MelindaJ Barbieri

Mindy Barbieri
Personal information
Full name MelindaJ Barbieri
Date of birth (2000-05-16) 16 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Fitzroy, Australia
Position(s) 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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 May 2019

MelindaJ "Mindy" Barbieri (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]

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

Stats[18]
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]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cherny, Daniel (26 December 2015). "15-year-old Melbourne Victory midfielder MelindaJ Barbieri making a name for herself". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. ^ Lim, Jordan (16 December 2015). "The unassuming brilliance of Mindy Barbieri". The Corner Flag. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Young Matildas squad selected for 2016 AFF Women's Championships". The Women's Game. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Melindaj Barbieri". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Ones to watch: Mindy Barbieri". A-League.com.au. Football Federation Australia. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  6. ^ Cherny, Daniel (12 December 2015). "Melbourne Victory come from two goals down to grab draw against Western Sydney Wanderers". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  7. ^ Cherny, Daniel (27 December 2015). "Melbourne Victory set for wooden spoon after loss to Sydney FC". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  8. ^ a b Tito, Clement (15 May 2016). "Martin and Barbieri take out Melbourne Victory 2015–16 women's awards". Outside 90. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Victory W-League squad starts to take shape". Melbourne Victory. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Young stars sign two-year deals". Melbourne Victory. 20 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Where to follow our Champion Women in the 2022 off-season". Melbourne Victory. 19 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Player statistics for Melindaj Barbieri". GameDay. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Reds secure MelindaJ Barbieri and Meisha Westland". Adelaide United. 16 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Worts departs Reds". Adelaide United. 6 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Newcastle Jets sign Melinda Barbieri". Newcastle Jets. 13 October 2023.
  16. ^ "Milan Hammond Re-Signs". Newcastle Jets. 28 July 2024. The Newcastle Jets can also confirm the departures of Kiara Rochaix and Mindy Barbieri.
  17. ^ "Record-breaking Young Matildas in goal spree". Football Federation Australia. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  18. ^ "melindaj barbieri stats – Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

Further reading

  • Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368
  • Stewart, Barbara (2012), Women's Soccer: The Passionate Game, Greystone Books, ISBN 1926812603


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