VALENTÍN BARCO
Midfielder · Chelsea · League Cup
“Press-resistant defender who carries Argentina forward.”
GoalPost verdict
GoalPost score (GPS)
GoalPost read
V. Barco profiles as an emerging deep midfielder with value, but Strasbourg was his sharpest recent spell; the league-level discount and uncertain starting role keep a fuller verdict out of reach.
GoalPost value
What GoalPost values him at
range €18.6M – €20.2M
What he’s worth on the pitch today — our number, not the market’s.
GPS / value trend
Daily snapshots only. Sparse history stays hidden rather than drawing a flat line.
Scouting report
Strengths
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Analysis overview
Barco plays like a modern deepMid defender: aggressive without the ball, but calm and secure when he wins it. He steps into pressure, protects possession under contact, and uses his clean retention to keep attacks alive before driving the ball forward himself. The result is a defender who can break lines through carrying as naturally as he can stop them through pressing.
Playing style
Shot profile
Shots / 90
2.13
SoT / 90
0.30
Accuracy
14%
Conversion
14%
Club football this season: 7 shots in 5 matches (296 min).
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Last 12 matches · shots
12 shots · 3 goals
Player intelligence
Workrate
The unglamorous work: tackles, interceptions, duels, passing, fouls won, minutes and discipline, against his position
Ball progression
Estimated progressive passes and carries, against his position
Team impact
Awaiting measured on-pitch impact sample
Performance overview
2026/27 season by competition
| Competition | Apps | Goals | Assists | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 180 | 8.17 |
 Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 6.28 |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 1 | 296 | 7.43 |
Form (last 10 matches)
Each dot is one match rating.
Advanced performance
Goals
0.30
per 90
Assists
0.30
per 90
Shots
2.13
per 90
Shots on target
0.30
per 90
Conversion
14%
goals per shot
Dribbles
0.30
per 90 · 33% completed
Key passes
1.22
per 90
Pass accuracy
90%
Fouls won
2.43
per 90
Tackles + interceptions
5.78
per 90
Match-by-match breakdown
| Date | Opponent | Result | G | A | Rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4 |  Burkina Faso | Friendly | W7-0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 8.3 |
| Oct 1 |  Bolivia | Friendly | W4-0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 |
| Sep 18 |  Brentford | EPL | L3-0 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 |
| Sep 12 |  Hull City | EPL | D2-2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
| Sep 9 |  Leeds | Carabao | W6-3 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 9.1 |
| Aug 30 |  Brighton | EPL | W4-3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 |
Minutes played
Total minutes
League Cup180 (61%)Premier League116 (39%)Career timeline
Career stats by season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 |  Chelsea | League Cup | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0.40 | 7.43 |
| 2025/26 |  Strasbourg | Ligue 1 | 42 | 3 | 9 | 0.29 | 7.33 |
| 2024/25 | Strasbourg | Ligue 1 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0.07 | 6.98 |
| 2023/24 |  Boca Juniors | Copa de la Liga Profesional | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0.15 | 6.90 |
| 2022/23 | Boca Juniors | Liga Profesional Argentina | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021/22 | Boca Juniors | Liga Profesional Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.53 |
| 2020/21 | Boca Juniors | Copa Argentina | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Career highlights
Copa Argentina
2020/2021
Liga Profesional Argentina
2022
Super Copa
2023
Spell detail
Apps
5
Goals
1
Assists
1
Minutes
296
By season
| 2026/27 | League Cup | 5 app | 1 g | 7.43 |
Goals by season
1 goals in the spell
International career
Argentina
National-team finishes
No national-team finishes on record.
World Cup 2026
Argentina
Argentina's tournament →Apps
1
Minutes
19
Goals
0
Assists
0
Avg rating
6.90