Club Career
Born in Gondomar, Porto, Barbosa unsuccessfully graduated from F.C. Porto's academy, making his professional debuts with lowly S.C. Freamunde in the second division.
He first came to prominence at Vitória de Guimarães, making his top flight debuts at age 21, and joined Sporting Clube de Portugal in 1995–96, remaining at the club for the next ten seasons. Already a veteran, he contributed heavily to the capital side's 2000 and 2002 league titles, appearing in respectively 31 (two goals scored) and 27 games (three).
In his penultimate year, Barbosa netted a career-best nine goals as Sporting ranked in third position. In his last the 34-year-old played 13 matches as the Lions reached the 2005 UEFA Cup Final played on home soil, scoring all of his two goals against Middlesbrough in the round-of-16.
Having played in more than 300 official games for the club, Barbosa subsequently became the Lisbon outfit's director of football, leaving the post in early November 2009 after coach Paulo Bento's resignation.
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