Chris Burke (footballer)

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Chris Burke
Personal information
Full name Christopher Burke
Date of birth December 2, 1983 (1983-12-02) (age 24)
Place of birth    Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Right winger
Club information
Current club Rangers
Number 17
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002– Rangers 94 (11)   
National team
2006 Scotland 02 0(2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 31, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Christopher Burke (born 2 December 1983 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League.

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[edit] Career

Burke, a product of Rangers' youth system, who previously played for Celtic Boys Club, first broke into the Rangers first team in season 2001-02 and scored on his debut against Kilmarnock.[1] Since then he has been a regular player in the Rangers squad and was involved in the clubs 2003-04 Champions League campaign. In the opening game of the 2004/05 season at Aberdeen, Burke fainted on the pitch[2] and was out of action for almost the whole season with a mysterious virus.[3]

However, he came back strongly and played in most Rangers games in 2005/06, including vital UEFA Champions League games against Internazionale, F.C. Porto, and Villarreal.

He won his first Scotland cap on 11 May 2006 as a substitute against Bulgaria in the Kirin Cup and scored twice in a 5-1 victory.[4]

Burke was injured in an Old Firm game on September 23, 2006, damaging ligaments in his left shoulder in a challenge with Aiden McGeady. The injury required an operation and Burke was ruled out of action for an estimated 12 weeks.[5].

On 25 January 2007, Chris Burke signed a new contract with Rangers keeping him at the club until 2009.[6]

After being frozen out of the first team squad for the first half of the 2007-08 season, Burke returned to replace the then injured Nacho Novo and DaMarcus Beasley. Since his comeback he has made a string of impressive performances and kept his place in the side.[7]

[edit] Rangers statistics

Correct as of 31 May 2008

Club Performance
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Rangers 2007-08 11 2 5 2 3 0 2 0 21 4
2006-07 22 2 1 0 1 0 5 0 29 2
2005-06 27 3 2 0 0 0 6 0 35 3
2004-05 12 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16 0
2003-04 20 3 1 0 2 1 3 0 26 4
2002-03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001-02 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Total 94 11 9 2 7 1 19 0 129 14

[edit] Honours

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Rangers trounce Kilmarnock", BBC Sport website, 20 March, 2002. 
  2. ^ "Aberdeen 0-0 Rangers", BBC Sport website, 7 August, 2004. 
  3. ^ "Virus rules out Burke", BBC Sport website, 25 August, 2004. 
  4. ^ "Scotland 5-1 Bulgaria", BBC Sport website, 11 May 2006. 
  5. ^ "Burke Out For 12 Weeks", Rangers official website. 
  6. ^ "Burke pens Gers extension", Sky Sports Website, 25 January 2007. 
  7. ^ "Future Looks Bright For Burke", Sportinglife website, 1 January 2008. 

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Rangers F.C. – current squad

1 McGregor • 3 Weir • 4 Buffel • 5 Papac • 6 Ferguson • 7 Hemdani • 8 Thomson • 9 Boyd • 10 Novo • 11 Adam • 15 Gow • 16 G. Smith • 17 Burke • 18 Naismith • 19 Darcheville • 20 Beasley • 21 Broadfoot • 22 Webster • 23 Dailly • 24 Cuéllar • 25 Alexander • 26 S. Smith • 27 McCulloch • 28 Whittaker • 29 Cousin •  Miller • Manager: W. Smith
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