Manuel Barreto

{{Short description|Peruvian footballer (born 1982)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Manuel Barreto | image = | full_name = Manuel Francisco Barreto Sayán | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|9|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Lima, Peru | height = 1.77 m | position = Striker | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1997 | youthclubs1 = Universitario | years1 = 1998 | clubs1 = Universitario | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2002–2005 | clubs2 = Coronel Bolognesi | caps2 = 77 | goals2 = 27 | years3 = 2005–2006 | clubs3 = Universitario | caps3 = 36 | goals3 = 6 | years4 = 2007 | clubs4 = APOEL | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2008 | clubs5 = Universidad San Martín | caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 6 | years6 = 2009 | clubs6 = José Gálvez FBC | caps6 = 41 | goals6 = 8 | years7 = 2010 | clubs7 = Juan Aurich | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2010 | clubs8 = José Gálvez FBC | caps8 = 12 | goals8 = 3 | nationalyears1 = 1999 | nationalteam1 = Peru U17 | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2001 | nationalteam2 = Peru U20 | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2004 | nationalteam3 = Peru U23 | nationalcaps3 = 2 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2017–2019 | managerclubs1 = Sporting Cristal (reserves) | manageryears2 = 2019–2020 | managerclubs2 = Sporting Cristal | manageryears3 = 2021 | managerclubs3 = Deportivo Coopsol | manageryears4 = 2022 | managerclubs4 = Universitario (youth) | manageryears5 = 2022 | managerclubs5 = Universitario (interim) | manageryears6 = 2025 | managerclubs6 = Universitario (interim) | manageryears7 = 2025 | managerclubs7 = Peru (interim) }}

'''Manuel Francisco Barreto Sayán''' (born 12 September 1982) is a Peruvian football coach and former player who played as a striker. He is the current sporting director of the Peruvian youth teams.

== Biography == === Playing career === Barreto was born in Lima, Peru. He began his professional career at the age of 16 with Universitario de Deportes in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2022 |title=Manuel Barreto se convirtió en el nuevo Director Deportivo de Universitario |url=https://universitario.pe/noticias/noticias/manuel-barreto-se-convirtio-en-el-nuevo-director-deportivo-de-universitario |access-date=8 December 2025 |website=Club Universitario de Deportes |language=es}}</ref> Barreto's debut in the Peruvian First Division was against Lawn Tennis Fútbol Club, where he managed to score one of the four goals scored by Universitario that game. He had a short spell at APOEL on 2007, in which he won the Cypriot Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Gabriel Valenzuela |date=26 March 2012 |title=Dulanto y Barreto en Chipre: Los apus del APOEL |url=https://dechalaca.com/hemeroteca/producto-peruano/producto-peruano-los-apus-del-apoel |access-date=8 December 2025 |website=De Chalaca |language=es}}</ref>

He returned to Peru and signed with Universidad San Martín, winning the 2008 championship.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Aldo Ramírez |date=8 December 2018 |title=San Martín campeón 2008: No había que ser tan santo |url=https://dechalaca.com/informes/curiosidades/san-martin-campeon-2008-no-habia-que-ser-tan-santo |access-date=8 December 2025 |website=De Chalaca |language=es}}</ref> He ended his playing career in 2010 with José Gálvez FBC.

=== Managerial career === After some coaching experiences at Sporting Cristal and Universitario de Deportes, Barreto was appointed interim manager of Peru in September 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 September 2025 |title=Manuel Barreto fue anunciado como el nuevo entrenador interino de Perú |url=https://www.espn.com.pe/futbol/peru/nota/_/id/15698507/manuel-barreto-fue-anunciado-como-el-nuevo-entrenador-interino-de-peru |access-date=8 December 2025 |website=ESPN |language=es}}</ref>

==Honours== '''Universitario de Deportes''' *1998 Torneo Descentralizado

'''APOEL FC''' *2006–07 Cypriot First Division

'''Universidad San Martín''' *Torneo Descentralizado: 2008

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== * {{Worldfootball.net|manuel-barreto|new_id=pe105008}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025044601/http://www.delgol.com/barreto/index.php |date=25 October 2007 |title=Manuel Barreto at Delgol.com }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barreto, Manuel}} Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Lima Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Peruvian men's footballers Category:21st-century Peruvian sportsmen Category:Peruvian expatriate men's footballers Category:Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Category:Coronel Bolognesi footballers Category:APOEL FC players Category:Club Deportivo Universidad de San Martín de Porres players Category:José Gálvez FBC footballers Category:Juan Aurich footballers Category:Cypriot First Division players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Category:Peruvian football managers Category:Sporting Cristal managers Category:Club Universitario de Deportes managers Category:Peru national football team managers