Sean Burns (footballer)

Sean Burns
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-10-06) 6 October 1991
Place of birth Rutherglen, Scotland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Utility player
Club information
Current team
 Brechin City
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 St Mirren 2 (0)
2010–2011 Airdrie United 3 (0)
2011–2018 Queen's Park 210 (19)
2018– Brechin City 0 (0)
National team
2009 Scotland U19 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:57, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

Sean Burns (born 6 October 1991 in Rutherglen) is a Scottish semi-professional football utility player, who currently plays for Brechin City. He made over 200 Scottish League appearances for Queen's Park and was capped by Scotland at U19 level.

Club career

St Mirren

A product of the St Mirren youth system, Burns won his maiden calls into the first team squad for two late-2007–08 season matches, but remained an unused substitute during both.[1] He made his senior debut for the club as a substitute for Dennis Wyness after 72 minutes of a 2–2 Scottish Premier League draw with Falkirk on 14 February 2009.[2] Burns made two further substitute appearances during the 2008–09 season,[2] but failed to appear again before his release at the end of the 2009–10 season.[3]

Airdrie United

On 19 August 2010, Burns joined Second Division club Airdrie United on a contract running until the end of the year.[4] He made four appearances before his release.[5][6]

Queen's Park

In April 2010, Burns joined Scottish Third Division club Queen's Park on a deal running until the end of the 2010–11 season.[7] He appeared in the Spiders' Second Division play-off campaign,[8] but could not help the team to promotion.[9] Burns signed a new contract in July 2011 and would remain at Hampden Park until the end of the 2017–18 season,[10] but which time he had made 265 appearances and scored 26 goals for the club.[8] He was a part of the team that was promoted from League Two at the end of the 2015–16 season and was voted the club's Player of the Year.[11][12] He also captained the team and played in every outfield position.[13][14]

Brechin City

On 27 May 2018, it was announced that Burns had joined League One club Brechin City.[15]

International career

Burns was called into the Scotland U19 squad for the 2010 European U19 Championship qualifying matches and scored on his only appearance, in a 6–1 victory over Armenia on 12 October 2009.[8]

Honours

As a player

Queen's Park

As an individual

Career statistics

Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Mirren 2007–08[16] Scottish Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2008–09[2] 2 0 1 0 0 0 — 3 0
2009–10[17] 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 2 0 1 0 0 0 — 3 0
Airdrie United 2010–11[5] Scottish Second Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 4 0
Queen's Park 2010–11[8] Scottish Third Division 1 0 — — 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 3 0
2011–12[8] 26 3 3 1 1 0 2[lower-alpha 3] 0 32 4
2012–13[8] 27 5 2 0 3 1 3[lower-alpha 4] 1 35 6
2013–14[18] Scottish League Two 28 1 3 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 33 1
2014–15[19] 32 4 2 1 1 0 4[lower-alpha 2] 0 39 5
2015–16[11] 32 3 3 0 1 0 8[lower-alpha 5] 1 44 4
2016–17[20] Scottish League One 30 0 3 0 4 2 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 39 2
2017–18[21] 34 3 0 0 3 0 3[lower-alpha 6] 0 40 3
Total 210 19 16 2 14 3 25 2 265 26
Brechin City 2018–19[22] Scottish League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 2151917214325226826
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup.
  2. 1 2 Appearances in Scottish League One play-offs.
  3. ↑ 1 appearance in Scottish Second Division play-offs, 1 appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup.
  4. ↑ 2 appearances in Scottish Second Division play-offs, 1 appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup.
  5. ↑ 4 appearances and 1 goal in Scottish League One play-offs, 4 appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup.
  6. ↑ 2 appearances in Scottish League Two play-offs, 1 appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup.

References

  1. ↑ "Sean Burns Player Profile – ESPN FC". www.espnfc.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sean Burns | Football Stats | No Club | Season 2008/2009 | 2008–2010 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sean Burns Player Profile – ESPN FC". www.espnfc.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Burns is hot enough for Airdrie – Scottish Professional Football League". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Sean Burns Player Profile – ESPN FC". www.espnfc.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Airdrie sign striker Ferguson – Scottish Professional Football League". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Burns out to hot-up Spiders attack – Scottish Professional Football League". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Scotland – S. Burns – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Football Club History Database – Queen's Park [Glasgow]". fchd.info. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "Queen's Park keep Sean Burns – Scottish Professional Football League". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  11. 1 2 3 "Sean Burns | Football Stats | Queen's Park | Season 2015/2016 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Player of the Year – The Queen's Park Football Club". www.queensparkfc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "Blog 32 – The Club Captain and Other Matters – The Queen's Park Football Club". www.queensparkfc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "PressReader.com – Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  15. ↑ "Brechin City Football Club". www.brechincity.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  16. ↑ "Sean Burns | Football Stats | No Club | Season 2007/2008 | 2008–2010 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  17. ↑ "Sean Burns | Football Stats | No Club | Season 2009/2010 | 2008–2010 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  18. ↑ "Sean Burns | Football Stats | Queen's Park | Season 2013/2014 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  19. ↑ "Sean Burns | Football Stats | Queen's Park | Season 2014/2015 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  20. ↑ "Sean Burns | Football Stats | Queen's Park | Season 2016/2017 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  21. ↑ "Sean Burns | Football Stats | Queen's Park | Season 2017/2018 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  22. ↑ "Sean Burns | Football Stats | Queen's Park | Season 2018/2019 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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