Ben Burgess

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Personal information
Ben Burgess
Full name	Ben Burgess
Date of birth	November 9, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth	Buxton, England
Height	6'3" (191cm)
Nickname	Big Ben
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Blackpool
Number	28
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–2002 2000–2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003 2003-2006 2006-	Blackburn → Northern Spirit (loan) Brentford Stockport → Oldham (loan) Hull City Blackpool	02 0(0) 0? 0(?) 43 (17) 19 0(4) 07 0(0) 70 (24) 27 0(2)
National team
	Rep of Ireland Under-21
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 10, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Ben Burgess (born 9 November 1981 in Buxton, Derbyshire) is an English-born Irish footballer, who currently plays for Blackpool. He joined Blackpool from Hull City on 31 August 2006 for an intial fee of £25,000, with a further £75,000 due after he has played 30 games.

Burgess became the first Hull City player to score a hat-trick at the KC Stadium on 26 April 2003 in a match against Kidderminster Harriers. He was City's top scorer in their promotion campaign in the 2003-04 season, scoring 18 goals and forming a lethal partnership with Danny Allsopp. However, he suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury late in the season in a match against Huddersfield and was not to appear in Hull's 2004-05 League One campaign until promotion had already been secured, showing sportsmanship by declining to accept any promotion award.

He soon returned to scoring despite playing two levels higher in the Championship, scoring one of two goals in the Tigers' first win of the 2005-06 season at home against Brighton & Hove Albion. However, further injury problems caused him to miss the majority of this season too. He made only three league appearances for the Tigers in the 2006-07 season, each as a substitute, before his move to Blackpool.

On October 31, 2006, Burgess scored his first goals for Blackpool when he bagged a brace in a 4-4 draw with Accrington Stanley in the League Trophy.^[1]

[edit] References

^ Soccerbase result

[edit] External links

Ben Burgess profile at blackpoolfc.co.uk
Ben Burgess career stats at Soccerbase

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