Miguel Ángel Barbieri (born 24 August 1993) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Barbieri was born in

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to a

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family.

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were Barbieri's first team in his youth career, prior to joining

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's system. He was promoted into the club's first-team during the

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, making three appearances as Defensores de Belgrano finished 18th. In the following four seasons, Barbieri made seventy-five appearances with the final campaign,

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, yielding five goals in forty-one games. In January 2016,

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side Racing Club loaned Barbieri for eighteen months. Two goals in thirteen games followed, which led to Racing signing him permanently in July 2017. On 15 July 2018, Barbieri joined

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on loan. He remained until December 2019, making twenty-five appearances whilst with the club; also scoring one goal, versus Aldosivi in the

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on 20 April 2019. January 2020 saw Barbieri head abroad for the first time, as he agreed terms with

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club

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; amid interest of a renewal from Rosario. He made his debut on 10 January in a win over

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, having replaced

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with six minutes remaining. In total, the centre-back appeared twenty-four times and netted one goal; on 10 March in the

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against

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. Barbieri would later sign for Toluca, after putting pen to paper on a contract in December 2020; with it commencing in the succeeding January.

International career

Barbieri represented the Argentina U23s at the

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in India. He featured in matches against 1860 Munich II and

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(as captain) as Argentina were eliminated at the group stage.

Career statistics

Honours

Rosario Central *

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: 2017–18

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barbieri, Miguel 1993 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Jewish footballers Jewish Argentine sportspeople Defensores de Belgrano footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Rosario Central footballers Club Tijuana footballers Deportivo Toluca F.C. players Querétaro F.C. footballers Deportivo Riestra players Primera B Metropolitana players Primera C Metropolitana players Argentine Primera División players Liga MX players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Argentina men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders 21st-century Argentine sportsmen