Given the question: Kostas Barbas (born 22 April 1983) is a Greek footballer who plays for Veria F.C. in the Greek Superleague as a defender . Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
The answer is:
Athlete