Cameron Burgess

Cameron Robert Burgess (born 21 October 1995) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a central or left defender for Accrington Stanley.

Cameron Burgess
Personal information
Full name Cameron Robert Burgess[1]
Date of birth (1995-10-21) 21 October 1995[2]
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back, Left full-back
Club information
Current team
 Accrington Stanley
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2006 Celtic
2006–2011 ECU Joondalup
2011–2014 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Fulham 4 (0)
2015 → Ross County (loan) 0 (0)
2016 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 17 (0)
2016–2017 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 23 (1)
2017 → Bury (loan) 18 (0)
2017–2020 Scunthorpe United 61 (3)
2019–2020 → Salford City (loan) 29 (2)
2020– Accrington Stanley 14 (1)
National team
2013 Scotland U18 1 (0)
2013–2014 Scotland U19 3 (0)
2014 Australia U20 3 (0)
2014–2016 Australia U23 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:12, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Early life

Burgess's grandfather is Scottish retired international footballer Campbell Forsyth.[3] His father, Stuart Burgess, was also a professional football player.

Club career

Fulham

Burgess joined the Fulham Academy in 2011 from ECU Joondalup and signed a professional contract with the club in July 2013.[2] He made his first team debut for Fulham, in a 2–1 away loss in the opening match of the 2014–15 Championship season on 9 August 2014 against Ipswich Town at Portman Road.[4]

Loan to Ross County

On 15 January 2015, Burgess signed a contract extension with Fulham until June 2017, with an option for another year, and on the same day signed on loan for Scottish Premiership club Ross County until the end of the 2014–15 season.[5]

Loan to Cheltenham Town

Burgess joined Cheltenham Town of the National League on loan for the remainder of the 2015–16 season on 26 January 2016.[6]

Loan to Oldham Athletic

On 18 July 2016, Burgess joined League One club Oldham Athletic on a six-month loan deal.[7] He made his debut on 6 August 2016 in a 3–0 loss to Millwall.[8] He scored his first goal for Oldham in a 1–1 draw with Oxford United on 10 December 2016.[9]

Loan to Bury

On 6 January 2017, he moved to Bury on loan for six months.[10]

Scunthorpe United

On 6 June 2017, Burgess joined Scunthorpe United on a three-year contract.[11] He scored his first goal for the club in a 0–3 away win over Northampton Town.[12]

Loan to Salford City

On 24 July 2019 he joined Salford City on a season-long loan.[13]

Accrington Stanley

On 3 August 2020 he joined Accrington Stanley on a 3 year deal.[14] He scored on his debut for Accrington in an EFL Cup tie against Burton Albion.[15] He also scored on his second appearance in an EFL Trophy tie against Leeds United U21s.[16]

International career

Scotland

Burgess played for Scotland U-19 team and took part in the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification campaign, playing the full game against Latvia in a 1–1 draw.[17]

Australia

In September 2014 Burgess switched his allegiance permanently to Australia.[3] He was named in the Australia squad for the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship held in Myanmar.[18]

16 March 2015, Burgess was selected as one of twelve overseas based players in a squad of twenty three by head-coach, Aurelio Vidmar, to take part in the Australian Olyroos' qualification campaign on the road to Brazil 2016 Olympic Games. The first stage of qualification began in a tournament held in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, against minnows Hong Kong, Myanmar and hosts Taiwan.[19] The Olyroos progressed past this qualification tournmanet to qualify for the AFC U-23 Championship, which doubles as the final qualification round for the AFC for the Olympics. On 23 December 2015, Burgess was again selected by Vidmar to form part of the Olyroos squad for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship held in Doha, Qatar between 14–30 January 2016.[20]

Career statistics
As of match played 15 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fulham 2014–15[21] Championship 400000—40
2015–16[22] Championship 000000—00
2016–17[23] Championship 0000000000
Total 4000000040
Ross County (loan) 2014–15[21] Scottish Premiership 000000—00
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2015–16[22] National League 17000—00170
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2016–17[23] League One 23120204[lower-alpha 1]1312
Bury (loan) 2016–17[23] League One 180———180
Scunthorpe United 2017–18[24] League One 25230104[lower-alpha 1]0332
2018–19[25] League One 36120002[lower-alpha 1]0401
2019–20[26] League Two 0000000000
Total 614501060733
Salford City (loan) 2019–20[26] League Two 29220004[lower-alpha 1]2354
Accrington Stanley 2020–21[27] League One 15110114[lower-alpha 1]2224
Career total 16781004118519914
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Club
Cheltenham Town

See also

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Salford City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 62. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. "Cameron Burgess Player Profile". Fulham F.C. 13 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "Australia wins battle with Scotland for promising football star Cameron Burgess". 7 September 2014. Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  4. "Ipswich Town 2–1 Fulham". BBC Sport. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. "Extension & loan for Burgess". Fulham. 15 January 2015.
  6. "Burgess' Cheltenham Loan". Fulhan. 26 January 2016.
  7. "Burgess' Oldham Loan". Fulham. 18 July 2016.
  8. Kelly, John (6 August 2016). "Report: Millwall 3–0 Oldham Athletic". News at Den.
  9. "Oxford 1–1 Oldham". BBC. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  10. "Bury: Taylor Moore, Reece Brown and Cameron Burgess join League One club". BBC Sport. 6 January 2017.
  11. "Cameron Burgess: Scunthorpe sign Fulham central defender on a three-year contract". BBC Sport. 6 June 2017.
  12. "Northampton Town 0–3 Scunthorpe United". BBC Sport. 18 November 2017.
  13. "Cameron Burgess signs on loan". Salford City F.C. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  14. https://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/news/2020/august/burgess-first-summer-signing/
  15. "Burton 1–1 Accrington". BBC. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  16. "Match Recap and Ratings: Accrington Stanley 7 – 0 Leeds United u21s". throughitalltogether.com. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  17. "Under-19 2014 - Scotland-Latvia – UEFA.com". UEFA.com. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  18. "Okon optimistic as Young Socceroos target World Cup". The-AFC.com. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  19. "Olyroos squad of 23 named by Aurelio Vidmar as quest for 2016 Olympic Games qualification begins". ABC News. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  20. Greco, John (23 December 2015). "Socceroos promotion a carrot for Olyroos – Vidmar". Goal.com. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  21. "Games played by Cameron Burgess in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  22. "Games played by Cameron Burgess in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  23. "Games played by Cameron Burgess in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  24. "Games played by Cameron Burgess in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  25. "Games played by Cameron Burgess in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  26. "Games played by Cameron Burgess in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  27. "Games played by Cameron Burgess in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  28. Palmer, Jon (17 April 2016). "Cheltenham Town CHAMPIONS: Fulham youngster Cameron Burgess left shaking after wild celebrations". Gloucestershire Echo. Retrieved 1 May 2016.


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