Enzo Barrenechea

Enzo Alan Tomás Barrenechea (born 22 May 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian Serie A club Juventus.

Enzo Barrenechea
Personal information
Full name Enzo Alan Tomás Barrenechea
Date of birth (2001-05-22) 22 May 2001
Place of birth Villa María, Argentina
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Juventus
Number 45
Youth career
0000–2019 Newell's Old Boys
2019–2020 Sion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Sion B 7 (0)
2020– Juventus Next Gen[lower-greek 1] 37 (5)
2022– Juventus 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:24, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

Career

Early career

In his early years he plays in Newell's Old Boys.[2] In summer 2019 he moved to Sion for €3.1 million.[3] In winter 2020 he moved to Juventus U23 – the reserve team of Juventus – for the following season.[3]

Juventus U23

He made his debut with Juventus U23 on 25 October 2020 in the away win against Lucchese.[4] On 22 May 2021, Barrenechea injured his ACL.[5] On 20 February 2022, Barrenechea returned being after his injury coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute against Seregno[6] drawn 2–2.[7] On 2 April, Barrenechea scored his first goal in his career in a 1–1 draw against Virtus Verona.[8] On 21 May, Barrenechea scored the 12th-minute decider in the second leg of the second round of the play-offs national phases in a match won 1–0 against Padova, which did not prevent Juventus from being eliminated from the play-offs.[9]

Juventus

Barrenechea started to get first-team call-ups in the 2022–23 season. He made his debut for Juventus on 2 November 2022 as an 88th-minute substitute for Juan Cuadrado in a Champions League 1–2 home loss against Paris Saint-Germain.[10] By mid-February 2023, he was moved to the senior squad on a permanent basis. He made his Serie A debut for Juventus on 28 February 2023 against Torino.[11]

Style of play

Defensive midfielder compared to Pogba and Nzonzi.[2]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 April 2023[12]
Club Season League Coppa Italia Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Juventus Next Gen[lower-greek 1] 2020–21 Serie C 30—0030
2021–22 Serie C 81—5[lower-alpha 1]1132
2022–23 Serie C 264—2[lower-alpha 2]0284
Total 3740071446
Juventus 2022–23 Serie A 30002[lower-alpha 3]050
Career total 4040091495
  1. Four appearances in Serie C promotion play-offs
  2. Appearance in Coppa Italia Serie C
  3. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League

References
  1. "From Under 23 to Next Gen – a new identity at Juventus". Juventus F.C. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  2. Posticipo, Redazione Il. "La Juventus guarda al futuro con Barrenechea: per il suo ex allenatore l'argentino "è un mix tra Nzonzi e Pogba"". Il Posticipo (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  3. "Calciomercato, anche il Sion conferma l'avvenuto trasferimento alla Juventus del talento argentino Enzo Barrenechea".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Baridon, Marco (2020-10-25). "Lucchese-Juventus U23 0-1: riscatto bianconero al Porta Elisa - VIDEO". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  5. Juventus.com. "Le condizioni di Enzo Barrenechea - Juventus". Juventus.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  6. JuventusNews24, Redazione (2022-02-20). "Juventus U23, riecco Barrenechea: in campo dopo il lungo stop". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  7. Fioretti, Luca (2022-02-20). "Seregno Juventus U23 2-2: Cudrig e Pecorino salvano i bianconeri, punto d'oro per Zauli". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  8. JuventusNews24, Redazione (2022-04-02). "Juventus U23, Barrenechea ora può sorridere: il suo messaggio – FOTO". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  9. Pranzoni, Carlo (2022-05-21). "Padova Juventus U23 0-1: termina la corsa playoff dei bianconeri". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  10. "Juve v PSG game report". UEFA. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  11. "Juve v Torino game report". Soccerway. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  12. Enzo Barrenechea at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

Notelist
  1. The team's name was changed from Juventus U23 to Juventus Next Gen in August 2022.[1]


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