Vasilis Barkas

Atromitos

Barkas started football in 2006 when he signed in the academies Atromitos. In 2013 he was promoted to the men's team and signed a professional contract with the club of Peristeri. He made his debut on 20 May 2015 against PAOK, replacing Andrey Harbunow at the 83rd minute. The 2015–16 season did not start well for him as he was the back-up goalkeeper. On 30 January 2016 he started as regular against PAOK making an excellent appearance. After that, he became the first-choice goalkeeper of the club. In the summer of 2016, Aston Villa, Olympiacos, PAOK and AEK Athens were interested in signing Barkas. On 9 June 2016, he signed for AEK for a fee of €600,000. The officials of AEK decided to not complete the transfer of Georgian international goalkeeper Giorgi Loria and start the 2016–17 season with Giannis Anestis and Barkas.

AEK Athens

On 27 November Barkas made his debut for the club in a 3–0 home win against Platanias. On 20 July 2017, Barkas suffered a serious injury during training, when he broke the thumb of his right hand. He was expected to remain out of action for three months, missing the upcoming 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifiers against CSKA Moscow, where Anestis was expected to take his place. On 29 November he recovered from his injury taking his place in the team as a starter in a 3–2 away Greek Cup win against Kallithea, after Anestis was frozen out and shared goalkeeping duties with Panagiotis Tsintotas in the Super League while…

Barkas played for Greece at under-19 and under-21 level, making six appearances for the U19s and eight for the U21s. Οn 4 June 2016, he was called by Michael Skibbe into the Greece national team after Orestis Karnezis was injured for the friendlies against Australia. On 16 March 2018, he was called up by Greece for the friendlies against Switzerland and Egypt in March 2018. On 27 March, he made his debut against Egypt as a second-half substitute.

Club

As of match played 22 August 2026

International

As of match played 11 November 2020

Barkas was born in Athens to a Greek father and a Dutch mother.