Édgar Yoel Bárcenas Herrera (born 23 October 1993) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Mazatlán and the Panama national team.
![]() Bárcenas with Panama at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Édgar Yoel Bárcenas Herrera[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1993-10-23) 23 October 1993 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Colón, Panama | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Mazatlán | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
Árabe Unido | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2017 | Árabe Unido | 96 | (16) |
2016 | → RNK Split (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Cafetaleros (loan) | 45 | (12) |
2018–2022 | Tijuana | 0 | (0) |
2018–2020 | → Oviedo (loan) | 70 | (14) |
2020–2021 | → Girona (loan) | 36 | (3) |
2021–2022 | → Leganés (loan) | 26 | (2) |
2022– | Mazatlán | 14 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2015 | Panama U22 | 5 | (0) |
2015 | Panama U23 | 1 | (0) |
2014– | Panama | 66 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:32, 19 September 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2022 (UTC) |
Born in Colón, Bárcenas made his senior debut with hometown side Árabe Unido on 29 July 2012, coming on as a substitute in a 2–2 away draw against Plaza Amador. He scored his first goal for the club on 1 February 2014, netting the game's only in a home defeat of San Francisco.
On 15 January 2016, Bárcenas was loaned to Croatian side RNK Split for six months.[2] After appearing rarely, he returned to Árabe Unido before joining Ascenso MX side Cafetaleros de Tapachula on 23 January 2017, also in a temporary deal.[3]
On 26 December 2017, Bárcenas joined Cafetaleros permanently, with a deal to Tijuana arranged in the following July.[4] On 18 July 2018, however, he was loaned to Segunda División side Real Oviedo for one year.[5] On 9 August 2019, Bárcenas' loan was extended for a further campaign.[6]
On 5 October 2020, Bárcenas joined Girona on loan.[7] The following 8 August, he moved to fellow second division team CD Leganés also in a temporary deal.[8]
In June 2022 Liga MX club Mazatlán announced they had signed Bárcenas to a deal.[9]
Bárcenas made his full international debut for Panama on 6 August 2014, in a 3–0 loss against Peru. After featuring for under-23 side in the 2015 Pan American Games, he was included in Hernán Darío Gómez's squads for the 2017 Copa Centroamericana[10] and the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[11]
On 14 May 2018, Bárcenas was named in Panama's preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, and was also among the final squad announced on 30 May.[12] He appeared in all matches of the tournament, as Panama was knocked out in the group stage.
Panama | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2014 | 2 | 0 |
2015 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 7 | 0 |
2017 | 16 | 0 |
2018 | 9 | 0 |
2019 | 8 | 1 |
2020 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 14 | 1 |
2022 | 9 | 2 |
Total | 66 | 4 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 18 June 2019 | Allianz Field, Saint Paul, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
2. | 8 June 2021 | Estadio Nacional, Panama City, Panama | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3. | 9 June 2022 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama | ![]() | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A |
4. | 5–0 |
Cafetaleros de Tapachula
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