Almir Barbosa

Personal information
Full name	Almir Barbosa
Date of birth	June 2, 1980 (1980-06-02) (age 29)
Place of birth	Praia, Cape Verde
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Western Mass Pioneers
Number	9
Youth career
	Clube Tabanka
2000–2003	Spartanburg Spartans
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2005	Kristianstads FF
2006–2007	New Hampshire Phantoms	39 (16)
2008	Harrisburg City Islanders	16 0(1)
2009–	Western Mass Pioneers	19 0(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals).

Almir Barbosa (born June 2, 1980 in Praia) is a Cape Verdean soccer player who currently plays for Western Mass Pioneers in the USL Second Division.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 College and Amateur 1.2 Professional 2 External links 3 References

[edit] Career

[edit] College and Amateur

Born in Cape Verde, Barbosa spent his early childhood in Portugal, before moving to Quincy, Massachusetts in the United States aged 15. He played for the Massachusetts-based Cape Verdean ethnic Clube Tabanka^[1], and played college soccer at the University of South Carolina Spartanburg, where he was a National Soccer Coaches Athletic Association All-American in 2000 and received All-Conference honors in 2003.

[edit] Professional

Barbosa turned professional in 2004, and began his career in Sweden playing for Kristianstads FF, before returning to the United States when he signed for the New Hampshire Phantoms in the USL Second Division in 2006. Barbosa was named to the USL Division 2 All-League First Team and tied for second in the league in scoring with 10 goals in his debut season with the Phantoms.

Barbosa moved to the Harrisburg City Islanders in 2008 following the Phantoms' relegation to the USL Premier Development League^[2], and spent one year in Pennsylvania before signing for the Western Mass Pioneers in 2009.

[edit] External links

• Pioneers bio

[edit] References

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