Etienne Barbara

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Etienne Barbara

Full name	Etienne Barbara
Date of birth	June 10, 1982 (1982-06-10) (age 25)
Place of birth	Valletta, Malta
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Striker, Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Sliema Wanderers
Youth clubs
	Qormi
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007 2007	Floriana Marsaxlokk Birkirkara Sliema Wanderers	74 0(8) 43 (21) 59 (31) 00 0(0)
National team²
1997-	Malta	19 0(3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 6, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of February 16, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Etienne Barbara (born June 10, 1982 in Valletta, Malta) is a professional footballer currently playing for Maltese Premier League side Sliema Wanderers, where he plays as a striker.

1 Playing career
2 Honours
- 2.1 Marsaxlokk
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Playing career

Barbara started out as a youth player with Qormi before earning a move into the Maltese Premier League in July 1999 with Floriana, although he played 74 games with the club he only managed 8 goals all scored in the 2001/2002 season, although in 2002 he received his first call up to the Maltese national team due to some of his impressive performances.^[1]^[2]

Etienne failed to shine with Floriana and in January 2003 he moved onto Marsaxlokk. He continued to make appearances for the national team and really hit some form, he scored an impressive 21 goals in just 43 games. After just under two seasons with Marsaxlokk Barbara earned a move to Birkirkara in July 2004 where he remained until July 2007 and then moving to Sliema Wanderers. Barbara is without doubt one of the best known players in the Maltese League. Barbara has played 16 games for the Malta national football team, scoring 3 goals.^[3]^[4]