boca Juniors
*
Argentine Primera División:
2016–17,
2017–18
Zenit Saint Petersburg
*
Russian Premier League
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:
2018–19,
2019–20,
2020–21
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,
2021–22,
2022–23
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*
Russian Cup:
2019–20
*
Russian Super Cup
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:
2020
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,
2022
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References
External links
Profileat the FC Zenit Saint Petersburg website
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barrios, Wilmar
1993 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Cartagena, Colombia
Colombian footballers
Colombia men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Deportes Tolima footballers
Boca Juniors footballers
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
Categoría Primera A players
Argentine Primera División players
Russian Premier League players
Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of Colombia
2018 FIFA World Cup players
2019 Copa América players
2021 Copa América players
Colombian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Colombian people of African descent