Graham Burke

Graham Burke

Burke in 2011
Personal information
Full nameGraham Dylan Burke[1]
Date of birth21 September 1993[2][3]
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2][3]
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Notts County (on loan from Aston Villa)
Number24
Youth career
2009–2012Aston Villa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2012–Aston Villa0(0)
2013→ Shrewsbury Town (loan)3(0)
2015-→ Notts County (loan)6(0)
National team
2011Republic of Ireland U193(0)
2013Republic of Ireland U212(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 September 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).

Graham Dylan Burke (born 21 September 1993) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Notts County on loan from Aston Villa as a striker. Burke has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth level.

Career

Aston Villa

Burke was born in Dublin.[3] He made his senior debut as a 76 minute substitute for Chris Herd in Aston Villa's 3–0 home win over Tranmere Rovers in the second round of the League Cup on 28 August 2012.[4] Burke was the joint top scorer in the 2012–13 NextGen Series under-19 club tournament, scoring both of Aston Villa's goals in the final which they won.[5] On 1 July 2013, Burke along with teammates Samir Carruthers and Michael Drennan, signed a new two-year contract that runs until 2015.

Loans to Shrewsbury Town & Notts County

Burke joined League One side Shrewsbury Town on a half season loan on 8 August 2013,[6] and made his Shrewsbury debut in a 3–0 defeat against Leyton Orient two days later.[7] He scored his first senior goal in a 4–1 defeat to Oldham Athletic in the League Trophy,[8] however Shrewsbury elected to end his loan spell early in October 2013.[9]

Burke joined Notts County on an emergency loan on the 26th of March 2015 until the end of the season.[10] Despite not scoring in his first six matches for the club Burke did make two assists in an important 2-1 win against Doncaster Rovers in the penultimate match of the season on the April 25 2015, keeping County just above the relegation zone.[11]

Honours

Career statistics

As of match played 21 September 2013.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 2012–13[12] Premier League 000020—20
2013–14[13] Premier League 000000—00
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2013–14[13] League One 3000001141
Career total 3000201161

References

  1. ↑ "Clubs submit retained and released lists". Premier League. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Graham Burke". AVFC.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Premier League Player Profile Graham Burke". Premier League. Barclays Premier League. 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Aston Villa 3–0 Tranmere". BBC Sport. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Match Report". NextGen Series. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Aston Villa's Graham Burke joins Shrewsbury Town on loan". BBC Sport. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Leyton Orient 3–0 Shrewsbury". BBC Sport. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Town 1 Oldham Athletic 4". Shrewsweb. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "Shrewsbury Town: Loans ended for Curtis Main and Graham Burke". BBC Sport. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Graham Burke joins Notts County on loan". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Graham Burke hoping to copy Notts County favourite Jack Grealish". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Graeme Burke in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Games played by Graeme Burke in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

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