Julio Barroso

Julio Alberto Barroso (born 16 January 1985 in San Martín, Argentina) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current assistant manager of Everton Viña del Mar.

Julio Barroso

Barroso with Colo-Colo in 2018.
Personal information
Full name	Julio Alberto Barroso
Date of birth	(1985-01-16) January 16, 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth	San Martín, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Everton Viña del Mar (assistant)
Youth career
	Argentinos Juniors
2005–2006	Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	Argentinos Juniors	6	(1)
2005–2011	Boca Juniors	12	(0)
2006	→ Racing Club (loan)	21	(0)
2007	→ Lorca (loan)	11	(2)
2007–2008	→ Estudiantes (loan)	9	(2)
2010–2011	→ Ñublense (loan)	29	(1)
2011–2012	Ñublense	15	(0)
2012	→ O'Higgins (loan)	20	(0)
2012–2013	O'Higgins	50	(2)
2014–2021	Colo-Colo	162	(5)
2021–2023	Everton Viña del Mar	75	(0)
Total		410	(13)
International career
2005	Argentina U20	15	(1)
Managerial career
2025–	Everton Viña del Mar (youth)
2025–	Everton Viña del Mar (assistant)
Medal record Representing  Argentina Men's Football FIFA U-20 World Cup Winner 2005 Netherlands U-20 Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barroso also holds Chilean nationality.

Career

Argentina, Spain and Ñublense

Barroso has played for a number of teams in his early years, like Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Racing Club, Estudiantes, including a spell in Spain with Lorca and his first experience in Chile with Ñublense.

Barroso was part of the Argentina under-20 team that won the FIFA World Youth Championship in 2005.

O'Higgins

On 2012, Barroso is signed for O'Higgins from Ñublense. In 2012, he was runner-up with O'Higgins, after lose the final against Universidad de Chile in the penalty shoot-out.

In 2013, he won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played in 16 of 18 matches, and scored one goal in the match that finished 4:3 against Rangers de Talca.

Colo-Colo

For the Clausura 2013-14, Barroso is signed for Colo-Colo for a US$1.1M fee.

In August 2014, it was reported that the Football Federation of Chile had approached the player with a view to representing the Chile national football team, but it was found he was ineligible due his participation at the 2005 FIFA World Cup Youth Championship prior to gaining citizenship.^[1]

Everton

Having spent three seasons with Everton de Viña del Mar, Barroso retired from professional football after playing the penultimate matchday of the 2023 season against O'Higgins on 2 December.^[2]

Coaching career

Following his retirement, Barroso continued with Everton de Viña del Mar as both coach of the reserve youth team and assistant coach of Gustavo Leal.^[3]

Personal life

In April 2017, Barroso naturalized Chilean by residence, freeing up a spot as an international player in the Chilean football.^[4]

Barroso is the cousin of the singer Ariel Puchetta, the frontman of the Argentine cumbia band Ráfaga.^[5]

Honours

Boca Juniors

• Primera División Argentina (1): 2008 Apertura

O'Higgins

• Primera División de Chile (1): 2013 Apertura

Colo-Colo

• Primera División de Chile (3): 2014–C, 2015–A, Transición 2017
• Copa Chile (1): 2016
• Supercopa de Chile (2): 2017, 2018

Individual

• Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014

International

FIFA World Youth Championship

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 2005