Career
As a youth, he was an Aris Thessaloniki supporter and even tried out with the club In September 1974, he became chairman of AEK Athens. Barlos immediately invested much of his own money and brought coach Frantisek Fadrhonc to the club as well as players such as Christos Ardizoglou, Giorgos Skrekis, Giorgos Dedes, Walter Wagner and Timo Zahnleiter.
In 1976, he further improved AEK by acquiring Thomas Mavros, Takis Nikoloudis and Nikos Christidis.
Dusan Bajevic and Milton Viera joined the following year making the team even more powerful. Barlos resigned AEK"s presidency in June 1980.
He died of lung cancer on October 20, 1999.