Lucas Barrios

Early career

Barrios began playing junior football for Argentine clubs Mitre, Juventud de Liniers, Barracas Central (where he was present from 1999 until February 2002) and Pacífico, before joining Huracán, where he was eventually forced to leave the club due to his small stature and low physical physique. Barrios then joined the youth teams of Argentinos Juniors after age 15, where he trained for one entire year without playing a youth fixture. Argentinos Juniors' coaches 'El Bichi' Borghi, Marcelo Barticcioto and 'El Checho' Batista ultimately took Barrios out of the club's youth team and promoted him to the club's first-team, where he debuted, before being loaned to Tigre in 2004. Barrios rose to prominence as a forward for the Chilean club Cobreloa, where he had a spectacular scoring record. Before joining Cobreloa, he spent much of his professional career in second division football, either in Chile or Argentina. However, after joining Cobreloa, he has demonstrated his innate goal scoring ability, notching 14 goals in the Apertura 2007. Barrios drew the attention of Chilean club Colo-Colo and Mexican club Necaxa with his excellent performance at Cobreloa. However, Barrios was finally signed by Mexican club Atlas for $2.5 million, where he played one short season in which he scored a single goal in 14 league appearances.

Colo-Colo

At the beginning of 2008 Colo-Colo signed Barrios on a six-month loan as a reinforcement for their 2008 Copa Libertadores…

Barrios started his dual citizenship process on 16 March 2010 hoping to get a chance to be in the 2010 FIFA World Cup which was granted on 8 April. He is the fourth Argentine to join the Paraguay National team along with Jonathan Santana, Néstor Ortigoza and Sergio Aquino. On 4 May 2010, Barrios was called up by trainer Gerardo Martino to join the Paraguay training camp for the World Cup. Los Guaraníes played five games in the tournament, bowing out in the quarter-finals to eventual winner Spain. In 2011, Barrios was a runner-up in the Copa América with the Paraguay national team, appearing as a substitute in the final loss to Uruguay. At the 2015 Copa América, Barrios made a substitute appearance against Argentina in Paraguay's opening match. After trailing 2–0 at half time, Barrios scored a 90th-minute equaliser in a 2–2 draw. On 20 June, he scored Paraguay's goal in a 1–1 draw with Uruguay which saw both teams progress to the knockout stage.

On 6 October 2025, Barrios returned to Sportivo Luqueño after being named manager of the club. The following 3 March, he resigned.

Club

As of match played 2 March 2017

International

Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barrios goal.