Vasilis Barkas

Vasilis Barkas (Greek: Βασίλης Μπάρκας; born 30 May 1994) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Greece national team. He was born in the Netherlands.

Club Career

Atromitos

Barkas signed a professional contract with Atromitos in the beginning of 2013–14 season. He made his debut on 20 May 2015 against PAOK, as an 83rd minute substitute for Andrey Harbunow. The 2015–16 season didn't 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.

AEK Athens

When the 2015–16 season ended, Aston Villa, Olympiacos, PAOK and AEK were interested in signing the player. On 9 June 2016, he signed for AEK. 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 duo. The new manager of the Greek club, Temur Ketsbaia, finally chose to abandon the chase of his experienced compatriot, because the 25-year-old Anestis and 22-year-old Barkas are equally talented and had proved their quality in Superleague and Greek Cup. On 27 November 2016, in a 3–0 home win against Platanias Barkas made his debut for the club.

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 Giannis Anestis was expected to take his place. On 29 November 2017, 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 Giannis Anestis was frozen out and shared goalkeeping duties with Panagiotis Tsintotas in the Super League while participating in all knockout cup fixtures.

On 7 June 2018, Barkas agreed

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