{{Short description|Argentine footballer}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Juan Barbas | full_name = Juan Alberto Barbas | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|8|23|df=y}} | birth_place = San Martín, Argentina | height = 1.67 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | years1 = 1977–1981 | caps1 = 132 | goals1 = 14 | clubs1 = Racing Club | years2 = 1982–1985 | caps2 = 91 | goals2 = 19 | clubs2 = Zaragoza | years3 = 1985–1990 | caps3 = 149 | goals3 = 27 | clubs3 = Lecce | years4 = 1990–1991 | caps4 = | goals4 = | clubs4 = FC Locarno | years5 = 1991–1992 | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = FC Sion | years6 = 1992–1993 | caps6 = | goals6 = | clubs6 = FC Locarno | years7 = 1993/1994 | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = Huracán | years8 = 1993–1994 | caps8 = | goals8 = | clubs8 = Alvarado | years9 = 1994–1997 | caps9 = 76 | goals9 = 9 | clubs9 = All Boys | nationalyears1 = 1979 | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalteam1 = Argentina U20 | nationalyears2 = 1979–1985 | nationalcaps2 = 33 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalteam2 = Argentina | manageryears1 = 2009 | managerclubs1 = Racing Club }}
'''Juan Alberto Barbas''' (born 23 August 1959) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland before turning his hand to management in 2009 with Racing Club de Avellaneda.
==Club career== Barbas was born in San Martín, Buenos Aires. He started his career in 1977 at Racing Club de Avellaneda in the Argentine Primera División. He then went on to play for Zaragoza in Spain, Lecce in Italy, FC Locarno, and FC Sion in Switzerland.
Barbas was a part of the Sion team that won the 1991–92 Nationalliga A.
After another spell at Locarno, Barbas returned to Argentina where he had a short spell with Club Atlético Huracán before dropping down to the lower leagues to play for Alvarado de Mar del Plata and then All Boys, where he retired in 1997.
==International career== Barbas was part of the Argentina Under-20 squad that won the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, he went on to play for Argentina 33 times<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/arg-recintlp.html Argentina – List of International Record Players] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113172740/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/arg-recintlp.html |date=13 January 2010 }}</ref> including appearances at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
==Style of play== An offensive minded midfielder, with an eye for goal, Barbas's main traits as a footballer were his excellent vision and accurate striking ability from outside the area; he was also a good free kick taker.<ref name="corriere">{{cite web|url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/334/2010/11/30-141996/Vi+ricordate+Barbas%3F+Noi+vi+diciamo+come+vive|title=Vi ricordate Barbas? Noi vi diciamo come vive|trans-title=Do you remember Barbas? We will tell you how he lives|publisher=Il Corriere dello Sport|language=it|author1=Pietro Cabras|date=30 November 2010|access-date=13 March 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314063838/http://www.corrieredellosport.it/334/2010/11/30-141996/Vi+ricordate+Barbas%3F+Noi+vi+diciamo+come+vive|archive-date=14 March 2017}}</ref>
==Coaching career== On 13 October 2009, Racing Club de Avellaneda officials hired their former player as their caretaker coach, replacing Ricardo Caruso Lombardi.<ref>[http://www.racingclub.com/noticias.php?id=1226 “Espero poder devolverle al club lo que me dio”]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Honours== '''Lecce''' *Serie B runner-up: 1987–88
'''FC Sion''' *Nationalliga A: 1991–92
'''Argentina U20''' *FIFA World Youth Championship: 1979
'''Individual''' *La Liga Foreign Player of the Year: 1982–83, 1983–84
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Cite web |url=http://www.futbolfactory.futbolweb.net/index.php?ff=historicos&f2=00001&idjugador=588 |title=Futbol Factory profile |access-date=10 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124160813/http://www.futbolfactory.futbolweb.net/index.php?ff=historicos&f2=00001&idjugador=588 |archive-date=24 January 2008 |url-status=dead |language=es}}
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