Alana Barba (born 26 September 2001) is an Australian rules footballer most recently playing for the Essendon Football Club in the AFLW. She previously played for the Gold Coast Suns in 2022 (S6).[1]
| Alana Barba | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alana Barba | ||
| Date of birth | 26 September 2001 | ||
| Original team(s) | Essendon Football Club (VFLW) | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2022 (S6), Gold Coast vs. Greater Western Sydney, at Great Barrier Reef Arena | ||
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2022–2022 | Gold Coast | 2 (0) | |
| 2022–2023 | Essendon | 10 (0) | |
| Total | 12 (0) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Barba won a VFL Women's premiership with the Bombers in 2022, before signing with Bombers AFLW side for the 2022 (S7) season. Her contract was not renewed for 2024.[2][3]
AFLW Career edit
Gold Coast Suns (2022) edit
Barba joined the Suns ahead of the 2022 (S6) season as one of two replacements for players existing players moved to the inactive list.[4]
Barba made her debut for the Suns in Round 1 of 2022 (S6) against the GWS Giants.[5] She was dropped for the Round 2 match-up against the West Coast Eagles[6] and didn’t earn a recall until Round 9 against Carlton.[7] This turned out to be Barba’s final game for the Suns, being omitted for the Round 10 match against Fremantle[8] before not being offered a contract for the 2022 (S7) season.[9]
Following her delisting, Barba returned to the Essendon Bombers in the VFLW.
Essendon (2022–2023) edit
After winning the 2022 VFLW Premiership with the Bombers, Barba was added as a delisted free agent to Essendon’s inaugural AFLW list for the 2022 (S7) season.[2]
Barba played all 10 games in her debut season for the Bombers.
She was not offered a renewed contract for the 2024 (S9) season.
AFLW Statistics edit
- Statistics are correct to the end of round 2, 2023.[10]
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T
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| 2022 (S6) | Gold Coast | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| 2022 (S7) | Essendon | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 37 | 69 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| 2023 | Essendon | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 12 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 39 | 75 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 0.5 | 2.8 | ||
References edit
- ^ Catalano, Alex (25 August 2021). "A close shave: Barba and Bohanna earn post-draft call ups to the Gold Coast". The Inner Sanctum. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Barba and Barton become AFLW Bombers". essendonfc.com.au. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ Murray, Tara (22 July 2022). "Barba living the dream". Northern Star Weekly. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "SUNS add Alana Barba and Tara Bohanna to AFLW List". goldcoastfc.com.au. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "AFLW Round 1 Team Announcement: Another debutant amongst six new faces". goldcoastfc.com.au. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "AFLW Round 2 Team Announcement: Returns & a debut to face the Eagles". goldcoastfc.com.au. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "AFLW Round 9 Team Announcement". goldcoastfc.com.au. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "AFLW Round 10 Team Announcement: Four changes to face Freo". goldcoastfc.com.au. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "SUNS make AFLW list changes". goldcoastfc.com.au. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Australian Football - Alana Barba - Player Bio". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 27 September 2023.