Mariano Barbosa

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Personal information
Mariano Barbosa
Full name	Mariano Damián Barbosa
Date of birth	July 27, 1984 (1984-07-27) (age 23)
Place of birth	Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
Height	1.87 cm
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Recreativo de Huelva
Number	25
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2005 2005–2007 2007–	Banfield Villarreal CF Recreativo de Huelva	38 (0) 21 (0) 0 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 April 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 12, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Mariano Damián Barbosa (born on 27 July 1984 in Lanús, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Recreativo de Huelva in Spain.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Club career

Barbosa started his career with Club Atlético Banfield in 2002. In 2005 he was signed by Spanish club Villarreal for a fee of €2 million.^[1]

Barbosa served mainly as reserve goalkeeper at Villarreal CF, but filled in for Sebastián Viera a number of times, most notably in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League against Arsenal in 2006. Even though Barbosa did not let in any goals in the second leg, Arsenal had beaten Villarreal 1-0 in the first leg of the semi-final which meant that Arsenal progressed to the final.

In summer 2007, after the signing of Lopez, Barbosa was allowed to join Recreativo de Huelva. ^[2]

He has an Italian passport, and is thus counted as an European Union player.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] International career

Barbosa was the reserve goalkeeper in the Argentine Under-20 team that reached the semi finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2003, where they lost to the eventual winners, Brazil U-20s. Barbosa replaced suspended goalkeeper Gustavo Eberto in the Round of sixteen match against Egypt which Argentina won 2-1.