Diego Barrera

Diego Barrera (born March 25, 1987 in Bogotá) is a Colombian-born American soccer player. He got married 2014 and has a permanent resident address in Los Angeles, California.

Diego Barrera
Personal information
Full name Diego Alejandro Barrera
Date of birth (1987-03-25) March 25, 1987
Place of birth Bogotá, Colombia
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Youth career
2004–2006 Loyola Marymount Lions
2007 New Mexico Lobos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 San Fernando Valley Quakes 4 (1)
2007 Ventura County Fusion 8 (0)
2008 San Fernando Valley Quakes 13 (4)
2009–2010 Hollywood United Hitmen 11 (1)
2010 Ventura County Fusion 2 (1)
2011 Wilmington Hammerheads 12 (0)
2011–2012 Syracuse Silver Knights (indoor) 13 (3)
2012 Cal FC
2013 Stallion Sta. Lucia F.C. 9 (1)
2014 Team Socceroo 13 (7)
2015– Kaya FC 12 (8)
2016–2017 Buriram United FC 36 (32)
2018 Phitsanulok F.C. 9 (6)
2019 Pathumthani University 10 (5)
National team
2005 United States U18
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:00, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Career

College and amateur

Barrera is a professional american football player from California. He attended Thousand Oaks High School, and played three years of college soccer at Loyola Marymount University, where he was named to the College Soccer News All-Freshman Third Team, the All-WCC second team and the WCC All-Freshman Team in his debut year in 2004. He transferred to the University of New Mexico prior to his senior year in 2007.

During his college career and beyond, Barrera played extensively with numerous Southern California teams in the USL Premier Development League, including the San Fernando Valley Quakes[1] (twice), Hollywood United Hitmen[2] and Ventura County Fusion[3] (twice).

Professional

Barrera signed his first professional contract in March 2011, joining USL Pro club Wilmington Hammerheads.[4] He made his professional debut on May 14, 2011, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3-1 win over F.C. New York.[5]

After the season at Wilmington, he played professional indoor soccer with the Syracuse Silver Knights in the MISL, before returning to California. Barrera then joined his home town based team, amateur side Cal FC in the USASA-affiliated La Gran Liga de Oxnard based in Oxnard, California.[6]

Year 2013 he signed his first contract in Spain with the first division team STALLION FC and have won the United Football League Division One Championship. He then transferred to team Soccoroo for the second quarter of 2014 and loaned by KAYA FC for the UFL CUP 2014. In year 2015 KAYA FC signed him and made a big contribution. KAYA FC won their first championship in CUP 2015.

In the following year, 2016 he moved to Bangkok, Thailand and signed in Buriram United. He made a huge contribution that awarded him as the 2016 BEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR. He was also the Top Goalscorer with 32 goals and 8 assists in 22 games played as consistent starting line up player.

Personal

Barrera is married to Eva Barrera, a crossfit athlete and fitness enthusiast.

Diego's younger brother, Danny Barrera, is also a professional soccer player.[7]

Honors

Club
Stallion

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 6, 2010. Retrieved April 10, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2009/4069052.html#STATS Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/scripts/runisa.dll?M2:gp::72013+Elements/Display+E+47107+Stats/+2175627%5B%5D
  7. Paterson, Bill (July 2, 2016). "Republic FC players set aside day jobs to play under lights". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
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