Burton O'Brien

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Burton O'Brien

Full name	Burton O'Brien
Date of birth	June 10, 1981 (1981-06-10) (age 26)
Place of birth	Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	5'11" (180cm)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-1999 1999-2002 2002-2005 2005-2008	St Mirren Blackburn Rovers Livingston Sheffield Wednesday	26 0(1) 00 0(0) 99 (15) 99 0(6)
National team²
	Scotland U21	6 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:16, 14 May 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 30 Apr 06. * Appearances (Goals)

Burton O'Brien (born June 10, 1981, in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former Scotland Under-21 midfielder. He started his career at St Mirren before moving to Blackburn Rovers. After making one solitary appearance he moved to Livingston, becoming an integral part of the League Cup winning side in 2004. In the 2005-06 pre-season he decided to move to Championship side Sheffield Wednesday.

Burton began to show his class towards the end of the 2005-06 season with Wednesday, scoring crucial second goals against Preston North End and Brighton and Hove Albion. It was announced on 14 May 2008 that Wednesday would not be renewing O'Brien's contract. ^[1]

[edit] International career

O'Brien has been capped at under-21 level for Scotland. His application to switch nationalities in order to represent South Africa was rejected by FIFA in 2005, as he was too old to apply.^[2]