Barrios is the member of the Boca Juniors team that won Argentine Primera Division 2016-17.
Wílmar Barrios was born as Wílmar Enrique Barrios Terán on October 16, 1993, in Cartagena, Colombia. Regarding his nationality, he is Colombian. His father's name is Rafael Barrios. He has also shared his mother's picture on Instagram.
Barrios also has a sister.
As of October 9, 2017, Barrios's market value is estimated at €5.00 million. In 2015, his yearly salary was estimated to be £500,000. Currently, he receives over $800,000 as an annual salary from his current club.
Barrios has also earned massive popularity and fortune by his profession. He loves to travel to a beautiful destination and has shared numerous vacation snaps on social networking sites.
Wílmar Barrios started his football career as a member of Deportes Tolima B. In 2013, he was promoted to the first team of Deportes Tolima. After three-years, he left the club after making 102 appearances and scoring 3 goals.
Barrios was the member of the club that won Copa Colombia in 2014.
On August 25, 2016, Barrios was signed to an Argentine professional sports club, Boca Juniors from Deportes Tolima with the transfer fee of €2.60 million.
Barrios has a contract with the team which keeps him until June 30, 2020. He has so far scored 1 goal in 37 appearances since 2016.
On August 5, 2016, Wílmar Barrios played his first international game with the Colombia Olympic Team under the coach Carlos Restrepo against Sweden. He played 4 games in Olympic.
Barrios was invited by Colombia U-23 squad but he didn’t make any appearances.
On September 7, 2016, Barrios earned his first international cap in a world cup qualification South America against Brazil in 2-1 loss. He has been capped 3 games for his national team since 2016.
He is supported by Abel Aguilar and Mateus Uribe in the international games.
Wilmar Barrios is married to his beloved wife, Hemilly Vanegas and is blessed with an adorable son. She is currently pregnant with her second child and often posts the baby bump pictures on Instagram.
He and Edwin Cardona, Colombian footballer were accused of gender violence but he denied the allegation made by two dancers of “sexual abuse threats and minor injuries”.
He is 5 feet 10 inch tall and is of 74 kg weight.
