Alana Barba

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Alana Barba
File:Alana Barba.jpg
Barba in 2025
Personal information
Full name Alana Barba
Born (2001-09-26) 26 September 2001 (age 24)
Original team Essendon (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 (S6) Gold Coast 2 (0)
2022 (S7)–2023 Essendon 10 (0)
Total 12 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alana Barba (born 26 September 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for North Melbourne Werribee in the VFL Women's (VFLW).[1] She previously played for Gold Coast and Essendon in the AFL Women's.[2][3]

Football career

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Gold Coast Suns (2022)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T


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

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  • Alana Barba's profile on the official website of the Essendon Football Club
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