J. Barrera

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Independiente Medellin	19	1	4	7.29	—	—
2025/26	Deportivo Cali · 14th	37	2	8	7.11	16	22
2024/25	Deportivo Cali	28	0	3	6.89	—	—
2023/24	Atletico Nacional	16	3	1	6.89	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Project playerCreative Winger

J. Barrera is a 30-year-old winger at Deportivo Cali, enjoying a standout season — 2 goals and 8 assists in 37 appearances, a Season grade of 22, top 24% of Primera A wingers. On long-term scout potential he's rated 15.6, ranking 267th of 438 in the Primera A. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter (70.3% of available minutes). He brings 0.36 goal contributions per 90 (0.07 goals, 0.28 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Barrera.

Judged on this season alone, Barrera graded 22 — a strong campaign that ranks top 24% of the 21 wingers in the Primera A, on 2 goals and 8 assists in 37 appearances (0.356 involvements per 90).

We hold a single season for Barrera, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 16, 13th of 21 of the 21 wingers in the Primera A. At 30 Barrera is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.9 reflects that trajectory.

Current potential13th of 21 wingers · Primera A Current seasonTop 24% wingers · Primera A5th-best winger in the Primera A267th in the Primera A · potential13th-highest potential winger in the Primera A

15.6

Ratingi

13th of 21 wingers

22.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

70.3%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.36

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Deportivo Cali finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.05

Goals / app

2 goals in 37 appearances (0.05 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 8 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 10 goal contributions (0.27 per appearance).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 70.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Final-third output. 0.36 goal contributions per 90 (0.07 goals, 0.28 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 15.6, Barrera carries the 13th-highest potential of the wingers in the Primera A of 21, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Deportivo Cali finished 14th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.36 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %70.3%

Available fixtures40 of 40

Goals / 900.071

Assists / 900.285

Goal contribution / 900.356

Defensive actions / 900.925

Player flow

Goal involvements10

Shot conversion %8.3

Shot accuracy %39.3

Dribble success %33.3

Cards / 900.285

Foul involvement / 902.704

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~2), then tapers with age. At 30, Barrera sits on 0.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Barrera's projected Rating — 15.6 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.