Graham Burke

Graham Dylan Burke (born 21 September 1993) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Shamrock Rovers on loan from Preston North End. Burke has represented the Republic of Ireland at senior level.

Graham Burke
Burke in 2011
Personal information
Full name Graham Dylan Burke[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993[1]
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Shamrock Rovers (on loan from Preston North End)
Number 21
Youth career
Belvedere[3]
2010–2011 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Aston Villa 0 (0)
2013 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 3 (0)
2015 → Notts County (loan) 7 (1)
2015–2017 Notts County 36 (2)
2017–2018 Shamrock Rovers 41 (18)
2018– Preston North End 12 (1)
2019 → Gillingham (loan) 12 (1)
2019– → Shamrock Rovers (loan) 24 (11)
National team‡
Republic of Ireland U17
2011 Republic of Ireland U19 3 (0)
2013 Republic of Ireland U21 2 (0)
2018– Republic of Ireland 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:50, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:53, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Aston Villa

Burke was born in Dublin.[1] He was first called up to a first-team matchday squad for Aston Villa's 2–0 home defeat against Bolton Wanderers in the third round of the League Cup on 20 September 2011, remaining an unused substitute.[4] On 18 December he was included in the squad for the first time in the Premier League, again unused in a loss by the same score to Liverpool at Villa Park.[5]

He made his senior debut as a 76th-minute substitute for Chris Herd in Villa's 3–0 home win over Tranmere Rovers in the second round of the League Cup on 28 August 2012.[6] Burke was the joint top scorer in the 2012–13 NextGen Series under-19 club tournament, scoring both of Aston Villa's goals in the final which they won.[7]

Loans to Shrewsbury Town and Notts County

Burke joined League One club Shrewsbury Town on a half-season loan on 8 August 2013,[8] and made his Shrewsbury debut in a 3–0 defeat at Leyton Orient two days later.[9] He scored his first senior goal in a 4–1 defeat to Oldham Athletic in the Football League Trophy,[10] however Shrewsbury elected to end his loan spell early in October 2013.[11]

Burke joined Notts County of the same league on an emergency loan on 26 March 2015 until the end of the season.[12] Despite not scoring in his first six matches for the club Burke did make two assists in an important 2–1 win against Doncaster Rovers in the penultimate match of the season on 25 April, keeping County just above the relegation zone.[13] Eight days later in the final game of the season, he scored his first league goal, opening the scoring away to Gillingham, but three late goals by the hosts relegated County to League Two.[14]

Shamrock Rovers

On 15 February 2017, Burke signed for his hometown club Shamrock Rovers, being described by manager Stephen Bradley as an "exciting talent".[15] He made his debut for the club in a 2–1 defeat to Dundalk on 24 February 2017, scoring his side's only goal before being sent off two minutes later after receiving a straight red card following a foul on Dundalk player Jamie McGrath.[16]

During the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League Burke scored three times.

In March 2018, Burke scored four goals in one game against Derry City to become the first Rovers player in over 25 years to achieve such a feat and was later named SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers' Association of Ireland Player of the month for March.[17]

Preston North End

Burke signed for Championship club Preston North End on 13 June 2018 on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[18] Burke joined Aston Villa academy peers Callum Robinson and Daniel Johnson at the club.

Loan to Gillingham

On 31 January 2019, he joined Gillingham on loan.[19]

Loan to Shamrock Rovers

On 31 July 2020, Burke re-joined Shamrock Rovers on a one-year loan.[20]

International career

Burke has represented the Republic of Ireland from under-17 to under-21 level. In May 2018, Burke received his first call-up to the senior team for a trio of friendlies during May/June 2018.[21] He made a substitute appearance for a Republic of Ireland XI against Celtic in Scott Brown's testimonial match on 20 May 2018. On 28 May 2018, Burke made his full senior international debut for the Republic of Ireland national team in a friendly game against France at the Stade De France when he came on in the 70th minute as a substitute.[22]

Burke scored his first international goal for the Republic of Ireland on 2 June 2018 as Ireland beat the United States 2–1 in Dublin. In doing so, he became the first home-based Irish international goalscorer since April 1978 when Ray Treacy, also of Shamrock Rovers, scored for the Republic of Ireland against Turkey.[23]

Career statistics

Club
As of 16 November 2020[24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 2011–12[25] Premier League 000000—00
2012–13[26] 000020—20
2013–14[27] 0000——00
2014–15[28] 000000—00
Aston Villa Total 000020—20
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2013–14[27] EFL League One 30——1[lower-alpha 3]141
Notts County (loan) 2014–15[28] 71———71
Notts County 2015–16[29] EFL League Two 31200112[lower-alpha 3]0343
2016–17[29] 5020103[lower-alpha 4]1111
Notts County Total 433202151525
Shamrock Rovers 2017[30][31] League of Ireland
Premier Division		 19522204[lower-alpha 5]32710
2018[30] 2213—00—2213
Preston North End 2018–19[32] EFL Championship 1211021—152
Gillingham (loan) 2018–19[32] EFL League One 121———121
Shamrock Rovers (loan) 2019[33] League of Ireland
Premier Division		 10351—00154
2020[34] 14810—2[lower-alpha 6]1179
Shamrock Rovers Total 65298320648136
Career total 135341138212616645
  1. Appearances in FA Cup and FAI Cup
  2. Appearances in League Cup/EFL Cup and League of Ireland Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  4. Appearances in EFL Trophy
  5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 2 June 2018[35]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Republic of Ireland 201821
Total21

International goals
As of match played 2 June 2018. Republic of Ireland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Burke goal.[35]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 2 June 2018Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland2 United States1–12–1Friendly[23]

Honours

Aston Villa Youth

Shamrock Rovers

References
  1. "Graham Burke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  2. "Graham Burke". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  3. "Past Belvo Players". Belvedere F.C. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  4. "Aston Villa 0–2 Bolton". BBC Sport. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  5. McKenna, Chris (18 December 2011). "Aston Villa 0–2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  6. "Aston Villa 3–0 Tranmere". BBC Sport. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  7. "Match Report". NextGen Series. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  8. "Aston Villa's Graham Burke joins Shrewsbury Town on loan". BBC Sport. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  9. "Leyton Orient 3–0 Shrewsbury". BBC Sport. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  10. "Town 1 Oldham Athletic 4". Shrewsweb. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  11. "Shrewsbury Town: Loans ended for Curtis Main and Graham Burke". BBC Sport. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  12. "Graham Burke joins Notts County on loan". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  13. "Graham Burke hoping to copy Notts County favourite Jack Grealish". Nottingham Post. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  14. "Gillingham 3–1 Notts County". BBC Sport. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  15. "Two new signings". Shamrock Rovers F.C. 15 February 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  16. Aidan Fitzmaurice (24 February 2017). "Champions Dundalk make serious statement of intent with victory over Shamrock Rovers". Irish Independent. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  17. "Graham Burke named player of the month".
  18. "Preston North End complete signing of Shamrock Rovers' Graham Burke". Preston North End F.C. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  19. "Gillingham: Ricky Holmes, Graham Burke, Tahvon Campbell and Leonardo da Silva Lopes sign". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  20. "Shamrock Rovers re-sign striker Graham Burke from Preston". Irish Examiner. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  21. "'He has nice ability' – O'Neill urges League of Ireland's top scorer to grab chance after first call-up".
  22. "France 2 Republic of Ireland 0". BBC Sport. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  23. "Republic of Ireland 2–1 USA". BBC Sport. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  24. https://www.stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=8657
  25. "Games played by Graeme Burke in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  26. "Games played by Graeme Burke in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  27. "Games played by Graeme Burke in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  28. "Games played by Graeme Burke in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  29. "Games played by Graeme Burke in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  30. "G. Burke: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  31. For FAI Cup first round: "Shamrock Rovers 1–0 Glenville". Extratime.ie. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
    For FAI Cup second round: "Shelbourne 0–3 Shamrock Rovers". Extratime.ie. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  32. "Games played by Graeme Burke in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  33. "Player Profile: Graham Burke". extratime.ie. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  34. "Player Profile: Graham Burke". extratime.ie. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  35. "Burke, Graham". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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