Mariano Damian Barbosa (born on 27 July 1984 in Lanus, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Recreativo de Huelva in Spain.
Club career
Barbosa started his career with Club Atletico Banfield in 2002. In 2005 he was signed by Spanish club Villarreal for a fee of £1.34 million.Villareal squad info at Football Transfers
Barbosa served mainly as reserve goalkeeper at Villarreal CF, but filled in for Sebastian 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. He has an Italian passport, and is thus counted as an European Union player.
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.
