Liam Burt

Liam Burt
Personal information
Full name Liam Burt
Date of birth (1999-02-01) 1 February 1999
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Alloa Athletic
(on loan from Rangers)
Youth career
Celtic
2014–2016 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Rangers 3 (0)
2018 → Dumbarton (loan) 13 (1)
2018– → Alloa Athletic (loan) 2 (0)
National team‡
2014 Scotland U16 3 (0)
2015–2016 Scotland U17 13 (1)
2015–2017 Scotland U19 4 (0)
2016– Scotland U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:23, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:23, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Liam Burt (born 1 February 1999) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Alloa Athletic, on loan from Rangers, as a midfielder.

He made his first team debut for Rangers in March 2016, and has also played on loan for Dumbarton. Burt has represented Scotland at various youth levels up to under-21 level.

Club career

Burt played youth football for Celtic before being released and subsequently joining the Rangers Academy.[1] He made his professional debut for the club aged seventeen during a Scottish Championship match against Raith Rovers on 1 March 2016.[2] A few days later, Burt signed a new two-year contract extension keeping him at Ibrox until May 2018.[3]

He made his first appearance of the 2016–17 season, and his first Scottish top-flight appearance, as an injury time substitute on 10 December 2016 in a 2–0 home win against Heart of Midlothian.[4] In January 2017, he was named as one of the Daily Record's and The Herald's Scottish football prospects for 2017.[5][6]

Burt joined Scottish Championship side Dumbarton on a 28-day emergency loan in February 2018.[7] He extended the deal in March 2018,[8] scoring his first goal in senior football for the club in a 5-2 defeat to Falkirk.[9] Burt was loaned to Championship club Alloa Athletic in August 2018.[10]

International career

Burt has represented Scotland at various age levels.[11] He captained Scotland at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[12]

Career statistics

As of 22:38, 9 May 2018 (UTC)[13]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers 2015–16 Scottish Championship 200000—0020
2016–17 Scottish Premiership 100000——10
2017–18 Scottish Premiership 00000000—00
Total 300000000030
Rangers U20s 2016–17 SPFL Development League ————2121
Dumbarton (loan) 2017–18 Scottish Championship 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 19 1
Career total 16100000081242

References

  1. ↑ "Rangers to fend off Celtic swoop for youngster Liam Burt". The Sun. Glasgow: News UK. 30 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Rangers 2–0 Raith Rovers". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Boyle, Robert (3 March 2016). "Academy Seven Sign New Deals". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club.
  4. ↑ "Rangers 2–0 Heart of Midlothian". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Wilson, Fraser (2 January 2017). "Six top Scottish football prospects to look out for in 2017". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror.
  6. ↑ "Five youngsters who could make waves in Scottish football in 2017". The Herald. Glasgow: Times & Herald Group. 2 January 2017.
  7. ↑ Findlay, Alan. "EMERGENCY TRANSFER : BURT JOINS FROM RANGERS". Dumbarton Football Club. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Findlay, Alan (17 March 2018). "BURT EXTENDS LOAN PERIOD". Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Dumbarton 2-5 Falkirk". BBC Sport. 21 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Liam Burt joins on loan". Alloa Athletic FC. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Liam Burt". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  12. ↑ Scottish FA [@ScottishFA] (5 May 2016). "SCO" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ↑ "L. Burt". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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