Brazilian footballer (born 1988)
Bárbara Micheline do Monte Barbosa (born 4 July 1988), commonly known asBárbara, is a Brazilian professionalfootballer who plays as agoalkeeper forInternacional and theBrazil 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 30caps for Brazil. She has been part of her country's squad at four editions of theFIFA Women's World Cup and at twoOlympic football tournaments.
In autumn 2008, Bárbara joined Italian clubNapoli.[3] She moved to the SwedishDamallsvenskan teamSunnanå SK in early 2009 and remained for two seasons until the club wasrelegated at the end of the 2010 campaign. She rejected offers from other Swedish teams to return to the women's section ofSport Club do Recife, where her career began.[4] Bárbara played four league matches forFrauen-Bundesliga clubBV Cloppenburg in the2013–14 season.[5]
In February 2024, Bárbara joined Australian clubMelbourne City until the end of the2023–24 A-League Women season[6] and made her debut in a 2–0 loss againstBrisbane 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
[edit]At the2006 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 inBrazil's 2–1friendly defeat byJapan atFukuda Denshi Arena,Chiba.[9] She was called into Brazil's squad for the2007 Pan American Games, where she understudied veteranAndréia Suntaque.[10]
Bárbara was Brazil's first-choice goalkeeper at the2008 Beijing Olympics. She won a silver medal when Brazil lost the final 1–0 afterextra time to theUnited 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 in2011,2015,2019 and2023.
Bárbara is openly lesbian, having a relationship with her partner Lidiane.[12]
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