[4] Born in Portugal, she represented Spain at international level.She took up handball in Portugal, but in April 2010 was suspended for two weeks after refusing to attend a training camp.[7] Barbosa was amongst the top 10 scorers of EHF Women's Champions League in the 2005–06 season playing for CBM Astroc Sagunto, with 46 goals in the old format of the competition.Playing for SD Itxako, she was the fifth best goal scorer of EHF Champions League in the 2010–11 season and fourth in 2011–12.[8][9] In April 2012, she signed for the Romanian top club CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea.