Carlos Patricio Barraza Berenguela (born 12 March 1976) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Carlos Barraza
Personal information
Full name Carlos Patricio Barraza Berenguela
Date of birth (1976-03-12) 12 March 1976 (age 50)
Place of birth La Serena, Chile
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Academia Santa Inés
Deportes La Serena
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Deportes La Serena 25 (1)
1995–1999 Universidad Católica 2 (0)
1996Coquimbo Unido (loan) 19 (1)
1997Deportes Temuco (loan) 17 (0)
1998Deportes La Serena (loan) 16 (1)
2000 Deportes La Serena 30 (1)
2001–2002 Unión San Felipe 54 (4)
2003 Cobresal 37 (2)
2004 Deportes La Serena 12 (0)
2004 Cobresal 2 (0)
2005–2006 Deportes La Serena 1 (0)
International career
1995 Chile U20 9 (0)
1995 Chile Pan American 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Born in La Serena, Chile, Barraza was trained at Academia Santa Inés[2] and the local club, Deportes La Serena. He made his professional debut in 1994[3] and was selected as the Revelation Player of the season.[4] The next year, he signed with Universidad Católica[5] and won the 1995 Copa Chile.[6]

Renowned as a talented midfielder, Barraza developed almost all his career in the Chilean Primera División playing for Deportes La Serena, Universidad Católica, Coquimbo Unido,[7] Deportes Temuco,[1] Unión San Felipe[8] and Cobresal.[9][4]

International career

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Barraza was included in the first Chile squad list by Xabier Azkargorta in January 1995.[4] Shortly after, he represented Chile U20 in the 1995 South American Championship[10][11] and the 1995 FIFA World Cup.[12]

In the same year, Barraza made 3 appearances for Chile at the Pan American Games, where they reached the quarter-finals.[13][14]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Temuco". www.oocities.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2026.
  2. Varela, Lionel (16 May 2021). "Destacan legado de Claudio Castillo en el fútbol infantil". Diario El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2026. comenzaron a formar jugadores como Francisco "Murci" Rojas, Juan Quiroga, Carlos Barraza,
  3. "La Serena 1994 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Carlos Barraza: El crack al que la rodilla le truncó la carrera -". Pelotudos.cl (in Spanish). 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
  5. Retamal, Rodrigo (26 April 2017). "Ian Mac Niven: De la camada de ex promesas de la UC a la gerencia de selecciones". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2026. jugadores cruzados que eran considerados como promesas de la época: Max Müller, Carlos Barraza (proveniente de Deportes La Serena,
  6. Villarroel, Carlos (14 September 2024). "Efeméride Cruzada: Universidad Católica campeón Copa Chile 1995". Cruzados (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2026.
  7. "COLO-COLO 3:0 COQUIMBO UNIDO Torneo Nacional 1996". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2026.
  8. "Rueda le da la clasificación a la "U"". Emol (in Spanish). 8 June 2002. Retrieved 23 April 2026. El descuento de San Felipe fue obra de Carlos Barraza (19').
  9. "Los refuerzos de los clubes para el Torneo de Clausura". Cooperativa (in Spanish). 11 July 2004. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
  10. "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  11. Aceituno, Freddy; Álvarez, Ricardo (2016). "Bolivia 1995". JUEGOS DE CHICOS PROBLEMAS DE GRANDES - Las selecciones menores del fútbol chileno (PDF). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. pp. 112–116. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
  12. "Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2026.
  13. "Nóminas de Chile para Juegos Panamericanos". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2026.
  14. "Fútbol - Soccer". Final Official Report - XIIth Pan American Sports Games (PDF). Mar del Plata, Argentina: Mar del Plata COPAN '95. 1999. pp. 392–412. Retrieved 23 April 2026.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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