Melissa Barbieri
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Barbieri in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Melissa Anne Barbieri | ||
| Date of birth | 20 January 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Melbourne City (player, assistant manager) | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994 | South Melbourne | ||
| 1995 | Doncaster | ||
| 1996–1997 | Brunswick | ||
| 1998 | Ringwood | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | ITC Victoria | 12 | (1) |
| 1999–2008 | Victoria Vision | 55 | (0) |
| 2008 | Richmond SC (men) | ||
| 2008–2011 | Melbourne Victory | 28 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Newcastle Jets | 9 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Box Hill United | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Adelaide United | 24 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Melbourne Victory | 11 | (0) |
| 2016 | Taroona | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Heidelberg United | 20 | (3) |
| 2017–present | Melbourne City | 39 | (0) |
| 2019 | Alamein | 21 | (0) |
| 2023 | Southern United | 1 | (0) |
| 2024 | Bentleigh Greens | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002–2015 | Australia | 86 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Heidelberg United (women) | ||
| 2018–present | Melbourne City | ||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 June 2015 | |||
Melissa Hudson (née Melissa Anne Barbieri; Italian: [meˈlis.sa barˈbjɛ.ri] mə-LEE-sə bar-BYEH-ree; born 20 January 1980) is an Australian soccer goalkeeper who has played for Melbourne City in the A-League Women. From 2002 she represented the Australia women's national soccer team (Matildas) and was captain from 2010 to 2013. She competed at four FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015).
After 86 caps, Barbieri retired from international football in June 2015 and set the record for the most clean sheets by any Matildas keeper, at 34. As at February 2026 she was still playing for Melbourne City and had become the longest-serving professional soccer player in Australian history with 28 years in league teams.
Barbieri was named A-League Women's Goalkeeper of the Year (Golden Glove) for the 2008–09 and 2013–14 seasons.