Fabian Barbiero

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Fabian Barbiero
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Fabian Barbiero (2010)
Personnel
Surname Fabian Giuseppe Barbiero
birthday May 2, 1984
place of birth AdelaideAustralia
size 176 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
Noarlunga United
Adelaide City
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2002 South Adelaide Panthers 13 (0)
2003-2005 Adelaide Galaxy
2006-2007 North Eastern MetroStars
2007– Adelaide United 70 (7)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2009 Australia 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of March 25, 2012

Fabian Barbiero (born May 2, 1984 in Adelaide ) is an Australian football player of Italian descent. The midfielder is under contract with A-League club Adelaide United .

Career

After several stations in the South Australian Premier League , the top division of the state of South Australia , Barbiero came in the 2007/08 season to several short-term contracts with Adelaide United as a replacement for injured players. For the following season he received a one-year contract with Adelaide and developed into a regular player in central midfield. He reached the final of the AFC Champions League 2008 with Adelaide , but was not used in the two final defeats against Gamba Osaka . By reaching the finals in the continental competition, Adelaide qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup 2008 , in which Barbiero was in the starting line-up in two games.

In the Preliminary Final of the A-League season 2008/09 Barbiero scored against Queensland Roar from long range the 1-0 winner and secured his team the final. It was Adelaide's only goal in the play-off phase, in the final they lost to Melbourne Victory 0-1.

For the qualifying game on March 5, 2009 against Kuwait as part of the Asian Cup 2011 , national coach Pim Verbeek Barbiero nominated for the first time in the Australian national team . In the 1-0 defeat, he was used as a substitute.

Individual evidence

  1. news.com.au: Barbiero revels in FIFA Club World Cup atmosphere (Dec. 7, 2008)
  2. twg.sbs.com.au: New deals for Sarkies, Barbiero (May 7, 2008)  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / theworldgame.sbs.com.au  

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