The curiosity you didn’t know about the Argentine left-back, now an Under-20 World Cup champion, who ended up in the black-and-white club’s sights
Valentin Barco is the quality-enhancing young player Juventus are evaluating for the left lane. Born on July 23, 2004, he plays for Boca Juniors and is currently participating in the Under-20 World Cup with his native country, Argentina.
In 2021, the English newspaper The Guardian included him in the list of the sixty best talents born in 2004: the ranking also included Javi, Luca Romero, Yousova Moukoko, Giacomo Vaticante, Samuel Venato and former Juventus player Elias Solberg.
Also in 2021, at the age of 16, Valentin Barco spoke to Maradona: “My dream is to get to the Boca first team, the first national team and win the World Cup.”
He made his professional debut at just 16 years, 11 months and 23 days old, becoming the fourth youngest player in Boca Juniors history.
He arrived at the Boca Youth Academy at the age of only nine. First round? striker. He is now a left back. Speed and technique are his greatest qualities
El Colo’, that’s Barco’s nickname, will also be in goal for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City
It follows Adrien Rocco, the agent who brought Carlitos Tevez to Turin
His girlfriend, Agustina Sequeira, attends all the U-20 World Cup matches: “Everywhere with you,” he wrote on social media after the match in which Argentina beat Uzbekistan.
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