Reece Burke

Reece Burke

Burke with West Ham United, May 2015
Personal information
Full name Reece Frederick James Burke[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996
Place of birth Newham, England
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Wigan Athletic
(on loan from West Ham United)
Number 32
Youth career
2003–2014 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– West Ham United 5 (0)
2015–2016 → Bradford City (loan) 34 (2)
2016– → Wigan Athletic (loan) 7 (1)
National team‡
2013–2014 England U18 4 (0)
2014 England U19 2 (0)
2015–2016 England U20 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:30, 28 November 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:07, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Reece Frederick James Burke (born 2 September 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Wigan Athletic on loan from West Ham United. He has also played for Bradford City where he was the player of the season for the 2015-16 season. Internationally he has played for the England Under-18 team, England Under-19 team and England Under-20 team. Burke mainly plays centre back, he can also play right back.

Career

West Ham United

Burke joined the West Ham junior team age nine and played youth team football.[3] He made his official debut on 5 January 2014 for West Ham against Nottingham Forest at The City Ground in the FA Cup. Forest won the game 5–0.[4] Burke's first goal for the club came in a pre-season friendly at the Boleyn Ground against Sampdoria. He scored the winning goal in the 90th minute following a cross from fellow youth graduate Elliot Lee's cross. [5] Burke then played the full 120 minutes against Sheffield United in the League Cup second round, with West Ham being eliminated in a penalty shootout.[6] Burke made his Premier League debut on 25 April 2015 in a 0–0 away draw against Queens Park Rangers.[7]

Loan to Bradford City

On 20 August 2015, Burke signed for League One side Bradford City on a one-month loan.[8] On 5 September, Burke scored his first Bradford City and first senior goal in a 2-1 away win against Oldham Athletic.[9] His loan was extended on 18 September for a further month and for a further month in October.[10][11] In November he returned briefly to West Ham for treatment on a knee injury but returned to Bradford where his loan was extended until 2 January 2016.[12] On 26 April 2016, Burke won a total of seven awards at Bradford City's end of season awards, including the Player of the Year award.[13]

Loan to Wigan Athletic

Having already appeared for West Ham in their short-lived Europa League campaign at the beginning of the 2016-17 season, on 30 August 2016, Burke signed on loan for Championship team, Wigan Athletic for the remainder of the season.[14] He scored his first goal for Wigan in a 2-1 win over Huddersfield Town on 28 November 2016.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 November 2016[16]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Ham United 2013–14 0010000010
2014–15 5000100060
2015–16 0000003[lower-alpha 1]030
2016–17 0000002[lower-alpha 1]020
Total 50101050120
Bradford City (loan) 2015–16 342200000362
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2016–17 7100000071
Career total 463301050553
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Reece Burke". Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Reece Burke, West Ham United defender player profile – Barclays Premier League". Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Reece Burke". www.whufc.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Nottm Forest 5 v 0 West Ham". BBC Sport. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "West Ham United 3–2 Sampdoria: Reece Burke notches winner in five-goal thriller to give Sam Allardyce first win of pre-season". Daily Mail. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "West Ham 1–1 Sheff Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "QPR 0–0 West Ham". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Reece Burke and Lee Evans join Bradford City on loan". BBC Sport. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Oldham 1 Bradford 2: Burke takes advantage as Bantams end hoodoo". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "West Ham defender Reece Burke to extend loan". www.hitc.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  11. ↑ Burke has old head on young shoulders, says Bradford City boss (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
  12. ↑ BBC Sport - Reece Burke: Bradford City extend defender's loan from West Ham
  13. 1 2 "BURKE NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Bradford City A.F.C. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "Reece Burke: West Ham United defender joins Wigan Athletic on loan". BBC Sport. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "Huddersfield 1-2 Wigan". BBC. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  16. ↑ "R. Burke". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  17. ↑ West Ham Player Awards: Aaron Cresswell wins hat-trick of gongs including Hammer of the Year and Players' Player of the year | Daily Mail Online

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