MelindaJ Barbieri

Mindy Barbieri
Personal information
Full name	MelindaJ Barbieri
Date of birth	16 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Fitzroy, Australia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2022	Melbourne Victory
2022	Box Hill United
2022–2023	Adelaide United
2023–2024	Newcastle Jets
International career‡
2016–	Australia U-20
	*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]

References

^ 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.
^ Lim, Jordan (16 December 2015). "The unassuming brilliance of Mindy Barbieri". The Corner Flag. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ "Young Matildas squad selected for 2016 AFF Women's Championships". The Women's Game. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Melindaj Barbieri". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ "Ones to watch: Mindy Barbieri". A-League.com.au. Football Federation Australia. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ "Victory W-League squad starts to take shape". Melbourne Victory. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ "Young stars sign two-year deals". Melbourne Victory. 20 September 2017.
^ "Where to follow our Champion Women in the 2022 off-season". Melbourne Victory. 19 April 2022.
^ "Player statistics for Melindaj Barbieri". GameDay. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "Reds secure MelindaJ Barbieri and Meisha Westland". Adelaide United. 16 September 2022.
^ "Worts departs Reds". Adelaide United. 6 September 2023.
^ "Newcastle Jets sign Melinda Barbieri". Newcastle Jets. 13 October 2023.
^ "Milan Hammond Re-Signs". Newcastle Jets. 28 July 2024. The Newcastle Jets can also confirm the departures of Kiara Rochaix and Mindy Barbieri.
^ "Record-breaking Young Matildas in goal spree". Football Federation Australia. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
^ "melindaj barbieri stats – Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

External links

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[smh_261215-1] 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.

[sw_stats-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.

[mvfcaward_150516-8] 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] "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.

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