Melissa Barbieri

Melissa Barbieri
Melissa Barbieri (2008)
Personnel
birthday	20th January 1980
place of birth	Melbourne , Victoria ,  Australia
size	168 cm
position	goal
Juniors
Years	station
	Box Hill Inter
Women
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
0000-2008	Richmond SC
2008-2011	Melbourne Victory	at least 18 (0)
2011–2012	Newcastle United Jets	9 (0)
2013-2014	Adelaide United	24 (0)
2015-2016	Melbourne Victory	11 (0)
2017–	Melbourne City FC	1 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2002–	Australia	85 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of November 18, 2017 2 As of May 19, 2015

Melissa Anne Barbieri (born January 20, 1980 in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia ) is an Australian national soccer player on the position of goalkeeper.

Career

Barbieri started playing football at the age of 14 as a field player on the left. In 2002 she suffered a back injury that would have almost ended her career if she hadn't moved into goal. There she quickly became number one in the Australian national team, which she has played for since 2002. In 2006, she became the first female player to compete for men with Richmond Eagles FC .

In 2003 she won the Oceania Championship and World Cup qualification with Australia. In 2003 (as a substitute goalkeeper with one use) and 2007 , she took part with Australia in the World Cup tournaments in the USA and China, where she was eliminated in the preliminary round and in the quarter-finals.

In 2004 she was in the squad for the Olympic Games in Athens , but was not used. In 2008 Australia failed to qualify for the Olympic Games.

When Cheryl Salisbury retired in late 2009, she became team captain for the Matildas in February 2010 . After finishing second with Australia in 2006 at the Asian Cup, it was enough to win the first title in 2010 . With this, Australia also qualified for the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany . She was part of the squad for the World Cup in Germany. It was used in the first group game against Brazil , but was not taken into account in the second game. In the decisive third game against Norway she was back in goal and reached the quarter-finals with her team with a 2-1 win against Sweden . She was not nominated for the 2014 Asian women's football championship , in which Australia was unable to defend the title. On May 12, 2015, she was nominated for the 2015 Australian World Cup squad . With a height of only 1.68 m, she is the smallest of the three goalkeepers in the squad.

Private

On January 20, 2013, she became the mother of a daughter.

successes

• Oceania Champion 2003
• Asian champion 2010

Awards

• 2013: Joined the team for the decade 2000–2013

Web links

Commons : Melissa Barbieri  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Melissa Barbieri in the database of FIFA (English)
• Profile on Melbourne Victory
• Profile on Football Federation Australia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIFA.com: Australia's Olympic Squad
2. ↑ footballaustralia.com: "Westfield Matildas to face DPR Korea in Brisbane"
3. ↑ FIFA: Australia's World Cup squad
4. ↑ footballaustralia.com: "Matilda's name Asian Cup squad"
5. ↑ footballaustralia.com: "Westfield Matildas name World Cup squad"
6. ↑ thewomensgame.com: "The Fighter: Bubs bounces back" ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ fourfourtwo.com: "FFA name their Teams of the Decades" ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.