Alana Barba

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Alana Barba
Personal information
Full name Alana Barba
Date of birth (2001-09-26) 26 September 2001 (age 22)
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
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2022 (S6) Gold Coast 02 (0)
2022 (S7)–2023 Essendon 10 (0)
Total12 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
  • 2× VFLW premiership player: 2022, 2024
  • Lisa Hardeman Medal: 2022
Source: AustralianFootball.com

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]

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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]

Football career

Gold Coast Suns (2022)

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)

After winning the 2022 VFLW Premiership with the Bombers where she was award the Lisa Hardeman Medal as player of the match in the Grand Final, [10] 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.

North Melbourne (2024)

Following her delisting from Essendon's AFLW squad, Barba played for North Melbourne during the 2024 VFL Women's season, [11] scoring a goal in the last minute of the club's semi-final win against Williamstown, as North Melbourne progressed to their first VFLW Grand Final.

Barba played in her second VFL Women's premiership, amongst the best players for North Melbourne in their victory against the Western Bulldogs. [12]

AFLW Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2023 AFL Women's season. [13]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2022 (S6) Gold Coast 21200426060.00.02.01.03.00.03.0
2022 (S7) Essendon 111000323769628003.23.76.90.62.8
2023 Essendon 11000000000000000
Career1200363975634003.03.36.30.52.8

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