MelindaJ Barbieri
Association football player
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MelindaJ "Mindy" Barbieri (Italian: [barˈbjɛːri] bar-BYEH-ree; born 16 May 2000) is an Australian soccer player who last played for Newcastle Jets in the Australian A-League Women. She has previously played for Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United.[1][2] She has represented Australia in the Australia women's national under-20 soccer team.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | MelindaJ Barbieri | ||
| Date of birth | 16 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Fitzroy, Australia | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2022 | Melbourne Victory | 66 | (4) |
| 2022 | Box Hill United | 18 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Adelaide United | 18 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Newcastle Jets | 24 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016– | Australia U-20 | 11 | (8) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 May 2019 | |||
Club career
Melbourne Victory
Barbieri signed with Melbourne Victory in 2015. She made her debut on 17 October 2015 in a match against Perth Glory.[4] She made twelve appearances for the team during the 2015–16 W-League season.[4][5] She scored her first goal against Western Sydney Wanderers on 12 December 2015.[6] She scored her second goal of the season against Sydney FC on 26 December 2015.[7] Victory finished in ninth place during the regular season with a 2–9–1 record.[4] In May 2016, she was awarded the club's Young Player of the Year award.[8]
Barbieri returned to the squad for the 2016–17 W-League season.[9]
On 20 September 2017, following the W-League's new CBA allowing multi-year contracts, Barbieri signed a two-year contract with Melbourne Victory.[10]
Box Hill United
Following the 2021–22 A-League Women season, Barbieri joined National Premier Leagues Victoria Women (NPLVW) club Box Hill United for the off-season.[11] During the 2022 NPLVW season, she scored 3 goals in 18 appearances.[12]
Adelaide United
After seven seasons with Melbourne Victory in which she made 66 appearances, in September 2022, Barbieri joined Adelaide United.[13] After one season, she departed the club.[14]
Newcastle Jets
In October 2023, Barbieri joined Newcastle Jets.[15] In July 2024, the club announced her departure.[16]
International career
Barbieri has represented Australia on the Australia women's national under-20 soccer team. In July 2016, her hat-trick against Timor-Leste helped set a new goal-scoring record at the 2016 AFF Women's Championship.[17]
Playing statistics
| Year | Matches | Goals | Assists | Yellow card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | 12 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 2016–17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Honours
with Melbourne Victory
- Young Player of the Year[8]
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