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Wilfredo Ramón Barrientos Valdés (born 29 July 1946), also known as Willy Barrientos, is a Chilean former football player who played as a forward for clubs in Chile and Central America.
Playing career
Barientos is a product of O'Higgins youth system, playing after for Colchagua and Chiprodal de Graneros, with whom he won the Campeonato Regional Zona Central.
He emigrated to Central America and spent ten years in Guatemala and five years in El Salvador. In Guatemala, he played for Izabal JC and Xelajú MC, with whom he won the league title in 1980 with his compatriot Javier Mascaró as coach. In El Salvador he played for both Sonsonate and Universidad de El Salvador.
Coaching career
Barrientos has developed an extensive career as coach of youth players, men and women, in the United States, also winning many titles in New York.
Personal life
He is the uncle of the former professional footballer and current coach Henry Barrientos, whom he suggested to move towards Central America at the end of 1989. In addition, his brother and Henry's father, served as director for O'Higgins.
Both Wilfredo and his nephew, Henry, were coached by the Chilean coach Rolando Torino.
Honours
As player
Xelajú MC
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala: 1980