Kosta Barbarouses

In the 73rd minute, he received a through-ball from team-mate Matt McKay and slotted home his first A-League goal for the Brisbane Roar.

Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses (Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Μπαρμπαρούσης; born 19 February 1990) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays in Australia's A-League Men for Wellington Phoenix FC.

Kosta was born in New Zealand and is of Greek descent.

Before turning professional Barbarouses played for St. Patrick's College and for local clubs Wellington Olympic and Miramar Rangers in New Zealand's Central Premier League.

Barbarouses played 21 matches during his first stint with Wellington Phoenix in three seasons and scored two goals.

The Phoenix club officially signed Barbarouses as one of its foundation players on 4 May 2007.

Seventeen years old and still at school, he started as the club's youngest player.

He made his professional debut on 21 October 2007 against Central Coast Mariners, coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute.

Barbarouses captained New Zealand at the 2007 U-17 World Cup in Korea.

He scored five goals, including a hat-trick, during the team's qualifying campaign to ensure progression to the finals.

He played his first full professional game when he fronted against Central Coast Mariners on 19 January 2008.

As a member of the national Under-20 side he played an integral part in the 2008 OFC U-20 Championship qualification tournament for the 2009 Under-20 World Cup, scoring two goals in the three pool matches.

New Zealand did not qualify for the final tournament.

Barbarouses played for New Zealand at the 2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament.

Barbarouses scored his first professional goal on 18 January 2009 – an equaliser against Adelaide United.

He scored his second A-League goal against Sydney FC on 1 November 2009 after coming off the bench to replace Leo Bertos.

He scored the goal off a volley which bounced over Clint Bolton.

Barbarouses played his first match starting in the first team line-up against Newcastle Jets on 4 November 2009, assisting Chris Greenacre's goal with a back-heel pass.

In the 2009–10 season, which took the Phoenix into the finals, Barbarouses had had only three starts, and ten appearances off the bench.

Barbarouses turned down a two-year contract extension with Wellington Phoenix in February 2010 for a three-year contract with A-League side Brisbane Roar.

Brisbane Roar play an attractive brand of football and Barbarouses wanted the opportunity to play more regular football.

Barbarouses made his debut for the Roar in Round 1 of the 2010–11 season, starting against Gold Coast United in a 0–0 draw on 8 August 2010.

Barbarouses continued to start for the Brisbane team and played against his old club Wellington Phoenix, on 27 August 2010 at Suncorp Stadium.

Barbarouses was named in the 2010–11 A-League All-Star Team after 12 goals in 33 appearances.

On 18 July 2011, Fairfax News NZ announced that Barbarouses had signed a three-year contract with Russian side Alania Vladikavkaz.

Brisbane Roar received $600,000 as a transfer fee.

Barbarouses made his debut for Vladikavkaz on 9 August 2011, in a First Division league match against Torpedo Vladimir.

He played the full 90 minutes and scored the sole goal of the match, allowing Alania to win 1–0.

On 27 June 2012, Barbarouses signed a one-year loan contract with Greek giants Panathinaikos, with option to buy him in the next summer.

Barbarouses only played 11 games and scored no goals during his one-year loan spell in his ancestral country.

His stand out moment was when he played against Greatest Rivals Olympiacos in a league match in Piraeus in a 1–1 draw.

On 7 August 2013, Kosta signed a 3-year deal at Melbourne Victory under Ange Postecoglou for the second time.

The first time was at rival team Brisbane Roar, following a successful career start at home town team Wellington Phoenix.

Kosta debuted for Melbourne Victory in round 2 of the 2013–14 season in the 2–2 away draw with Adelaide United.

On 8 March 2016 it was announced that Barbarouses would leave Melbourne Victory at the end of the season to rejoin his hometown club Wellington Phoenix on a 3-year contract.

On 5 June 2017 Phoenix announced they would be releasing Barbarouses following his request to leave for non-footballing reasons.

Following his release from Wellington Phoenix, Barbarouses rejoined former club Melbourne Victory on a two-year deal in June 2017.

In June 2019 Melbourne Victory announced that his contract ended and he declined an extension.

On 7 June 2019, Barbarouses signed on a multi-year contract deal with Sydney FC.

Having missed the majority of the 2021-22 season at Sydney FC due to an ankle fracture, Barbarouses returned to his hometown club for a third stint, signing a two year contract.