Richard Michael Barroilhet (born 29 August 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward. Born in England, he represented France at youth international level.

Richard Barroilhet
Personal information
Full name Richard Michael Barroilhet
Date of birth (1992-08-29) 29 August 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Westminster, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1998–2004 AS Maximoise
2004–2008 Stade Raphaëlois
2008–2010 Nice
2010–2012 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Fulham 0 (0)
2011VPS (loan) 7 (0)
2012–2013 RKC Waalwijk 0 (0)
2013–2014 Nuneaton Town 1 (0)
2014 Taraz 9 (0)
2014–2015 Fréjus Saint-Raphaël 8 (0)
2015–2016 Magreb '90 11 (0)
2017 Montpellier II 18 (2)
2017–2019 O'Higgins 0 (0)
2017Barnechea (loan) 13 (6)
2018Magallanes (loan) 29 (5)
2019Puerto Montt (loan) 24 (4)
2020 Deportes Temuco 16 (1)
2021 U. de Concepción 23 (2)
International career
2011 France U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2021

Club career edit

Born in Westminster, England, but grew up in France, Barroilhet joined Nice, where he came through the youth system and after two years at the club, Barroilhet went to England, where he was invited to join Fulham youth system.[1]

He was offered his first professional contract at Fulham and following injury he went on loan to Finnish side VPS[2] to get some game time.[3]

In July 2012, Barroilhet moved to RKC Waalwijk in the Eredivisie.[4] After injury and treatment during 2013, Barroilhet joined Nuneaton Town in November 2013.[5] Just 25 days after signing for Nuneaton Town, Barroilhet left the club.[6] Barroilhet went on trial with FC Taraz of the Kazakhstan Premier League in January 2014,[7] going on to sign for the club in March of the same year.[8] In May, the Dutch manager Arno Piipers, who took some players including Barroilhet to Taraz for his project, was dismissed. At the beginning of June, following changes in management, conditions, playing time, Barroilhet negotiated a mutual release.[9] Following play time in Fréjus Saint-Raphaël in France and Utrecht-based Magreb '90 side in the Netherlands, Barroilhet joined the reserves of Montpellier HSC.

In July 2017, Barroilhet joined Chilean Primera División side O'Higgins.[10] In January 2020, after three loans spells, the forward joined Primera B de Chile side Deportes Temuco on a permanent deal.[11]

International career edit

Barroilhet was born in England to a Chilean father and English mother, and moved to France at a young age.[12] Barroilhet has three caps for the France U-19 team.[13]

Personal life edit

He has two relatives who are professional footballers: his younger brother, Jordan, who came to Chile on 2020 to join Deportes Puerto Montt[14] and his Chilean cousin Clemente Montes Barroilhet, who began his career playing for Universidad Católica.[15]

Career statistics edit

As of 1 July 2015
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham 2011–12[16] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0
VPS (loan) 2012[16] Veikkausliiga 7 0 0 0 7 0
RKC Waalwijk 2012–13[16] Eredivisie 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nuneaton Town 2013–14[16] Conference Premier 1 0 0 0 1 0
Taraz 2014[16] Kazakhstan Premier League 9 0 0 0 9 0
EFC Fréjus Saint-Raphaël 2014–15[16] Championnat National 8 0 1 0 9 0
Career total 25 0 1 0 0 0 26 0

References edit

  1. ^ "Fulham prospect Richard Barroilhet will reject France for England chance". Tribal Football. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Player Departures". Fulham Official Website. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Fulhamin Richard Barroilhet testiin" [Fulham's Richard Barroilhet on trial] (in Finnish). Vepsu. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Fransman Richard Barroilhet naar RKC Waalwijk" (in Dutch). RKC Waalwijk. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Nuneaton Town: Striker Barroilhet and keeper Roos sign for Boro". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Striker Richard Barroilhet leaves Nuneaton Town after 25 days". Nuneaton News. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  7. ^ Экс-форвард "Фулхэма" на просмотре в "Таразе" (in Russian). sports.kz. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  8. ^ Баройлет пополнил "Тараз" (in Russian). sports.kz. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  9. ^ Кайсар Габитов (2 June 2014). "Тараз" откажется от Баройлета (in Russian). sports.kz. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Chileno-francés de O'Higgins: "Es una aventura interesante"". chile.as.com/ (in Spanish). 5 July 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Ariete chileno-francés sorprende con inesperado fichaje en la B". chile.as.com (in Spanish). 2 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  12. ^ BARROILHET: «JE PASSE UNE ANNONCE DANS LA PRESSE LOCALE, ET...» sofoot.com
  13. ^ "Joueur: Richard Barroilhet". French Football Federation. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  14. ^ ""Me vine a jugar a Chile porque mi sueño es defender a la Roja"" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Richard Barroilhet, el francés que juega en Barnechea: "Estoy acá para salir de mi zona de confort"" (in Spanish). Goal. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  16. ^ a b c d e f "R. Barroilhet". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 October 2022.

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