Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 December 1968 | ||
Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Moonlighters AFC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1991 | Santos Cape Town | 112 | (3) |
1991–1994 | Cape Town Spurs | 74 | (2) |
1994–1997 | AmaZulu | 92 | (6) |
1997–2007 | Santos Cape Town | 277 | (7) |
Total | 555 | (18) | |
International career | |||
1996–2002 | South Africa | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edries Burton (born 13 December 1968) [1] is a retired South African football (soccer) defender who played professionally for Santos Cape Town, Cape Town Spurs and AmaZulu.
He matriculated at Belgravia High School in 1987, Lyle Lakay also matriculated at the same school. He also studied at UNISA [2]
Burton joined Santos from amateur club Moonlighters AFC in 1989 and featured regularly when Santos won the Federation Professional League in 1990. He later joined Cape Town Spurs and later won a league and cup double that won the 1995 National Soccer League and the BobSave titles in 1995. When he was at Cape Town Spurs in 1992, he also worked as a financial manager at Josman and Seidel until late into his Amazulu spell in 1996. [2] In his second spell with Santos, he led Santos to the BobSave Knockout Cup (2000/01), PSL league title (2001/02), BP Top Eight Cup (2002) and Absa Knockout Cup (2002/03). When Burton retired in 2007, Santos boss Goolam Allie disclosed that no other Santos player will wear jersey number 23 which was worn by Burton. [3]
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