Miguel Ángel Barbieri (born 24 August 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Deportivo Riestra.[1]
Barbieri was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to a Jewish family.[3] Argentinos Juniors were Barbieri's first team in his youth career, prior to joining Defensores de Belgrano's system.[4] 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.[5] In the following four seasons, Barbieri made seventy-five appearances with the final campaign, 2015, yielding five goals in forty-one games.[1] In January 2016, Argentine Primera División side Racing Club loaned Barbieri for eighteen months.[6][7][8] Two goals in thirteen games followed, which led to Racing signing him permanently in July 2017.[1][4][9]
On 15 July 2018, Barbieri joined Rosario Central on loan.[1] He remained until December 2019, making twenty-five appearances whilst with the club; also scoring one goal, versus Aldosivi in the Copa de la Superliga on 20 April 2019.[1] January 2020 saw Barbieri head abroad for the first time, as he agreed terms with Liga MX club Tijuana; amid interest of a renewal from Rosario.[10][11] He made his debut on 10 January in a win over Santos Laguna, having replaced Mauro Lainez with six minutes remaining.[1] In total, the centre-back appeared twenty-four times and netted one goal; on 10 March in the Copa MX against Toluca.[1]
Barbieri would later sign for Toluca, after putting pen to paper on a contract in December 2020; with it commencing in the succeeding January.[12]
Barbieri represented the Argentina U23s at the 2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy in India.[13] He featured in matches against 1860 Munich II and Shamrock Rovers (as captain) as Argentina were eliminated at the group stage.[13][14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Defensores de Belgrano | 2011–12 | Primera B Metropolitana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | Primera C Metropolitana | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | Primera B Metropolitana | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 1 | 41 | 5 | |||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 75 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 78 | 5 | ||||
| Racing Club (loan) | 2016 | Primera División | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |||
| Racing Club | 2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8[b] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | ||
| Rosario Central (loan) | 2018–19 | Primera División | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 2019–20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Total | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Tijuana | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||||
| Toluca | 2020–21 | Liga MX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 147 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 173 | 10 | ||
Rosario Central[1]
