Gonzalo Barriga


Gonzalo Felipe Barriga Ahumada is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a left midfielder.

Club career

Barriga had a brief stint at the Colo-Colo youth ranks, aged 13.
After ending his career of engineering at Duoc UC, Barriga was discovered playing for Provincial Chacabuco by the Dutchman Jorrit Smink, then the Deportes Melipilla coach, and convinced him to play at homogeneous city-based team.
In January 2013, Barriga joined O'Higgins along his Unión Española teammate Braulio Leal.
On 10 December 2013, he won the 2013–14 Apertura with O'Higgins. During the tournament, he played in 17 matches and scored one goal in a win 2–1 against Deportes Antofagasta.
In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique.
He participated with the club in the 2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced Deportivo Cali, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage.

Personal life

He was titled as engineer after attending Duoc UC.
Barriga became a fan of O'Higgins and made his home in Rancagua.

Honors

;O'Higgins
;Individual