Rowan Liburd

Rowan Liburd
Personal information
Full name Rowan Earl Anthony Liburd[1]
Date of birth (1992-08-28) 28 August 1992[2]
Place of birth Croydon, England
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Guiseley
Youth career
0000–2010 Chelsea
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Thomas Night Hawks 73 (44)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Billericay Town
2014 → Thamesmead Town (loan)
2015–2016 Reading 3 (0)
2016 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 10 (0)
2016–2017 Stevenage 13 (1)
2017 → Leyton Orient (loan) 8 (0)
2017 → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) 7 (4)
2017 → Guiseley (loan) 6 (3)
2017– Guiseley 9 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:00, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

Rowan Anthony Liburd (born 28 August 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Guiseley.

Career

College

Liburd spent four years at Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia on a football scholarship, where he won several awards including the Sun Conference Player of the Year.[3]

Club

Upon returning to the UK, Liburd signed for Isthmian League side Billericay Town.[4] In July 2015, Liburd signed a two-year contract with Championship side Reading after he had impressed in a 7–0 friendly win over Beaconsfield SYCOB during pre-season.[3][5]

Liburd made his debut, for Reading in their 2–0 Championship defeat away to Cardiff City on 7 November 2015, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute for Ola John.[6][7]

On 4 March 2016, Liburd joined Wycombe Wanderers on an initial one-month loan deal.[8] He made his debut for Wycombe against Newport County in Wycombe's 1–0 defeat on the 5th March 2015, almost scoring the equalizer. Liburd's loan was extended until the end of the season on 7 April.[9]

On 4 July 2016, Liburd joined Stevenage for an undisclosed fee.[10] He scored his first goals for Stevenage when he scored twice in an EFL Trophy tie against Southend United on 8 November 2016.[11]

On 31 January 2017, he joined Leyton Orient on loan until the end of the season.[12] Prior to subsequent loans with Hemel Hempstead Town and Guiseley. In December 2017, Guiseley signed Liburd permanently.[13][14]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 December 2017 [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2015–16[15] Championship 30000000 30
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2015–16[15] League Two 100000000 100
Stevenage 2016–17[16] League Two 13110202[lower-alpha 1]2 183
Leyton Orient (loan) 2016–17[16] League Two 80——— 80
Hemel Hempstead (loan) 2017–18[13] National League South 7400—00 74
Guiseley (loan) 2017–18[17] National League 6300—1[lower-alpha 2]1 74
Guiseley 2017–18[17] National League 0000—00 00
Career total 478102033 5311
  1. ↑ Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in the FA Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. June 23, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Rowan Liburd". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Royals sign young striker Liburd". readingfc.co.uk. Reading FC. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Billericay tie up deal for striker Rowan Liburd". echo-news.co.uk. Echo News. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Reading: Striker Rowan Liburd signs development contract". bbc.co.uk/. BBC Sport. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cardiff 2–0 Reading". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Rowan Liburd: striker reflects on a Football League debut". player.readingfc.co.uk. Reading FC. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Striker Rowan Liburd signs on loan". wycombewanderers.co.uk. Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Rowan remains for the run-in". wycombewanderers.co.uk. Wycombe Wanderers. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "Liburd completes transfer to Stevenage". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "MATCH REPORT: STEVENAGE 4, SOUTHEND UNITED". stevenagefc.com. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Rowan Liburd: Leyton Orient sign Stevenage striker on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2017.
  13. 1 2 3 Rowan Liburd at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Rowan Liburd signs permanently". guiseleyafc.co.uk. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  15. 1 2 "Games played by Rowan Liburd in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Rowan Liburd in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  17. 1 2 "Games played by Rowan Liburd in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2016.


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