Valentín Barco is a midfielder in Chelsea’s first-team squad for the 2026/27 Premier League season. Barco was born on 23 July 2004 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He began his senior career at Boca Juniors in 2021, and he went on to play for Brighton & Hove Albion, Sevilla and Strasbourg. He moved to Chelsea in 2026.
Since his first senior season in 2021, Barco has made 114 club appearances and scored 6 goals in all competitions for 5 clubs. His best scoring return came in 2025/26: 3 goals in 43 appearances for Strasbourg. So far in 2026/27 he has 1 goal in 5 appearances for Chelsea. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.