The 27-year-old midfielder joins on a short-term deal till the end of the season replacing Australian Erik Paartalu who has been ruled out of action since picking up an injury against Chennaiyin FC on February 9th.
The midfielder, who will be plying his trade outside Spain for the first time, said he was upbeat about the opportunity to take the field for the Blues.
Barrera becomes the sixth Spaniard at the club this season and believes the presence of fellow countrymen in the side will help him settle quicker ahead of the playoffs.
Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Barrera joined Sporting de Gijón’s youth academy in 1998, aged seven and spent the next sixteen years with the Rojiblancos.
Making his senior debut with the reserves in 2010, he made his first-team debut for Gijón in 2012 in the Segunda Division. A constant presence in the squad, Barrera helped them gain promotion to the La Liga for the 2015-16 season.
The following year he moved to Real Zaragoza (2016-17) in the Segunda Division before plying his trade for Extremadura UD (2017-18) who he helped achieve promotion to the Segunda Division for the first time in the club’s history.
Barrera spent the first half of the 2018-19 season with Extremadura before making the switch to Bengaluru.
The Blues take on NorthEast United in the semifinal of the Indian Super League with the away leg slated on March 7th in Guwahati followed by the reverse fixture at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium on March 11.
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