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Junior Burgos
Personal information
Full name Efraín Antonio Burgos, Jr.
Date of birth (1988-08-14) August 14, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Santa Ana, El Salvador
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Atlanta United FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 San Jose State Spartans 25 (8)
2009–2010 Cal Poly Mustangs 28 (7)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 San Francisco Seals 11 (4)
2009 Bakersfield Brigade 1 (0)
2010 Chicago Fire U-23 4 (0)
2012 Toronto FC 2 (0)
2014 Atlanta Silverbacks 17 (3)
2015 Jaguares de Córdoba 0 (0)
2015 Orange County Blues 4 (0)
2015 Atlanta Silverbacks 17 (4)
2016– Atlanta United FC 0 (0)
2016Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) 8 (1)
International career
2014– El Salvador 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 8, 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 14, 2014

Efraín Antonio Burgos, Jr. (born August 14, 1988) is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soccer League, on loan from Major League Soccer's Atlanta United FC. He is the son of former footballer Efrain Burgos.[citation needed]

Career

College and Amateur

Burgos grew up in San Bruno, California, attended Westmoor High School, and played two years of college soccer at San Jose State University before transferring to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California as a junior in 2008.[citation needed] He scored seven goals in 28 appearances as a Mustang before graduating in the fall of 2010.[citation needed] Burgos became the first Cal Poly player in history to ever be drafted in the MLS SuperDraft.[citation needed]

During his college years Burgos also played in the Premier Development League, for the San Francisco Seals, Bakersfield Brigade and Chicago Fire Premier.[citation needed]

Professional

On January 13, 2011, Burgos was selected in the third round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC.[1] He signed with Toronto FC on March 21, 2012.[2] Burgos made his debut for Toronto as a second half sub for Julian De Guzman against Columbus Crew on March 31, 2012.[3] Burgos was released by Toronto FC on June 28, 2012.[4]

He spent time training abroad including places such as Germany with FC Energie Cottbus of the 2. Bundesliga and Chile with Club Deportivo Universidad Católica.[citation needed] On February 26, 2014, he signed with Atlanta Silverbacks of the North American Soccer League.[5] Burgos led the Silverbacks with 3 goals and 3 assists in the clubs historic 2014 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, eliminating Real Salt Lake and the Colorado Rapids before being eliminated by Chicago Fire in the quarterfinal stage.[citation needed]

On February 4, 2015 it was announced that Burgos had signed to Colombian club Jaguares de Córdoba, which plays in the Categoría Primera A Colombians highest league, where he would rejoin former Silverbacks teammate Junior Sandoval.[6] He decided to part ways with the Colombian side after the club refused to meet the terms of the signed contract between both parties. Shortly after, he signed temporarily with Orange County Blues FC of USL in April 2015, as a transition move before the summer window opened up. [7]

After appearing in 4 games for Orange County Blues, Burgos rejoined Atlanta Silverbacks on July 7, 2015.[8] Burgos, went on to score 4 goals and 6 assists making it a successful return to Atlanta. Burgos free kick goal vs San Antonio was nominated as the 2015 NASL Goal of the year. He was presented with an award during half time at the NASL Championship match.

On February 2nd, 2016 it was announced that Burgos signed with Major League Soccer and Atlanta United FC, becoming the second signing in the clubs history, ahead of their MLS debut in 2017. Burgos was loaned out to the Tampa Bay Rowdies for the 2016 campaign in the North American Soccer League.

International

Burgos is a member of El Salvador’s national team. He made his international debut on June 31, 2014 vs Dominican Republic, where he assisted on the 2-0 win.[citation needed] In September, 2014 he was named to the UNCAF cup 21 men roster, making his official international debut on all competitions in the 1-0 win over Honduras.[citation needed] Burgos first got called in to represent his country prior to the country’s September 2010 friendlies versus Honduras and Guatemala, and was previously invited to the El Salvador camp prior to a 2009 friendly versus Peru and World Cup qualifiers versus the United States and Costa Rica.[citation needed]

Personal life

Burgos has one older sister, Sofia, and two younger siblings, Gerardo Burgos and Fatima Burgos.[citation needed] His mother is Morena Del Carmen de Burgos and his father is Efrain Burgos, who played professional football for 16 years, mainly in El Salvador and also for El Salvador national team.[citation needed]

Honours

Toronto FC

References