Melissa Barbieri

Melissa Barbieri (2008)

Melissa Anne Barbieri ( born January 20, 1980 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian football national team in the position of goalkeeper. She plays since 2013 for the W - League club Adelaide United. For the Australian national team they previously completed 79 internationals.

Career

Barbieri began playing football at age 14 as a field player on the left. In 2002, she suffered a back injury that nearly means her career end, if it had not changed into the goal. There she quickly became the number one in the Australian national team for which they played since 2002. In 2006 she became the first female player who participated in the Richmond Eagles FC in a contest for men. As Cheryl Salisbury end of 2009 ended her career was Barbieri her successor as captain of the Matildas.

In 2003, she won with the Ozeanienmeisterschaft Australia and World Cup qualifiers. 2003 ( as a substitute goalkeeper with an insert ) and 2007 she took part in the Australia World Cup tournaments in the U.S. and China, where it was eliminated in the group stage or in the quarterfinals.

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

After she was second at the 2006 Asian champions Australia, it reached 2010 for the first title. Thus, at the same time Australia qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 in Germany. It belongs to the squad for the World Cup in Germany in the first group match against Brazil, it was used, but was not taken into account in the second game. In the decisive third game against Norway she was back in goal and reached their team by a 2-1 quarter-final where she met to Sweden.

Achievements

• Oceania champions 2003
• Asian champions in 2010 with Australia.