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

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 Australian ...

in the Australian A-League Women. She has previously played for

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victor ...

and

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 ...

. She has represented Australia in the Australia women's national under-20 soccer team.

Club career

Melbourne Victory

Barbieri signed with

in 2015. She made her debut on 17 October 2015 in a match against Perth Glory. She made twelve appearances for the team during the

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season. She scored her first goal against

Western Sydney Wanderers Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club (colloquially known as Western Sydney, or simply as Wanderers) is an Australian professional soccer club based in the Western Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier ...

on 12 December 2015. She scored her second goal of the season against Sydney FC on 26 December 2015. Victory finished in ninth place during the regular season with a record. In May 2016, she was awarded the club's Young Player of the Year award. Barbieri returned to the squad for the

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season. On 20 September 2017, following the W-League's new CBA allowing multi-year contracts, Barbieri signed a two-year contract with Melbourne Victory.

Box Hill United

Following the

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season, Barbieri joined National Premier Leagues Victoria Women (NPLVW) club

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for the off-season. During the 2022 NPLVW season, she scored 3 goals in 18 appearances.

Adelaide United

After seven seasons with

in which she made 66 appearances, in September 2022, Barbieri joined

. After one season, she departed the club.

Newcastle Jets

In October 2023, Barbieri joined

International career

Barbieri has represented Australia on the Australia women's national under-20 soccer team. In July 2016, her

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against Timor-Leste helped set a new goal-scoring record at the 2016 AFF Women's Championship.

Playing statistics

Honours

with Melbourne Victory * Young Player of the Year

References

External links

* 2000 births Living people Australian women's soccer players Melbourne Victory FC (A-League Women) players Adelaide United FC (A-League Women) players Newcastle Jets FC (A-League Women) players Women's association football midfielders Soccer players from Melbourne People from Fitzroy, Victoria Sportswomen from Victoria (state) {{Australia-women-footy-bio-stub