Tigres retired his number 7 after 61 goals in 188 matches, and in Italy, where he gave Avellino three seasons of Serie A, they called him Tartufòn. He won the 1975 Copa América with Peru at the age of twenty, played the 1982 World Cup, took Mexican league titles in 1977-78 and 1981-82, and was voted the country's Balón de Oro in the second of them. Career record: 20 caps and 3 goals for Peru; club career at Tigres UANL, U.S. Avellino 1912, Udinese Calcio.
| 1971–1972 | Sport Boys |
| 1973–1975 | Club Atletico Defensor Lima 1931 |
| 1975–1982 | Tigres UANL |
| 1982–1985 | U.S. Avellino 1912 |
| 1985–1986 | Udinese Calcio |
| 1986–1987 | A.S.D. Sanvitese |
| Peru | 20 caps, 3 goals |
Peru legends whose careers overlapped Barbadillo's
One rank above: Alberto Terry at #19.
One rank below: Luis Advíncula at #21.
Peru's editorial top five: Teófilo Cubillas · Héctor Chumpitaz · César Cueto · Hugo Sotil · Teodoro Fernández.