Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 26 December 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Gravesend, England | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Teviot Rangers | |||
2006–2020 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2020– | Dinamo Zagreb II | 10 | (0) |
2020–2023 | Dinamo Zagreb | 14 | (0) |
2021 | → Istra 1961 (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2022 | → Sligo Rovers (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2023 | Sligo Rovers | 7 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
Wales U16 | |||
2015–2016 | Wales U17 | 4 | (0) |
Wales U19 | |||
2019–2020 | Wales U21 | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:23, 29 November 2023 (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, most recently for Sligo Rovers in the League of Ireland Premier Division.
Born in England, he represents Wales at youth international level.
Burton was born in Gravesend. [2] He grew up near Welling, [3] and was raised by his grandparents. [4]
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]
On 21 August 2021, Burton was loaned out to Istra 1961 until the end of the season. [16]
In July 2022, he signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Sligo Rovers on loan until the end of their season. [17] He made his debut on 31 July 2022, coming off the bench in a 2–1 FAI Cup defeat at home to Wexford. [18]
In January 2023, Burton parted ways with Dinamo Zagreb. [19]
Burton returned to Sligo Rovers on a permanent basis on 25 August 2023, after 8 months without a club. [20] He made 7 appearances for the club before being released at the end of the season. [21]
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]
Club | Season | League | National Cup [a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Arsenal U21 | 2018–19 | — | — | — | 2 [b] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
2019–20 | — | — | — | 3 [b] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
Total | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
Dinamo Zagreb II | 2019–20 | Druga HNL | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
2021–22 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
2022–23 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
Dinamo Zagreb | 2020–21 | Prva HNL | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [c] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
Istra 1961 (loan) | 2021–22 | Prva HNL | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Sligo Rovers (loan) | 2022 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [d] | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
Sligo Rovers | 2023 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Career total | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
{{
cite web}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link)
{{
cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires |journal=
(
help)
{{
cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires |journal=
(
help)