Valdivia inks Javier Barra

Club Deportivo Valdivia (LNB) agreed terms with 28-year old ex-international center Javier Barra (211cm-1997) for the new 2025-26 season. He has played for the last four years at Sportiva Italiana. In 36 LNB games in Chile, he had 3.2ppg and 5.6rpg last season.
He was also a member of the Chilean international program for some years. Barra played for the Chilean Senior National Team between 2018 and 2023 and previously for the Under 21 National Team back in 2018.
He is a very experienced player. Barra has played in Argentina (Instituto and Quimsa), Chile (CD Universidad de Concepcion, CD Universidad Catolica de Santiago and Stadio Italiano), Spain (Zaragoza), Argentina, and Brazil (Paschoalotto/Bauru).
Among many awards, his team won the Chilean LNB 2 Zona Centro Regular Season in 2023. He was also voted the Latinbasket.com All-Chilean Libcentro Center of the Year back in 2018.