Miguel Barbieri

Miguel Ángel Barbieri (born 24 August 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Deportivo Riestra.^[1]

Miguel Barbieri

Barbieri playing for Rosario Central
Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel Barbieri
Date of birth	(1993-08-24) 24 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back[2]
Team information
Current team	Deportivo Riestra
Youth career
	Argentinos Juniors
	Defensores de Belgrano
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2017	Defensores de Belgrano	75	(4)
2016–2017	→ Racing Club (loan)	13	(2)
2017–2020	Racing Club	17	(0)
2018–2019	→ Rosario Central (loan)	22	(0)
2020–2021	Tijuana	20	(0)
2021	→ Toluca (loan)	26	(2)
2023–2024	Querétaro	40	(2)
2024–2025	Rosario Central	10	(0)
2025–	Deportivo Riestra	0	(0)
International career
2016	Argentina U23	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:07, 7 July 2025 (UTC)

Club career

Barbieri was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to a Jewish family.^[3] Argentinos Juniors were Barbieri's first team in his youth career, prior to joining Defensores de Belgrano's system.^[4] He was promoted into the club's first-team during the 2011–12 Primera B Metropolitana, making three appearances as Defensores de Belgrano finished 18th.^[5] In the following four seasons, Barbieri made seventy-five appearances with the final campaign, 2015, yielding five goals in forty-one games.^[1] In January 2016, Argentine Primera División side Racing Club loaned Barbieri for eighteen months.^[6][7][8] Two goals in thirteen games followed, which led to Racing signing him permanently in July 2017.^[1][4][9]

On 15 July 2018, Barbieri joined Rosario Central on loan.^[1] He remained until December 2019, making twenty-five appearances whilst with the club; also scoring one goal, versus Aldosivi in the Copa de la Superliga on 20 April 2019.^[1] January 2020 saw Barbieri head abroad for the first time, as he agreed terms with Liga MX club Tijuana; amid interest of a renewal from Rosario.^[10][11] He made his debut on 10 January in a win over Santos Laguna, having replaced Mauro Lainez with six minutes remaining.^[1] In total, the centre-back appeared twenty-four times and netted one goal; on 10 March in the Copa MX against Toluca.^[1]

Barbieri would later sign for Toluca, after putting pen to paper on a contract in December 2020; with it commencing in the succeeding January.^[12]

International career

Barbieri represented the Argentina U23s at the 2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy in India.^[13] He featured in matches against 1860 Munich II and Shamrock Rovers (as captain) as Argentina were eliminated at the group stage.^[13][14]

Career statistics

As of 14 December 2020^[1][5]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Defensores de Belgrano	2011–12	Primera B Metropolitana	3	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	3	0
	2012–13		14	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	14	0
	2013–14		6	0	1	0	—		—		0	0	7	0
	2014	Primera C Metropolitana	13	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	13	0
	2015	Primera B Metropolitana	39	4	1	0	—		—		1[a]	1	41	5
	2016		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	Total		75	4	2	0	—		—		1	1	78	5
Racing Club (loan)	2016	Primera División	2	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	2	0
	2016–17		11	2	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	11	2
Racing Club	2017–18		17	0	3	0	—		8[b]	1	0	0	28	1
	2018–19		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	2019–20		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		30	2	3	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	40	3
Rosario Central (loan)	2018–19	Primera División	11	0	1	0	1	1	5[c]	0	1[d]	0	19	1
	2019–20		11	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	11	0
	Total		22	0	1	0	1	1	5	0	1	0	30	1
Tijuana	2019–20	Liga MX	8	0	3	1	—		—		0	0	11	1
	2020–21		12	0	1	0	—		—		0	0	13	0
	Total		20	0	4	1	—		—		0	0	24	1
Toluca	2020–21	Liga MX	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
Career total			147	6	10	1	1	1	13	1	2	1	173	10

1. Appearance(s) in Primera B Metropolitana play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
3. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
4. Appearance(s) in the Supercopa Argentina

Honours

Rosario Central^[1]

• Copa Argentina: 2017–18