Etienne Barbara

Infobox Football biography
playername= "Etienne Barbara"


fullname = Etienne Barbara
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|6|10
cityofbirth = Valletta
countryofbirth = Malta
height = height|ft=6|in=1
currentclub = SC Verl
clubnumber = 9
position = Striker, Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Qormi
years = 1999-2003
2003-2005
2005-2007
2007-2008
2008-
clubs = Floriana
Marsaxlokk
Birkirkara
Sliema Wanderers
SC Verl
caps(goals) = 74 0(8)
43 (21)
59 (31)
23 0(8)
00 0(0)
nationalyears = 1997-
nationalteam = flagicon|Malta Malta
nationalcaps(goals) = 25 0(3)
pcupdate = September 6 2006
ntupdate = September 16 2008

Etienne Barbara (born June 10 1982 in Valletta, Malta) is a professional footballer currently playing for Regionalliga Nord (III) side SC Verl, where he plays as a striker.

Playing career

Barbara started out as a youth player with Qormi before earning a move into the Maltese Premier League in July 1999 with Floriana. Early in his career he was often used in defensive positions and although he played 74 games with the club he only managed 8 goals - all scored in the 2001/2002 season. In 2002 he received his first call up to the Maltese national team due to some of his impressive performances. [citation| author= Gerald Fenech|url= http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=110500&pid=null |title=Hibernians coast past Hamrun for top spot|publisher=di-ve.com |date=October 10, 2003] [citation|url=http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=126067&pid=1|title= Awesome Malta thrash Estonia |author= Paul Cachia|publisher= di-ve sport|date=February 16, 2003]

Etienne failed to shine with Floriana and in January 2003 he moved onto Marsaxlokk. He continued to make appearances for the national team and really hit some form, he scored an impressive 21 goals in just 43 games. After just under two seasons with Marsaxlokk Barbara earned a move to Birkirkara in July 2004 where he remained until July 2007 and then moving to Sliema Wanderers. Barbara is without doubt one of the best known players in the Maltese League. At the time of writing, Barbara has played 16 games for the Malta national football team, scoring 3 goals. [citation|title=Sliema destroy Hamrun in second half Mifsud show|publisher=di-ve.com |date=January 31, 2004|url= http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=123796&pid=1] [citation|title=World Cup: Malta and Bulgaria play to 1-1 draw in Group Eight|publisher= AP Worldstream |date= October 12, 2005|url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-114078948.html]

Honours

flagicon|Malta Marsaxlokk

Runner Up
* 2004 Maltese Cup

References

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=4527 national-football-teams.com]