Robbie Burton (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 December 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Gravesend, England | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
Teviot Rangers | |||
2006–2020 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Dinamo Zagreb II | 5 | (0) |
2020– | Dinamo Zagreb | 9 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
Wales U16 | |||
Wales U17 | |||
Wales U19 | |||
Wales U21 | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:10, 2 February 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:43, 3 December 2019 (UTC) |
Robbie Burton (born 26 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb.
Born in England, he represents Wales at youth international level.
Early and personal life
Burton was born in Gravesend.[2] He grew up near Welling,[3] and was raised by his grandparents.[4]
Club career
Burton began his career with Teviot Rangers, signing for Arsenal at the age of 6.[3][5] He turned professional in summer 2018.[2][5] He became captain of the Arsenal under-23 team for the 2019–20 season.[4]
In February 2020 he moved to Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb,[6][7] playing initially for their second team in the Druga HNL.[1]
The transfer was reportedly worth up to £800,000.[8][9][10] He made two appearances for Dinamo Zagreb II in Druga HNL, against Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Sesvete on 28 February and 8 March respectively, getting sent off during the latter match.[10][11] Following a good performance in a 3–0 friendly win over Celje on 8 August, coach Zoran Mamić decided to give Burton a chance in the first team.[12] He made his Prva HNL debut on 16 August 2020 in a 6–0 win over Lokomotiva.[13][14] On 5 November 2020, he made his European debut for Dinamo in the 1–0 Europa League victory over Wolfsberg.[15]
International career
Burton was eligible for Wales through his Welsh grandfather, and played for them at under-16, under-17 and under-19 youth level,[3] before progressing to under-21.[4]
Career statistics
- As of match played 2 February 2021[1]
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dinamo Zagreb II | 2019–20 | Druga HNL | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
Dinamo Zagreb | 2020–21 | Prva HNL | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Career total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
- ^ Includes appearances in Croatian Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
- ^ a b c Robbie Burton at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Robbie Burton profile". www.arsenal.com.
- ^ a b c "Robbie Burton feature". www.arsenal.com.
- ^ a b c "Robbie Burton: Midfielder eyes progress with Arsenal and Wales". 17 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ a b Warlow, Robert (18 July 2019). "Who is Robbie Burton? The Arsenal star impressing in America". footballlondon.
- ^ "Robbie Burton joins Dinamo Zagreb". www.arsenal.com.
- ^ "Robbie Burton: Arsenal midfielder joins Dinamo Zagreb on permanent deal". 18 February 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "[PREDSTAVLJAMO] Dinamo jači za desetoricu igrača". GNK Dinamo (in Croatian). 18 February 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Robbie Burton joins Dinamo Zagreb". Arsenal. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Critchlow, Dan (28 February 2020). "Robbie Burton makes debut for Dinamo Zagreb II". Daily Cannon. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Olivari, Davorin (1 March 2020). "IZ ZVJEZDANOG LONDONA RAVNO U - SIGET! Donedavni kapetan mladog Arsenala doživio vatreno krštenje u Hrvatskoj: 'Ovo je za mene sasvim novo iskustvo!'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Ničota, Tomo (20 August 2020). "'Najveća sličnost Dinama i Arsenala je pobjednički mentalitet, ali ima i jedna velika razlika...'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Dinamo Zagreb - Lokomotiva Zagreb 6:0 (1. HNL 2020/2021, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Critchlow, Dan (17 August 2020). "Robbie Burton makes debut for GNK Dinamo in 6-0 win". Daily Cannon. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Tironi, Hrvoje (25 November 2020). "Burton: Ljungberg mi je rekao da je Dinamo baš pravi izbor za mene, a Bale je bolji i od Luke!". 24sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- Welsh footballers
- Wales youth international footballers
- Arsenal F.C. players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- Croatian Second Football League players
- Croatian First Football League players
- Association football midfielders
- Welsh expatriate footballers
- British expatriates in Croatia
- Expatriate footballers in Croatia
- English football biography stubs
- Welsh football midfielder stubs