Melissa Barbieri
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| Full name | Melissa Anne Barbieri[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
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| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
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Current team
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Melbourne Victory | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
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| 1996–2008 | Victoria Vision | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008 | Richmond SC | ||
| 2008–2011 | Melbourne Victory | 28 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Newcastle Jets | 9 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Box Hill United | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Adelaide United | 12 | (0) |
| 2015– | Melbourne Victory | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002–2015 | Australia | 86 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 February 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2015 |
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Melissa Anne Barbieri (born 20 January 1980) is an Australian international football goalkeeper. She plays for Melbourne Victory's W-League team.
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Biography
Before the 2007 World Cup Barbieri played 54 games for Australia.
At 1.68m tall, her height has been questioned by the media in her position at goalkeeper, although has aptly proven herself as a shot-stopper.
She played for Richmond SC, becoming the first female to play in the professional men's league. After gaining experience in the men's league, Barbieri made her debut in goals for the Matildas in September 2002 in a 1–0 win against Canada.
In 2008, she was approached by the US football team, the Boston Renegades.[2] However, the Boston management eventually pursued this no further for the remainder of the season, due to Barbieri's commitments to the Australian national team.[3]
She signed for Melbourne Victory for the inaugural season of the Westfield W-League. Barbieri won the Goalkeeper of the year award in that season.
She was a scholarship holder with the Victorian Institute of Sport.[4]
On 19 February 2010, Barbieri was named captain of the Matildas following the 2009 retirement of Cheryl Salisbury.[5]
In June 2011, Barbieri was on the cover of the Australian FourFourTwo Magazine along with fellow Matilda's Thea Slatyer, Sam Kerr, Kyah Simon and Sarah Walsh.
Barbieri had her first child, a girl, in 2013.
In May 2015 national coach Alen Stajcic surprisingly axed Brianna Davey from Australia's 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup squad, recalling resurgent veteran Barbieri for her fourth World Cup.[6]
Career highlights
- 2013–14 W-League keeper of the year award[7]
- 2010 Qualified for FIFA Women's World Cup
- 2010 Captain the Matildas at the AFC Women's Asian Cup which they beat North Korea in penalties to win the competition
- 2007 Qualified for FIFA Women's World Cup
- 2006 2nd at the AFC Women's Asian Cup
- 2005 Four Nations Tour
- 2004 1st at the Oceania Football Confederation Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- 2004 2nd at the 6th Australia Cup (Brisbane)
- 2004 Competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
- 2003 13th at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
- 2003 Pre-World Cup Tour (China, Great Britain, Canada)
- 2003 2nd at the 3-Nations International Tournament in Japan
- 2003 2nd at the Australia Cup
- 2003 Gained Australian Institute of Sport Scholarship
- 2002 Canada Series
- 2002 2nd at the US Nike Cup (international debut vs. Canada with a clean sheet)
- 2001 First national camp as a goal keeper
- 2000 Switched to goal keeper position
- 1997 Selected for a national camp as a midfielder
Honours
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Individual
References
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External links
- FIFA Profile [1]
- Football Federation Australia Profile [2]
- Melbourne Victory Player Profile [3]
- Victorian Institute of Sport Profile [4]
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| Preceded by | Australia captain 2009–2013 |
Succeeded by Clare Polkinghorne |
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- Australian women's soccer players
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Melbourne Victory FC W-League players
- Newcastle Jets FC W-League players
- Adelaide United FC W-League players
- W-League (Australia) players
- Australian people of Italian descent
- Association football goalkeepers
- Olympic soccer players of Australia
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Sportspeople from Melbourne
- Australia women's international soccer players
- Women's association football goalkeepers
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