Julio Barbero | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Full name | Julio Barbero Gonzalez | ||||||
Born | 2 September 1970 Cuenca, Spain | ||||||
Home town | Cuenca, Spain | ||||||
Darts information | |||||||
Playing darts since | 1990 | ||||||
Darts | 20g Powercore | ||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
Walk-on music | " Macarena" by Los del Rio | ||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
BDO | 2017–2020 | ||||||
PDC | 2008–2017, 2023– | ||||||
WDF | 2017–2022 | ||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
World Masters | Last 128: 2017 | ||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2014 | ||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Julio Barbero Gonzalez (born 2 September 1970) is a Spanish professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
In 2008, Barbero won the Spanish Federation Cup by beating Antonio Alcinas. [1] His first PDC premier event was the 2009 German Darts Championship where he lost 6–2 to Mervyn King in the third round. [2] Barbero came within a game of reaching the 2010 PDC World Championship, but was defeated 6–2 by Francisco Ruiz in the final of the Spanish Qualifier. [3]
Barbero qualified for the 2014 PDC World Championship after winning the Western European qualifier, beating Gibraltar's Dylan Duo in the final. [4] Barbero beat Germany's Andree Welge 4–1 in the preliminary round before losing 3–1 in a credible performance against England's Andy Hamilton. [5] He came close to playing in the 2016 event, but was knocked out in the semi-finals of the South European Qualifier 6–3 by John Michael. [6] Barbero won the 2016 Alcalas Open Darts and the Spanish Federation Cup as well as losing to Michael in the semi-finals of the World Championship qualifier for the second successive year. [7] [8] [9]