Sean Burns (footballer)

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

Sean Burns
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-10-06) 6 October 1991
Place of birth Rutherglen, Scotland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Utility player
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)
2018–2019 Brechin City 30 (2)
2019–2020 Forfar Athletic 8 (1)
2020 Stenhousemuir 4 (0)
National team
2009 Scotland U19 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:39, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

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.[2] 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.[3] Burns made two further substitute appearances during the 2008–09 season,[3] but failed to appear again before his release at the end of the 2009–10 season.[4]

Airdrie United

On 19 August 2010, Burns joined Second Division club Airdrie United on a contract running until the end of the year.[5] He made four appearances before his release.[6][7]

Queen's Park

In April 2010, Burns joined Scottish Third Division club Queen's Park on a contract running until the end of the 2010–11 season.[8] He appeared in the Spiders' Second Division play-off campaign,[1] but could not help the team to promotion.[9] Burns signed a new contract in July 2011 and remained 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.[1] 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, Burns transferred to League One club Brechin City.[15] He made 36 appearances and scored two goals during a dreadful 2018–19 season,[16] which culminated in relegation to League Two.[17] Burns departed Glebe Park at the end of the season.[18]

Forfar Athletic

On 29 May 2019, Burns joined League One club Forfar Athletic on a one-year contract.[18] He made 13 appearances and scored one goal before his departure in January 2020.[19][20]

Stenhousemuir

On 25 January 2020, Burns transferred to League Two club Stenhousemuir on a contract running until the end of the 2019–20 season.[20] He made four appearances before he was released.[19][21]

International career

Burns was capped by Scotland at U19 level.[22]

Honours

Queen's Park

Individual

Career statistics
As of match played 7 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Mirren 2007–08[23] Scottish Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2008–09[3] 2 0 1 0 0 0 — 3 0
2009–10[24] 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 2 0 1 0 0 0 — 3 0
Airdrie United 2010–11[6] Scottish Second Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 4 0
Queen's Park 2010–11[1] Scottish Third Division 1 0 — — 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 3 0
2011–12[1] 26 3 3 1 1 0 2[lower-alpha 3] 0 32 4
2012–13[1] 27 5 2 0 3 1 3[lower-alpha 4] 1 35 6
2013–14[25] Scottish League Two 28 1 3 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 33 1
2014–15[26] 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[27] Scottish League One 30 0 3 0 4 2 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 39 2
2017–18[28] 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[16] Scottish League One 30 2 1 0 4 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 36 2
Forfar Athletic 2019–20[19] Scottish League One 8 1 0 0 4 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 13 1
Stenhousemuir 2019–20[19] Scottish League Two 4 0 — — — 4 0
Career total 2572218222327232129
  1. Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Appearances in Scottish Third Division/Scottish League Two play-offs
  3. 1 appearance in Scottish Third Division play-offs, 1 appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup
  4. 2 appearances in Scottish Third Division play-offs, 1 appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup
  5. 4 appearances and 1 goal in Scottish League Two play-offs, 4 appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
  6. 2 appearances in Scottish League One play-offs, 1 appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup

References
  1. Sean Burns at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. "Sean Burns Player Profile – ESPN FC". www.espnfc.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  4. "Sean Burns Player Profile – ESPN FC". www.espnfc.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. "Burns is hot enough for Airdrie – Scottish Professional Football League". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. "Sean Burns Player Profile – ESPN FC". www.espnfc.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  7. "Airdrie sign striker Ferguson – Scottish Professional Football League". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  8. "Burns out to hot-up Spiders attack – Scottish Professional Football League". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  9. Queen's Park F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  10. "Queen's Park keep Sean Burns – Scottish Professional Football League". spfl.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  11. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  12. "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. "Brechin close in on Burns as Lichties eye Jamieson". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  15. "Brechin City Football Club". www.brechincity.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  16. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  17. Brechin City F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  18. Coutts, Chris. "One in – One out at Station Park". www.forfarathletic.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  19. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  20. Swinney, Jamie (25 January 2020). "Sean Burns joins the Warriors". Stenhousemuir FC. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  21. Swinney, Jamie (12 June 2020). "Players departing". Stenhousemuir FC. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  22. Sean Burns at the Scottish Football Association
  23. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  24. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  25. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  26. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  27. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  28. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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