Kosta Barbarouses

Kosta Barbarouses is exactly the kind of footballer I find quietly thrilling. At 171 cm he is no towering striker, yet he has racked up the most appearances of any active A-League player, 377 and counting. Longevity like that is not luck; it is the result of discipline, durability and a relentless work rate that rarely makes headlines. A Greek-heritage Wellington kid who became a fixture for the New Zealand national team, he embodies the unglamorous virtue of simply being there, season after season. I will always take a reliable, long-serving winger over a flashy one-season wonder.

Konstantinos "Kosta" Barbarouses (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Μπαρμπαρούσης, pronounced [konstaˈndinos barbaruˈsis]; born 19 February 1990) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a winger for A-League Men club Western Sydney Wanderers and the New Zealand national team. As of March 2026, he has 377 appearances, the most of any active player in the A-League.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Name (English)

Kosta Barbarouses

Name (Japanese)

コスタ・バルバルセス

Reading

こすた・ばるばるせす

Born

February 19, 1990 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Horse

Origin

Wellington, New Zealand

Blood type

Private

Height

171 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

association football player

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

St. Patrick's College, Wellington

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B9

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.