Wilmar Enrique Barrios Terán (born 16 October 1993) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a

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for Russian club

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and the Colombia national team. Born in

Cartagena, Colombia Cartagena ( ), known since the colonial era as Cartagena de Indias (), is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region, along the Caribbean Sea. Cartagena's past role as a link in the route ...

, Barrios relocated to

Ibagué Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the New Kingdom of Granada, Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima Department, Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city ...

where he made professional football debut with

Deportes Tolima Club Deportes Tolima S.A., commonly known as Deportes Tolima, or simply as Tolima, is a Colombian professional football club based in Ibagué, Tolima Department, that competes in the Categoría Primera A. Founded in 1954, the club has won the C ...

. During his time with Tolima, Barrios notably won the

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. In 2016, he was acquired by

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giants

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. Barrios won two trophies with the ''Xeneizes'': the Primera División in

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and

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. In 2019, he joined

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side

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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

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titles, the Russian Cup and the

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. Before debuting with

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in 2016, Barrios represented his country's Olympic team at the

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. Since then, he has earned over 50 caps. Barrios was part of the Colombia squad that took part in the

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. Additionally, Barrios represented Colombia at the

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and

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editions of the

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, 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 against rivals River Plate held at the

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. On 1 February 2019, he signed a 4,5-year contract with

. On 19 October 2021, Barrios extended his contract with Zenit until the end of the 2025–26 season. On 31 August 2023, he extended his contract with Zenit until June 2027.

International career

Barrios was named in Colombia's provisional squad for

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, but was cut from the final

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. In May 2018, he was named in Colombia's final 23-man

for the

in Russia. On 27 September 2022, Barrios scored his first goal for Colombia, the winning goal in a 3–2 friendly win against

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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 *

Boca Juniors *

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: 2016–17, 2017–18 Zenit Saint Petersburg *

: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 * Russian Cup: 2019–20, 2023–24 *

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

Individual *

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Team of the Year:

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* Copa Libertadores Team of the Tournament:

Defensive Midfielder of the Season: 2019–20

References

External links

Profile
at the FC Zenit Saint Petersburg website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrios, Wilmar 1993 births Living people Footballers from Cartagena, Colombia Colombian men's 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 for Colombia 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 Copa América players 2021 Copa América players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Colombian people of African descent 21st-century Colombian sportsmen