 Kubva muna 2006 kusvika muna 2008, Barbosa akakweretwa kune imwe kirabhu yeligi Académica de Coimbra, asi akayeuchidzwa nePorto pakati paNdira 2008 kuti awane kurasikirwa kwaTarik Sektioui, uyo akasarudzwa neMorocco kuAfrica Cup of Nations. Akashanda imwe chikwereti muna 2008-09 kune vakaderera vatsva veCD Trofense, kunyanya vachirova vachipesana neSL Benfica munhoroondo ye2-0 yekukunda kumba. Akangorasikirwa nemitambo miviri yeligi mumwaka, asi aisakwanisa kubatsira kudzivirira kudzikiswa pakarepo. 