Alana Barba

Alana Barba (born 26 September 2001) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the AFLW. She previously played for the Gold Coast Suns in 2022 (S6).[1]

For New Zealand race walker, see Alana Barber.
Alana Barba
Personal information
Full name Alana Barba
Date of birth (2001-09-26) 26 September 2001
Original team(s) Essendon Football Club (VFLW)
Debut Round 1, 2022 (S6), Gold Coast vs. Greater Western Sydney, at Great Barrier Reef Arena
Height 164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Club information
Current club Essendon Football Club
Number 11
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2022–2022 Gold Coast 2 (0)
2022– Essendon 10 (0)
Total 12 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the S7 (2022) season.
Career highlights
  • 2022 VFLW Premiership
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Barba won a VFL Women's premiership with the Bombers in 2022, before signing with Bombers AFLW side for the 2022 (S7) season.[2][3]

AFLW Career

Gold Coast Suns (2022)

Barba joined the Suns ahead of the 2022 (S6) season as one of two replacements for players existing players moved to the inactive list.[4]

Barba made her debut for the Suns in Round 1 of 2022 (S6) against the GWS Giants.[5] She was dropped for the Round 2 match-up against the West Coast Eagles[6] and didn’t earn a recall until Round 9 against Carlton.[7] This turned out to be Barba’s final game for the Suns, being omitted for the Round 10 match against Fremantle[8] before not being offered a contract for the 2022 (S7) season.[9]

Following her delisting, Barba returned to the Essendon Bombers in the VFLW.

Essendon (2022–present)

After winning the 2022 VFLW Premiership with the Bombers, Barba was added as a delisted free agent to Essendon’s inaugural AFLW list for the 2022 (S7) season.[2]

Barba played all 10 games in her debut season for the Bombers.

AFLW Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of round 2, 2023.[10]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2022 (S6)Gold Coast21 200426060.00.02.01.03.00.03.0
2022 (S7)Essendon11 1000323769628003.23.76.90.62.8
2023Essendon11 000000000000000
Career 12 0 0 36 39 75 6 34 0 0 3.0 3.3 6.3 0.5 2.8

References
  1. Catalano, Alex (25 August 2021). "A close shave: Barba and Bohanna earn post-draft call ups to the Gold Coast". The Inner Sanctum. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. "Barba and Barton become AFLW Bombers". essendonfc.com.au. 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  3. Murray, Tara (22 July 2022). "Barba living the dream". Northern Star Weekly. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. "SUNS add Alana Barba and Tara Bohanna to AFLW List". goldcoastfc.com.au. 2021-08-24. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  5. "AFLW Round 1 Team Announcement: Another debutant amongst six new faces". goldcoastfc.com.au. 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  6. "AFLW Round 2 Team Announcement: Returns & a debut to face the Eagles". goldcoastfc.com.au. 2022-01-15. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  7. "AFLW Round 9 Team Announcement". goldcoastfc.com.au. 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  8. "AFLW Round 10 Team Announcement: Four changes to face Freo". goldcoastfc.com.au. 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  9. "SUNS make AFLW list changes". goldcoastfc.com.au. 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  10. "Australian Football - Alana Barba - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
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