Fabian Giuseppe Barbiero (born 2 May 1984) is an Australian
footballer
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who plays for
MetroStars, as a
central midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Biography
Club career
Before joining
Adelaide United
Adelaide United Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club participates in the A-League Men under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was founded in 2003 to fil ...
Barbiero played for the
North Eastern MetroStars
North Eastern MetroStars Soccer Club, commonly known as MetroStars, is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1994, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues South Austra ...
. Barbiero signed for Adelaide in the
2007–08 season making his debut as a substitute against
Perth Glory
Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...
in a 1–1 draw at
Hindmarsh Stadium
Hindmarsh Stadium (currently known as Coopers Stadium due to sponsorship from Adelaide-based company Coopers Brewery) is a multi-purpose stadium in Hindmarsh, an inner western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Australi ...
; he went on to make 3 league appearances getting sent off on his full league debut.
With
Jonas Salley being classified as a foreigner under new
FIFA law Barbiero became a pivotal part in Adelaide's
midfield
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in the
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...
; this including the 3–0, semi-final, win over
Bunyodkor where he not only was assigned to mark
Rivaldo
Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira (born 19 April 1972), known simply as Rivaldo (), is a Brazilian former footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder but also as a second striker, and on occasion deployed as a wide midfielder or as ...
but also scored the second goal.
His good form did not go unnoticed by coach
Aurelio Vidmar
Aurelio Vidmar ( ; born 3 February 1967) is an Australian association football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Thai League 1 club Bangkok United.
He is a former captain of the Australia national team and former coach ...
as he was handed his second league start in the 1–0 win over
Queensland
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playing just over an hour before being replaced by
Alemão.
Barbiero scored his first A-League goal against
Newcastle Jets
Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australia ...
on 9 January 2009 converting from a tight angle to give Adelaide a 1–0 lead.
Barbiero scored the Preliminary-Final goal against the Queensland Roar, that got Adelaide into the 2008–09 Grand Final against Melbourne Victory. On 14 April 2009 moved on trial to
German
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**Ger ...
Bundesliga
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club
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth (), commonly known as Greuther Fürth (), is a German football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. They play in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system, following relegation from the Bu ...
.
International career
Barbiero made his first senior international debut for the
Australian national team on 4 March 2009 in an
AFC Cup
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qualifying match versus
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the no ...
.
Career statistics
References
External links
Adelaide United profile
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1984 births
Living people
Association football midfielders
Australian soccer players
Adelaide United FC players
Croydon Kings players
Australian people of Italian descent
A-League Men players
FFSA Super League players
Australia international soccer players
Soccer players from Adelaide
National Premier Leagues players
North Eastern MetroStars SC players