Pablo Barrios (footballer)
Spanish footballer (born 2003)
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Pablo Barrios Rivas (born 15 June 2003) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Spain national team.
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| Full name | Pablo Barrios Rivas[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 June 2003[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Moratalaz | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2017 | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Atlético Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Atlético Madrid B | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Atlético Madrid | 99 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Spain U19 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Spain U21 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Spain U23 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Spain | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:03, 25 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:00, 15 November 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Barrios began his youth career in Real Madrid before moving to their city rivals, Atlético Madrid, in 2017.[2] He became a central part of the club's under-19 team in the 2021–22 season, which reached the semi-finals in the UEFA Youth League for the first time in the club's history.[3]
On 3 March 2022, Barrios signed his first professional contract with Atleti, keeping him until 2025.[4] In the 2022–23 season, he advanced to playing for the reserve team, but was soon called up to the first team, making his professional La Liga debut on 29 October as a second half substitute to Geoffrey Kondogbia in a 3–2 away loss against Cádiz CF.[5]
Barrios scored his first goal for Atleti on 22 December 2022, netting his team's second in a 3–1 away victory against CD Arenteiro, for the season's Copa del Rey.[6] His first professional goal came on 4 January 2023, as he scored the second of Atlético's 2–0 victory at Oviedo in the same tournament.[7]
On 25 January 2023, Barrios renewed his contract until 2028, and was officially promoted to the main squad, being assigned the number 24 jersey.[8] After the departure of fellow Atleti youth product Saúl in the 2024–25 season, he was given his number 8 jersey, and further consolidated his position as a starter in Diego Simeone's squad.[9][better source needed]
International career
Barrios is a youth international for Spain, having debuted for the under-19 team in 2022.[10] He was also a member of the Spain under-23 squad that won a gold medal in football at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.[11] Due to injuries of Martín Zubimendi and Álex Baena, Barrios received his first senior international call-up in November 2024 for a 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A match against Switzerland,[12] debuting on 18 November in the same match.[13]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Atlético Madrid B | 2022–23 | Segunda Federación | 12 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Atlético Madrid | 2022–23 | La Liga | 21 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 26 | 2 | |
| 2023–24 | La Liga | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7[a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | La Liga | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | 3[b] | 2 | 44 | 3 | |
| 2025–26 | La Liga | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| Total | 99 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 140 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 111 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 152 | 8 | ||
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
International
- As of match played 15 November 2025[16]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
