Barbieri \u2013 Australia\u2019s oldest professional footballer aged 45<\/a> \u2013 will continue to provide experience and leadership in her dual role as both player and assistant coach with the reigning premiers.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO BECOME AN A-LEAGUES CLUB MEMBER TODAY!<\/a> The former Matildas captain made four appearances last season, including a debut in the AFC Women\u2019s Champions League, while adding to her tally of more than 100 domestic appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cMelbourne City really is home for me. This club isn\u2019t just about football \u2013 it\u2019s about the people, and they are my family,\u201d said Barbieri, who is\u00a0the longest-serving national league player in Australian history by quite some distance.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery day I get to live my dream by pulling on this shirt, and I don\u2019t take that for granted.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got a really special group here, and I love pushing myself alongside my teammates and coaches \u2013\u00a0we drive each other to be better. I\u2019m excited for what\u2019s ahead this season and I\u2019ll be giving everything to help us achieve success together.\u201d<\/p>\n Since joining City in 2017, Barbieri has contributed to three Premierships and two Championships across her eight seasons.<\/p>\n Barbieri \u2013 a pioneer of the game in Australia \u2013 has achieved almost everything in the game, including appearing at four FIFA Women\u2019s World Cups and winning the AFC Asian Cup.<\/p>\n READ MORE \u201cThere\u2019s not much left to say about Bubs that hasn\u2019t already been said \u2013 her career speaks for itself,\u201d said City\u2019s director of football Michael Petrillo.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s a legend of Australian football and has been an integral part of the proud history of our Women\u2019s program.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHer professionalism, leadership and sheer love for the game continue to inspire those around her, and we\u2019re delighted she\u2019ll be with us again this season.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A-Leagues legend and CommBank Matildas great Melissa Barbieri has re-signed with Melbourne City. The history-making goalkeeper has extended…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[23655,20418,23656,64,63,44],"class_list":["post-136279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-a-league-women","tag-a-leagues","tag-alwfeatured","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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