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name: Guillermo Barros Schelotto
position: F-M height: 5-8 weight:160 Birthdate: May 04, 1973 Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina last club: Boca Juniors (Argentina) |
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| Regular Season Stats | full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights |
| year | club | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2009 | Columbus | 24 | 21 | 1,816 | 12 | 3 | 53 | 25 | 22 | 33 | 4 | 0 |
| Career | 73 | 67 | 5,637 | 24 | 33 | 146 | 70 | 70 | 161 | 12 | 0 | |
| Most Recent Video Highlights |
| date | clubs | video description |
| 10/12/08 | Crew @ Fire |
 Guillermo Barros Schelotto nail a header
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| 06/28/08 | Rapids @ Crew |
Guillermo Barros Schelotto scores in a fast strike
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| 04/12/08 | Chivas USA @ Crew |
Guillermo Barros Schelotto Penalty Kick Goal
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MLS Experience
Had appeared in 22 MLS games, 19 of them starts, entering this season... Tallied five goals and 11 assists in that time... Regarded as one of the most significant signings in Crew history and among the most significant in the league in 2007... Was signed by the Crew on 4/19/07 from legendary Argentine club Boca Juniors, where he spent 11 years and was one of its most beloved idols... Was cheered and serenaded by Boca fans in every stadium the Crew visited in 2007... Following a scintillating first season in Black & Gold, was a 2007 MLS Best XI selection and was named the Crew's Most Valuable Player... Along the way, was named to the 2007 MLS All-Star Game inactive roster and picked up MLS Player of the Month (July) and MLS Player of the Week (7/23/07, 10/16/07).2007: Appeared in 22 games, with 19 starts, in his first MLS season... Had five goals (6/16 at N.E., 7/7 vs. RSL, 7/22 vs. Toronto-2, 10/13 at N.E.) and 11 assists (5/12, 6/3, 6/10, 6/16, 6/20, 6/23, 7/14, 8/11, 8/25, 10/20-2) on the season... Finished the season ranked fourth in the league in assists... Put together the league's longest streak of consecutive games with an assist (tied with Christian Gomez of D.C.), with five from 6/3-6/23... Following the season, was honored as the Crew's MVP, Newcomer of the Year and Fan's Choice Award winner and was a MLS Best XI selection... Was named MLS Player of the Month for July on 8/2 and MLS Player of the Week on 7/23 and 10/16... Was named to MLS All-Star Game inactive roster on 7/18... Scored his first goal as a member of the Crew on 6/16 at N.E... Made Crew home debut on 5/12 vs. Chivas USA, recording the game-tying assist... Made his MLS debut on 5/5 at Kansas City, coming on as a sub in the 65th minute... Finished second in the league in fouls suffered, to teammate Alejandro Moreno, with 65... Was forced to miss three games late in the season (9/15-9/30) with a hamstring strain suffered on 9/2 vs. Chicago that forced him out of that game in the 10th minute.
Other Pro Experience
Played professionally in Argentina's top flight for 16 years, with Boca Juniors and Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata... Scored 106 goals in 391 games (all competitions)...1997-2007: Appeared in 210 games in all competitions (156 in league play) for legendary Argentinian club Boca Juniors and scored 61 goals... Made his Boca debut on 9/14/97, in 2-1 win over Newell's, and became a beloved figure at the club... Scored 10 goals in 1998-99 and reached double figures again the next year (1999-2000), with 11... Holds the Boca Juniors record of 15 titles and the Argentine record for the most titles ever won, with 17... His championships with Boca were: Apertura (1998, 2000, 2003, 2005), Clausura (1999, 2006), Copa Libertadores (2000, 2001, 2003), Intercontinental Cup (2000, 2003), Copa Sudamericana (2004, 2005) and Recopa Sudamericana (2005, 2006)... He was also Boca's top scorer in international matches with 21 goals...
1991-97: Started playing professionally in 1991 with his hometown club, Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata... Made his debut on 10/6/91 vs. Independiente... Scored 45 goals in 181 matches with the team... Scored his first professional goal on 3/15/92 against River Plate... Scored a career-high 14 goals in 1996-97... Was a member of the 1993 AFA Centenario Cup-winning squad.
International
Earned eight caps with Argentina's senior national team between 2/3/99 and 10/13/99... Under-23: Was a member of Argentina's Gold Medal-winning team at the 1995 Pan American Games.
Personal
He and his wife, Matilde, have three young sons, Maximo, Nicolas, and Santiago... His father is a doctor... Has a twin brother, Gustavo, and his nickname is "El Mellizo," or "the twin"... Was a teammate of Gustavo's at Gimnasia and also briefly at Boca... Gustavo once played in the USL First Division for Puerto Rico... His biography, "Guillermo, el terrible. Historia de un ídolo" ("Guillermo the Menace. History of an Idol"), written by Pablo Vicente and Sergio Maffei, was published in May 2006. It features a prologue by César Luis Menotti, head coach of Argentina's 1978 World Cup-winning team, and comments by such soccer luminaries as Diego Maradona, Carlos Bianchi, Carlos and Daniel Passarella.
