Barron, naturally a central midfielder, combines full-time employment as an investment counselor and banker with semi-professional football.
Barron made his debut for the New Zealand national football team in the first match of a two-game friendly series against Malaysia on 19 February 2006.
[1] Barron scored his first international goal in the second match of the Malaysian series with an 88th-minute strike to seal a 2–1 win for the All Whites.
[2] Barron was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa, along with fellow non-professionals James Bannatyne and Aaron Scott[3] and was also part of the All Whites team which beat Bahrain in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification play-off match.
During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he made headlines when he featured as a late substitute against defending champions Italy and became the first non-professional footballer to participate in the tournament.