Constantinos "Con" Boutsianis (born 27 December 1971 in Melbourne) is an Australian football (soccer) player and former international, noted for his ability in dead ball situations. Career South Melbourne FC After impressive performances for the South Melbourne youth side, Ferenc Puskas placed faith in the young winger and called him up to the senior side. Boutsianis began his senior career with South Melbourne in the National Soccer League in 1989, and soon established himself as a goalscoring midfielder. Boutsianis would be a part of the 1991 Championship winning side under Puskas. After 6-years and 40 goals, he left South at the end of the 1994/95 season to join Heidelberg United for the 1996 Victorian Premier League season, before joining Collingwood Warriors for their one and only season in the NSL. Following the club's demise at the end of the 1996/97 season, he had a short stint in the VPL with Bentleigh Greens, before rejoining his boyhood club South Melbourne for the 1997/98 NSL season. Boutsianis took the league by storm and flourished under manager Ange Postecoglou. He played a crucial role in the Grand Final against Carlton, scoring the controversial winning goal in the last minute after coming on as a substitute to end a 8-year Championship wait. Paul Trimboli sent a long ball forward, finding Boutsianis in pursuit behind Carlton defender Sean Douglas. Boutsianis seemed to push Douglas to the ground before collecting the ball and proceeding to beat Carlton goalkeeper Dean Anastasiadis. Perth Glory Despite being the hero of the Grand Final, Boutsianis went over to Perth Glory for the next two seasons, arguably reaching his peak as a player, scoring 25 goals in 49 appearances. He became a fan favourite in Perth due to his dead ball skills often scoring from free-kicks and corners. A short, unsuccessful stint with Bolton Wanderers followed. Return to South After controversially leaving Perth, he returned to Lakeside to play with South Melbourne in the 2000/01 side which finished runner-up to Wollongong, continuing his career-best form scoring 14 goals in 30 games. Boutsianis would controversially leave South for a 3rd time the next season, along with South coach Mike Petersen and South teammate Andy Vlahos to join the Football Kingz. Boutsianis ended up playing no games for the club and sought a return to South during the season by refusing to play. The Kingz eventually relented, on condition that he not play