MelindaJ Barbieri

MelindaJ "Mindy" Barbieri (born 16 May 2000) is an Australian soccer player who plays 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]

Mindy Barbieri
Personal information
Full name MelindaJ Barbieri
Date of birth (2000-05-16) 16 May 2000
Place of birth Fitzroy, Australia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Newcastle Jets
Number 9
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– Newcastle Jets 0 (0)
International career‡
2016– Australia U-20 11 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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]

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.[16]

Playing statistics
Stats[17]
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. "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. 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. "Record-breaking Young Matildas in goal spree". Football Federation Australia. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  17. "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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