Enzo Barrenechea

Enzo Alan Tomás Barrenechea (born 22 May 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for Italian Serie B club Frosinone, on loan from 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) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Aston Villa
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)
2020–2023 Juventus Next Gen[lower-greek 1] 37 (4)
2022– Juventus 3 (0)
2023– → Frosinone (loan) 36 (0)

*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:13, 20

December 2023 (UTC)

Career

Early career

In his early years, Barrenechea played for Newell's Old Boys.[2] In the summer of 2019, he moved to Sion for €3.1 million.[3]

Juventus U23

In the winter of 2020, Barranechea moved to Juventus U23 – the reserve team of Juventus.[3] He made his debut with Juventus U23 on 25 October 2020, in an away win against Lucchese.[4] On 22 May 2021, Barrenechea injured his ACL.[5] On 20 February 2022, Barrenechea returned from his injury coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute against Seregno[6] in a 2–2 draw.[7] On 2 April, Barrenechea scored the first goal in his career in a 1–1 draw against Virtus Verona.[8] On 21 May, Barrenechea scored a 12th-minute decider in the second leg of the second round of the play-offs - a 1–0 win against Padova, which did not prevent Juventus from being eliminated from the play-offs.[9]

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] On 1 April, Juventus announced his definitive promotion to the first team.[12]

Style of play

He is a defensive midfielder who has drawn comparisons with Paul Pogba and Steven Nzonzi.[2]

International career

Barrenechea was called up to the Argentina U20 side by Lionel Scaloni for the 2018 COTIF Tournament in Spain.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 23 June 2024[14]
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—5[lower-alpha 2]0314
Total 37400101476
Juventus 2022–23 Serie A 30002[lower-alpha 3]050
Frosinone 2023–24 Serie A 36021—171
Career total 76421121696
  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

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

References
  1. "From Under 23 to Next Gen – a new identity at Juventus". Juventus FC. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  2. "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. Paronitti, Claudio (5 February 2020). "Calciomercato, anche il Sion conferma l'avvenuto trasferimento alla Juventus del talento argentino Enzo Barrenechea" [Sion confirms the transfer to Juventus of the Argentine talent Enzo Barrenechea]. Chalcio.com.
  4. Baridon, Marco (2020-10-25). "Lucchese-Juventus U23 0-1: riscatto bianconero al Porta Elisa - VIDEO" [Lucchese-Juventus U23 0-1: Juventus redemption at Porta Elisa – VIDEO]. Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  5. "Le condizioni di Enzo Barrenechea - Juventus" [Update on the condition of Enzo Barrenechea]. Juventus.com (in Italian). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  6. "Juventus U23, riecco Barrenechea: in campo dopo il lungo stop" [Juventus U23: Barrenechea is back on the pitch after long stop.]. Juventus News 24 (in Italian). 2022-02-20. 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" [Seregno - Juventus U23 2-2: Cudrig and Pecortino save a golden point for Zauli.]. Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  8. "Juventus U23, Barrenechea ora può sorridere: il suo messaggio – FOTO" [Barrenechea can now smile after a long and tormented period away from the pitch - PHOTO]. Juventus News 24 (in Italian). 2022-04-02. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  9. Pranzoni, Carlo (2022-05-21). "Padova Juventus U23 0-1: termina la corsa playoff dei bianconeri" [The Bianconeri's playoff run ends]. 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. "La Juventus promuove un giocatore in prima squadra" [Juventus: Barrenechea officially promoted to the first team]. Sky Sports Italia (in Italian). 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  13. "Convocados para L´Alcudia - SITIO OFICIAL DE LA ASOCIACIÓN DEL FÚTBOL ARGENTINO". web.archive.org. 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  14. Enzo Barrenechea at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2020.


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