Liam Burt

Liam Burt (born 1 February 1999) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Celtic, as a midfielder.

Liam Burt
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-01) 1 February 1999
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Celtic
Youth career
Celtic
2014–2017 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Rangers 3 (0)
2018 → Dumbarton (loan) 13 (1)
2018–2019 → Alloa Athletic (loan) 9 (0)
2019– Celtic 0 (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 16:06, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:23, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

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

Club career

Burt played youth football at Celtic as a boy before being released and subsequently joining the Rangers Academy.[1] He made his professional debut for the club aged 17 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] On 17 May 2019, it was announced that Burt would be released by Rangers.[11]

In August 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Celtic.[1] In June 2020, it was reported in local media that Burt (who had not made a first-team appearance in the curtailed 2019–20 season) had been released from his contract at Celtic;[12] however, on the same day an Instagram post from the player showed him attending the club's Lennoxtown Training Centre.[13]

International career

Burt has represented Scotland at various age levels.[14] He captained Scotland at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[15]

Career statistics
As of 16:06, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[16]
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
2018–19 Scottish Premiership 00000000—00
Total 300000000030
Rangers U20s 2016–17 SPFL Development League ————2[lower-alpha 1]121
2018–19 SPFL Reserve League ————1[lower-alpha 1]010
Total 000000003131
Dumbarton (loan) 2017–18 Scottish Championship 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6[lower-alpha 2] 0 19 1
Alloa Athletic (loan) 2018–19 Scottish Championship 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Celtic 2019–20 Scottish Premiership 00000000—00
Celtic U21s 2019–20 – ————2[lower-alpha 1]020
Career total 251100000111372
  1. Apperances in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
  2. 2 appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup; 4 appearances in the Championship/League One play-offs.

References
  1. "Liam Burt: Celtic sign midfielder after Rangers release and target first-team". BBC Sport. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  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. "Five To Depart Academy". Rangers Football Club, Official Website. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  12. Liam Burt 'released by Celtic' as former Rangers kid sees Parkhead dream turn sour, Daily Record, 12 June 2020
  13. Liam Burt Celtic transfer mystery as former Rangers midfielder spotted at Lennoxtown after Hoops 'release', Glasgow Live, 12 June 2020
  14. "Liam Burt". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  15. Scottish FA [@ScottishFA] (5 May 2016). "SCO" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. "L. Burt". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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