Henry Barrientos


Henry Ricardo Barrientos Pinto is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and centre-back
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Playing career

Barientos came to O'Higgins youth system in 1977, coinciding with players such as and Aníbal González, and was part of the first team in the 1983 Primera División de Chile. Next, he played for Chiprodal de Graneros and Católico 21 de Mayo in the Chilean Cuarta División and for Cultural Doñihue, Tricolor Municipal from Paine and Juventud O'Higgins in the Chilean Tercera División.
In 1990, he emigrated to Central America thanks to his uncle Wilfredo Barrientos. He first arrived to Honduras and next moved to Nicaragua to join Dragón. After he played for Verdes FC in Belize, Real [Estelí FC|Real Estelí], UNAN Managua and Águilas de León in the Nicaraguan top division. As a member of Real Estelí, he won the league title in 1991.

Coaching career

With an extensive career as coach in Guatemala, he began his career performing as both player and coach of Nicaraguan club Águilas de León in 1993. After rejecting an offer to play for Deportivo San Marcos, he assumed as coach of Guatemalan club Deportivo Usumatlán in the Segunda División in the same year.
In 1997, he also led a league team from the Segunda División de Ascenso in an inter-league championship.
He has coached at all divisions of the Guatemalan football, winning league titles with Deportivo Sanarate in 1997–98 and in 2016 of the Segunda División.
He is well known as El Señor de los Ascensos due to the fact that he has got promotions with Deportivo Sanarate, Peñarol La Mesilla, Sololá and Quiché FC.
In 2019 he coached Barillas FC.
In 2020 and 2021–22 he coached Jacalteco FC.
In June 2022, he signed with Aguacatán FC.

Personal life

He is the nephew of the former professional footballers Wilfredo Barrientos and Sergio "The Doctor" Fuenzalida, who played for O'Higgins. In addition, his father served as director for the same club.
He performed as a football commentator in the TV program Dueños del balón from Antigua Sports channel.

Honours

As player

Real Estelí

As manager

Deportivo Sanarate
Sololá