Jake Burton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jake Joshua Burton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tranmere Rovers | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tranmere Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Tranmere Rovers | 4 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Stalybridge Celtic (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 2022 | → Stalybridge Celtic (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Marine (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:33, 27 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
Jake Joshua Burton (born 15 November 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two side Tranmere Rovers.
Playing career
Tranmere Rovers
Burton graduated through the academy at Tranmere Rovers, breaking into the first team squad alongside George Nugent and Kyle Hayde. He made his first team debut for the club in a 2–1 defeat to Leicester City F.C. Under-21's in the 2019–20 EFL Trophy,[2] and signed his first professional contract in July 2020.[3] He made his English Football League debut on 10 October 2020 starting in a match against Salford City.[4] He made one further league appearance that season, played in an FA Cup match and featured in Tranmere's losing 2021 EFL Trophy Final appearance against Sunderland on 14 March 2021.[5][6]
Burton returned from a loan spell for the start of the 2022-23 season, scoring in the clubs first pre-season friendly; a 2-2 draw against Fleetwood, [7] and appeared as a 65th minute substitute in the clubs 2nd pre-season friendly, a 1-0 victory over Preston North End.[8]
After a short loan spell at Marine, Burton was recalled prior to the visit of Colchester United & replaced Elliott Nevitt in the 80th minute of the game. He scored his first senior goal for the club after just 3 minutes on the pitch; latching on to a Paul Lewis cross to head home Tranmere's second goal of the game.[9]
Loan periods
In September 2021 he went on a month's loan to Stalybridge Celtic.[10] This loan was twice extended by a month each time until the end of the year.[11] He made 15 appearances for the club, including 11 in the Northern Premier League, scoring three goals.[12] He returned to the club towards the end of March 2022 for a second loan spell.[13]
Burton joined Marine A.F.C. at the start of the 2022–23 season, initially on loan until January 2023, [14] but was recalled after one month, having played in all 4 of Marine's league games; scoring twice.[15]
Career statistics
- As of match played 30 March 2022[16]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tranmere Rovers | 2019–20[17] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020–21[18] | League Two | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021–22[19] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Stalybridge Celtic (loan) | 2021–22[20] | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| Career total | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 4 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in the Football League Trophy
Honours
Tranmere Rovers
- EFL Trophy runner-up: 2020–21[21]
References
- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Tranmere Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 71. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Tranmere Rovers vs Leicester City U21 on 07 Jan 20 – Match Centre – Tranmere Rovers Football Club". www.tranmererovers.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Three sign professional contracts with the Club". www.tranmererovers.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Salford City 2-2 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ Garnett, Richard (14 March 2021). "Sunderland 1-0 Tranmere - EFL Trophy Final match blog". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Sunderland beat Tranmere in EFL Trophy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Match Report: Fleetwood Town 2 - 2 Tranmere Rovers". Tranmere Rovers. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Preston North End 0-1 Tranmere Rovers". www.tranmererovers.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ "Tranmere Rovers v Colchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Gordon, James (26 September 2021). "Jake Burton Arrives At Stalybridge Celtic On Loan". Northern Premier League. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Dhamrait, Taran (22 October 2021). "Jake Burton loan extended". Stalybridge Celtic. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Player profile: Jake Burton". Stalybridge Celtic. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ Dhamrait, Taran (25 March 2022). "Club News – Squad update ahead of visit to Atherton". Stalybridge Celtic. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Tranmere Rovers FC". Twitter. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "JAKE BURTON - Marine Football Club". 26 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Jake Burton at Soccerway
- ^ "Games played by Jake Burton in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Jake Burton in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Jake Burton in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Player profile: Jake Burton". Stalybridge Celtic. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ Pilnick, Brent (14 March 2021). "Sunderland 1–0 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 March 2021.