Édgar Barreto
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| Full name | Édgar Osvaldo Barreto Cáceres | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cerro Porteño | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Cerro Porteño | 26 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | NEC | 95 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Reggina | 68 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Atalanta | 33 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Palermo | 122 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2020 | Sampdoria | 104 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | NEC | 47 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 495 | (34) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Paraguay U17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Paraguay U20 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Paraguay U23 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2011 | Paraguay | 60 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Édgar Osvaldo Barreto Cáceres (born 15 July 1984) is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He played for the national U17, U20 and U23 teams before going on to make 60 appearances for Paraguay's senior squad.
After starting his career with Cerro Porteño in his homeland and NEC in the Dutch Eredivisie, Barreto spent the vast majority of his career in Italy's Serie A. He made over 260 appearances in the competition, in service of Reggina, Atalanta, Palermo and Sampdoria, and retiring in 2022 after two seasons back in the Netherlands at NEC.
Barreto earned 60 caps for the Paraguay national team from 2004 to 2011. After winning a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics, he played for the country at three Copa América tournaments and two FIFA World Cups, finishing as runner-up in the 2011 Copa América.