Miguel Ángel Barbieri (born 24 August 1993) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX club Querétaro.

Club career

Barbieri borned in

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for a

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family.

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the ...

were Barbieri's first team in his youth career, prior to joining

Defensores de Belgrano Club Atlético Defensores de Belgrano (usually known as Defensores de Belgrano) is an Argentine sports club from Nuñez, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera Nacional, the regionalised sec ...

's system. He was promoted into the club's first-team during the 2011–12 Primera B Metropolitana, making three appearances as Defensores de Belgrano finished 18th. In the following four seasons, Barbieri made seventy-five appearances with the final campaign, 2015, yielding five goals in forty-one games. In January 2016, Argentine Primera División side Racing Club loaned Barbieri for eighteen months. Two goals in thirteen games followed, which led to Racing signing him permanently in July 2017. On 15 July 2018, Barbieri joined

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the English- ...

on loan. He remained until December 2019, making twenty-five appearances whilst with the club; also scoring one goal, versus Aldosivi in the

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on 20 April 2019. January 2020 saw Barbieri head abroad for the first time, as he agreed terms with Liga MX club

Tijuana Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
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; amid interest of a renewal from Rosario. He made his debut on 10 January in a win over

Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club that competes in the Liga MX. It is located in northern Mexico and represents the urban area of La Comarca Lagunera, made up o ...

, having replaced Mauro Lainez with six minutes remaining. In total, the centre-back appeared twenty-four times and netted one goal; on 10 March in the

Copa MX The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it wa ...

against

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. Barbieri would later sign for Toluca, after putting pen to paper on a contract in December 2020; with it commencing in the succeeding January.

International career

Barbieri represented the Argentina U23s at the 2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy in India. He featured in matches against 1860 Munich II and Shamrock Rovers (as captain) as Argentina were eliminated at the group stage.

Career statistics

Honours

Rosario Central *

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: 2017–18

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barbieri, Miguel 1993 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Jewish footballers Jewish Argentine sportspeople Defensores de Belgrano footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Rosario Central footballers Club Tijuana footballers Deportivo Toluca F.C. players Querétaro F.C. footballers Primera B Metropolitana players Primera C Metropolitana players Argentine Primera División players Liga MX players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentina men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders