Bárbara (footballer)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Monte and the second or paternal family name is Barbosa.
Bárbara
Bárbara with Brazil in 2016
Personal information
Full name Bárbara Micheline do Monte Barbosa
Date of birth (1988-07-04) 4 July 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Recife, Brazil[1]
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sport
2008 Santa Cruz
2008 Napoli
2009–2010 Sunnanå 36 (0)
2011 Sport
2011–2012 Foz Cataratas
2013 São Caetano
2014 BV Cloppenburg 4 (0)
2014 Kindermann 13 (0)
2015 Botafogo 3 (0)
2016 Foz Cataratas 5 (0)
2017–2022 Kindermann 76 (0)
2023–2024 Flamengo 15 (0)
2024 Melbourne City 7 (0)
International career‡
2007– Brazil 69 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA Women's World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2007 China Team
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

Bárbara Micheline do Monte Barbosa (born 4 July 1988), commonly known as Bárbara, is a Brazilian professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for A-League Women club Melbourne City and the Brazil women's national team. She has played for clubs in Italy, Sweden and Germany, as well as in her native country, Brazil. Since making her national team debut in 2007, she has won over 30 caps for Brazil. She has been part of her country's squad at four editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup and at two Olympic football tournaments.

Club career

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In autumn 2008, Bárbara joined Italian club Napoli.[3] She moved to the Swedish Damallsvenskan team Sunnanå SK in early 2009 and remained for two seasons until the club was relegated at the end of the 2010 campaign. She rejected offers from other Swedish teams to return to the women's section of Sport Club do Recife, where her career began.[4] Bárbara played four league matches for Frauen-Bundesliga club BV Cloppenburg in the 2013–14 season.[5]

In February 2024, Bárbara joined Australian club Melbourne City until the end of the 2023–24 A-League Women season[6] and made her debut in a 2–0 loss against Brisbane Roar on 2 March 2024.[citation needed] She left the club at the end of the season on conclusion of her contract.[7]

International career

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At the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship, FIFA.com reported that Bárbara's goalkeeping was a "key factor" in the Brazilian team, which finished third.[8] In September 2007 Bárbara made her senior international debut in Brazil's 2–1 friendly defeat by Japan at Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba.[9] She was called into Brazil's squad for the 2007 Pan American Games, where she understudied veteran Andréia Suntaque.[10]

Bárbara was Brazil's first-choice goalkeeper at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She won a silver medal when Brazil lost the final 1–0 after extra time to the United States. After the final, Bárbara gave an insight into Brazilian women's football's lack of development when she revealed her club had not paid her for six months.[11]

Bárbara was part of the Brazilian World Cup squads in 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023.

Personal life

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Bárbara is openly lesbian, having a relationship with her partner Lidiane.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Bárbara". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. ^ "List of Players – Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 8 June 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Mercato, il Carpisa prende in Brasile il portiere Barbara" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 11 October 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Bárbara negocia volta ao Sport" (in Portuguese). entreterimentoagora.webnode.com.br. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Barbara Do Monte". Framba.de (in German). Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Melbourne City FC welcomes Brazilian international, Bárbara". Melbourne City. 28 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Four Premiers Plate winners depart Melbourne City". Melbourne City. 27 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Asian celebration at Russia 2006". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  9. ^ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (9 December 2012). "Seleção Brasileira Feminina (Brazilian National Womens´ Team) 2006–2007" (in Portuguese). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Bárbara" (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Difficult future for Brazil after defeat". FIFA. 22 August 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  12. ^ "Mês do orgulho LGBTQ+: Conheça os casais da Copa do Mundo de Futebol Feminino" (in Portuguese). MSN. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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