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Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses (Greek: 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 Barbarouses

Barbarouses training with Melbourne Victory in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Konstantinos Barbarouses
Date of birth	(1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 (age 32)
Place of birth	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Wellington Phoenix
Number	7
Youth career
1995–2000	Miramar Rangers
2001–2005	Wellington Olympic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2007	Team Wellington	19	(2)
2007–2010	Wellington Phoenix	21	(2)
2008	→ Macarthur Rams (loan)	10	(1)
2010–2011	Brisbane Roar	33	(12)
2011–2013	Alania Vladikavkaz	13	(2)
2012–2013	→ Panathinaikos (loan)	11	(0)
2013–2016	Melbourne Victory	73	(17)
2016–2017	Wellington Phoenix	26	(5)
2017–2019	Melbourne Victory	53	(25)
2019–2022	Sydney FC	63	(18)
2022–	Wellington Phoenix	5	(1)
International career‡
2006–2007	New Zealand U17	19	(16)
2008–2009	New Zealand U20	3	(2)
2008–2012	New Zealand U23	5	(4)
2008–	New Zealand	52	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2022

Club career

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.[1]

Wellington Phoenix

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.[2] He made his professional debut on 21 October 2007 against Central Coast Mariners, coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute. He played his first full professional game when he fronted against Central Coast Mariners on 19 January 2008.

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.

Brisbane Roar

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.[3][4] Brisbane Roar play an attractive brand of football and Barbarouses wanted the opportunity to play more regular football.[5] 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 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. 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. Barbarouses was named in the 2010–11 A-League All-Star Team after 12 goals in 33 appearances.

Alania Vladikavkaz

On 18 July 2011, Fairfax News NZ announced that Barbarouses had signed a three-year contract with Russian side Alania Vladikavkaz.[6] Brisbane Roar received $600,000 as a transfer fee.[7][8] 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.[9]

Loan to Panathinaikos

On 27 June 2012, Barbarouses signed a one-year loan contract with Greek giants Panathinaikos.[10][11] 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.

Melbourne Victory

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.[12] Kosta debuted for Melbourne Victory in round 2 of the 2013–14 season in the 2–2 away draw with Adelaide United.[13][14][15]

Return to Wellington Phoenix

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.[16] On 5 June 2017 Phoenix announced they would be releasing Barbarouses following his request to leave for non-footballing reasons.[17]

Return to Melbourne Victory

Following his release from Wellington Phoenix, Barbarouses rejoined former club Melbourne Victory on a two-year deal in June 2017.[18] In June 2019 Melbourne Victory announced that his contract ended and he declined an extension.[19]

Sydney FC

On 7 June 2019, Barbarouses signed on a multi-year contract deal with Sydney FC.[20]

International career

New Zealand U-17

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.[21]

New Zealand U-20

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.[22]

Beijing 2008

Barbarouses played for New Zealand at the 2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament. Although he scored four goals in the five pool matches at this 2008 Beijing Olympics qualifying tournament, Barbarouses was not selected for the final squad to travel to the Games.

2010 World Cup

Barbarouses made his senior debut in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Fiji on 19 November 2008.[23] He trained with the national team before its World Cup qualifying play-off against Bahrain. Barbarouses attended a 12-day All Whites training camp in Auckland in April–May 2010 as a member of a 15-man squad of Australasian-based players. He was one of two forwards on the squad.

Barbarouses had stated that he would like to make the New Zealand 2010 FIFA World Cup squad.[24] Although widely tipped to make the final 23-man squad travel to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Barbarouses' name was missing when NZFA chairman Frank van Hattum read out the names at Auckland's Sky City on 10 May 2010. He was, however, named as one of seven non-travelling reserves.

2011–current

This section needs to be updated. (March 2019)

A standout first season with then newly crowned A-League champions Brisbane Roar saw the 21-year-old striker included in the New Zealand squad for a friendly against China in Wuhan on 25 March 2011.

Barbarouses made the 23-man All Whites squad, where played against Mexico at altitude in Denver on 2 June and against Australia in Adelaide on 5 June.

Barbarouses formed part of an 18-man All Whites squad that played Jamaica in an international friendly at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand on 29 February 2012.

On 23 May 2012, Barbarouses scored his first goal for the All Whites in a friendly match against El Salvador. His 64th-minute half-volley from close range levelled the scores and the match resulted in a 2–2 draw.[25]

He played for New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[26]

Barbarouses was also selected as a member of the All Whites squad for the June 2017 friendly vs Japan.

Barbarouses was a member of New Zealands Qualification campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[27] He played in both the home and away matches vs Peru in November 2017 as New Zealand ultimately were unsuccessful in their qualification bid.[28]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 September 2022[29][30][31]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Others		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wellington Phoenix	2007–08[32]	A-League	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2008–09[33]	A-League	5	1	—		—		—		5	1
	2009–10[34]	A-League	13	1	—		—		—		13	1
	Total		21	2	—		—		—		21	2
Brisbane Roar	2010–11[35]	A-League	30	11	—		—		3[lower-alpha 1]	1	33	12
Alania Vladikavkaz	2011–12[29]	Russian Football National League	13	2	—		1[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		14	2
Panathinaikos (loan)	2012–13[29]	Super League Greece	11	0	4[lower-alpha 3]	0	—		—		15	0
Melbourne Victory	2013–14[36]	A-League	22	4	—		6[lower-alpha 4]	2	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	30	6
	2014–15[37]	A-League	23	5	3[lower-alpha 5]	1	—		2[lower-alpha 1]	2	28	8
	2015–16[38]	A-League	23	6	4[lower-alpha 5]	3	8[lower-alpha 4]	1	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	36	10
	Total		68	15	7	4	14	3	5	2	94	24
Wellington Phoenix	2016–17[39]	A-League	25	5	1[lower-alpha 5]	1	0	0	1	0	27	6
Melbourne Victory	2017–18[40]	A-League	22	8	2[lower-alpha 5]	0	5[lower-alpha 4]	2	3[lower-alpha 1]	2	32	12
	2018–19[41]	A-League	27	14	2[lower-alpha 5]	1	4[lower-alpha 4]	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	1	34	16
	Total		74	27	5	2	9	2	5	3	93	34
Sydney FC	2019–20[42]	A-League	26	8	1[lower-alpha 5]	0	6[lower-alpha 4]	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	35	8
	2020–21[43]	A-League	27	9	—[lower-alpha 6]		—		2[lower-alpha 1]	1	29	10
	2021–22	A-League	11	1	1	0	3	0	—		15	1
	Total		64	18	2	0	9	0	4	1	79	19
Wellington Phoenix	2022–23	A-League	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
Career total			281	75	29	7	32	5	15	6	348	93

International

As of match played 15 November 2017. New Zealand score listed first, score column indicates score after each Barbarouses goal.[29]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	23 May 2012	BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States	6	El Salvador	2–2	2–2	Friendly
2	11 September 2012	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	14	Solomon Islands	2–0	6–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	31 May 2016	Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	30	Vanuatu	5–0	5–0	2016 OFC Nations Cup
4	1 September 2017	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand	43	Solomon Islands	3–0	6–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Brisbane Roar

• A-League Premiership: 2010–11
• A-League Championship: 2010–11

Melbourne Victory

• A-League Premiership: 2014–15
• A-League Championship: 2014–15, 2017–18
• FFA Cup: 2015

Sydney FC

• A-League Premiership: 2019–20
• A-League Championship: 2019–20[44]

International

New Zealand U17

• OFC U-17 Championship: 2007

New Zealand

• OFC Nations Cup: 2008, 2016

Individual

• PFA A-League Team of the Season: 2010–11, 2015–16
• Mark Viduka Medal: 2015
• Wellington Phoenix Player of the Year: 2016–17

References

External links

• Kosta Barbarouses – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Kosta Barbarouses – UEFA competition record (archive) 
• Kosta Barbarouses at Soccerway
• Kosta Barbarouses at Olympics.com
• Kosta Barbarouses at Olympedia

На других языках

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[de] Kosta Barbarouses

Kosta Barbarouses (* 19. Februar 1990 in Wellington) ist ein neuseeländischer Fußballspieler, der auch die griechische Staatsbürgerschaft besitzt. Er wurde bereits mit drei verschiedenen Vereinen australischer Meister. Derzeit steht er beim Sydney FC unter Vertrag.

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- [en] Kosta Barbarouses

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[es] Kosta Barbarouses

Kosta Barbarouses (Wellington, 19 de febrero de 1990) es un futbolista neozelandés que juega delantero en el Wellington Phoenix F. C. de la A-League australiana.[1]

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[fr] Kosta Barbarouses

Kosta Barbarouses, né le 19 février 1990 à Wellington, est un footballeur international néo-zélandais d'ascendance grecque évoluant au poste d'attaquant, auparavant sur le côté droit et désormais en pointe au Sydney FC.

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[it] Kosta Barbarouses

Kosta Barbarouses (in greco: Κώστας Μπαρμπαρούσης, Kōstas Mparmparousīs; Wellington, 19 febbraio 1990) è un calciatore neozelandese, attaccante del Wellington Phoenix e della nazionale di calcio neozelandese.

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[ru] Барбарусес, Коста

Коста Барбарусес (англ. Kosta Barbarouses, греч. Κώστας Βαρβαρούσης; 19 февраля 1990, Веллингтон, Новая Зеландия) — новозеландский футболист греческого происхождения, нападающий клуба «Сидней» и сборной Новой Зеландии.

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