Luke Burgess (footballer)

Luke Burgess (born 3 March 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Salford City.

This article is about the association football player. For other players, see Luke Burgess.

Luke Burgess
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-03-03) 3 March 1999
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Salford City
Number 15
Youth career
0000–2013 Everton
2013–2017 Wigan Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Wigan Athletic 0 (0)
2018 → Chorley (loan) 1 (0)
2018–2019 → Barrow (loan) 25 (1)
2020– Salford City 8 (3)
2020 → Fylde (loan) 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:52, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Burgess joined Wigan Athletic in 2013, after progressing through the Everton youth ranks.[1] After signing his first professional deal in the 2017–18 pre-season, Burgess made his Wigan debut during their EFL Cup tie against Blackpool, which resulted in a 2–1 victory for the Latics.[2]

In March 2018 Burgess joined Chorley on loan for the rest of the season, and scored his first senior goal in a 3–2 win over Clitheroe in the final of the Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy.[3]

On the eve of the 2018–19 season Burgess joined Barrow on an initial 28 day loan.[4] Burgess scored during an FA Cup tie against former club Chorley, but Barrow lost the match 3–2. In January 2019 he extended his loan spell at Barrow until the end of the season.[5] At the end of March he was recalled from loan.[6]

He was offered a contract beyond May 2019 by the club.[7]

In January 2020 he joined Salford City.[8] and was named in the match day squad on 21 January against Accrington Stanley[9] in an Football League Trophy match. He was confirmed as a member of the club's development team for the 2020–21 season and that he would be on going out on loan to AFC Fylde until January 2021.[10] On 4 October, Burgess scored on his Fylde début, scoring in the last minute of a 4–2 victory against Hyde United in an FA Cup qualifying match.[11] In October, he returned to Salford early,[12] and made his first start for the club on 21 November against Bradford City, opening the scoring in the eighth minute before scoring a solo goal just before half-time, which was said to be reminiscent of Salford co-owner Ryan Giggs and described as a "moment of brilliance".[13]

Career statistics
As of match played 26 September 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wigan Athletic 2017–18[14] League One 0000203[lower-alpha 1]050
Chorley 2017–18 National League North 1000002[lower-alpha 2]130
Barrow 2018–19 National League 151110000162
Career total 161112051243
  1. Appearance in EFL Trophy
  2. Appearances in Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy

References
  1. "Luke Burgess". Wigan Athletic F.C. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. "Wigan Athletic vs. Blackpool". Soccerway. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. Lyons, Harry. "MATCH REPORT | Chorley 3-2 Clitheroe". Chorley F.C. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  4. "Bluebirds Land Wigan Ace Burgess". Barrow A.F.C. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  5. https://www.wiganathletic.com/news/2019/january/loan-news-luke-burgess-joins-barrow-afc-until-the-end-of-the-season/
  6. "Wigan recall Burgess from Barrow". nonleaguedaily.com. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  7. "2019-20 WIGAN ATHLETIC RETAINED LIST". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  8. Davidson, Matt. "What every Championship club is doing in the transfer window including Leeds United, Nottingham Forest and Bristol City". Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  9. https://salfordcityfc.co.uk/matches/salford-city-v-accrington-stanley-21011920/
  10. "AFC Fylde sign Salford City's Burgess on loan". Non League Daily. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  11. Foster, Callum (4 October 2020). "Hyde United 2 AFC Fylde 4: Newlook Coasters win FA Cup opener". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  12. "Burgess recalled from AFC Fylde loan". Non League Daily. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  13. "Salford City 3-0 Bradford City: Salford produce a sparkling first-half performance to beat Bradford thanks to two goals from Luke Burgess on his first league start". BBC Sport. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  14. "Games played by Luke Burgess in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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