Jorge Barrios (footballer)

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Jorge Barrios

Full name	Jorge Wálter Barrios Balestrasse
Date of birth	January 24, 1961 (1961-01-24) (age 47)
Place of birth	Las Piedras, Uruguay
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Midfielder (retired)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977-1985 1985-1989 1989-1991 1992-1993 1993-2000	Wanderers Olympiacos Levadiakos Peñarol Wanderers	- - 113 (6) - -
National team
1980-1992	Uruguay	61 (4)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jorge Wálter Barrios Balestrasse (born January 24, 1961 in Las Piedras) is a retired football midfielder from Uruguay, who was nicknamed "Chifle" during his professional career. Having made his official debut on July 18, 1980 against Peru (0-0), Barrios obtained a total number of 61 international caps for the Uruguay national football team.^[1]

He was a Mundialito Winner at the 1980 Copa D'Oro, and he scored the first goal in the final game against Brazil (2-1) on January 10, 1981.

He represented his native country at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, against West Germany, Scotland (as captain) and Argentina wearing the number eight jersey.

After the end of his playing years Barrios became a manager and managed teams in Greece such as Doxa Dramas, Kavala FC and Ionikos. He also managed Olympiakos Nicosia of Cyprus

v • d • e Uruguay squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup

1 Rodríguez • 2 Gutiérrez • 3 Acevedo • 4 Diogo • 5 Bossio • 6 Batista • 7 Alzamendi • 8 Barrios • 9 da Silva • 10 Francescoli • 11 Santín • 12 Alvez • 13 Vega • 14 Pereyra • 15 Rivero • 16 Saralegui • 17 Zalazar • 18 Paz • 19 Ramos • 20 Aguilera • 21 Cabrera • 22 Otero • Coach: Borrás

v • d • e Olympiakos Nicosia – current squad

6 Papaioannou • 13 Alcibiades • 17 Tsiakkas • 21 Nicolaou • 22 Efthymiou • 23 Panayiotou • 29 Giorgos Costa • Panagi • Bičík • Maquemba • Chevela • Ivo Damas • Tiago • Manager: Barrios