Bautista Barros Schelotto


Bautista Barros Schelotto Suárez is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Gimnasia La Plata.
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Career

Barros Schelotto joined the Gimnasia y Esgrima youth system at the age of six. He made his reserves debut on 7 August 2017 against Chacarita Juniors under Leandro Martini. Martini later, as joint first-team manager alongside Mariano Messera, promoted Barros Schelotto into the senior squad in early January 2021. He was initially selected on the substitutes' bench for Copa de la Liga Profesional matches with San Lorenzo, Unión Santa Fe and Atlético Tucumán. Barros Schelotto made his competitive debut for the club on 23 March during a Copa Argentina round of 32 victory over Primera C Metropolitana's Dock Sud.

Personal life

Barros Schelotto is the nephew of former footballers Guillermo and Gustavo Barros Schelotto, while cousins Nicolás Barros Schelotto and Juan, Salvador and Tomás Cataldi also became footballers. His father, Pablo, had a stint as a goalkeeper in Gimnasia y Esgrima's academy before taking a career in medicine, while grandfather Hugo Barros Schelotto was Gimnasia president during the 1980s.

Honours

Platense