Guillermo Barros Schelotto

Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Guillermo during a master lecture in 2014.
Personal information
Full name Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Date of birth (1973-05-04) 4 May 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward, attacking midfielder, winger
Youth career
1985–1991 Gimnasia La Plata
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1997 Gimnasia La Plata 184 (49)
1997–2007 Boca Juniors 300 (86)
2007–2010 Columbus Crew 118 (38)
2011 Gimnasia La Plata 20 (3)
Total 526 (145)
International career
1995–1999 Argentina 10 (0)
Managerial career
2012–2015 Lanús
2016 Palermo
2016–2018 Boca Juniors
2019–2020 LA Galaxy
2021–2023 Paraguay
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
Men's football
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Guillermo Barros Schelotto (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʎeɾmo ˈβaros eskeˈloto]; born 4 May 1973) is an Argentine football manager and former forward who recently was the manager of Paraguay national team.[1]

Barros Schelotto played 16 years of his professional career in the Argentine Primera División (6 with Gimnasia La Plata and 10 with Boca Juniors). With these two teams, he won a total 17 official titles (one with Gimnasia and 16 with Boca).

In 2007, Barros Schelotto left Boca Juniors for Columbus Crew in the Major League Soccer, his first move outside his native country. The forward won three league and cup titles with Columbus Crew, as well as two individual awards, before moving back to Gimnasia La Plata in 2011.

  1. ^ "Barros Schelotto, nuevo técnico de la selección de Paraguay". Olé. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.