Jack Burroughs

Jack Burroughs

Personal information
Full name	Jack Stephen Burroughs [1]
Date of birth	(2001-03-21) 21 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Coventry, England
Position(s)	Midfielder, Wing back
Team information
Current team	Coventry City
Number	32
Youth career
2009–2018	Coventry City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–	Coventry City	14	(0)
2019–2020	→ Nuneaton Borough (loan)	3	(0)
2020	→ Gloucester City (loan)	5	(0)
2021–2022	→ Ross County (loan)	17	(0)
2023–2024	→ Lincoln City (loan)	29	(0)
International career‡
2019–2021	Scotland U19	8	(2)
2021–	Scotland U21	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:51, 21 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:02, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Jack Stephen Burroughs (born 21 March 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Coventry City. Born in England, he represents Scotland internationally at youth level.

Career

Burroughs started his career in the youth system at Coventry City before making his debut in an EFL Trophy game against Forest Green Rovers coming on as a 62nd minute substitute for Jak Hickman. ^[2] Making his debut Jack became the first player born in this millennium to represent Coventry City. A week later, Jack signed his first professional contract at the club, joining on a two-year deal. ^[3]

In December 2019, Jack joined Nuneaton Borough on a one-month loan deal. ^[4] A year later he went on loan to Gloucester City for a month. ^[5]

On 6 August 2021, Burroughs joined Scottish Premiership side Ross County on a season long loan. ^[6]

On 2 June 2023, Burroughs signed a new two-year contract with Coventry City until 2025. ^[7]

On 10 August 2023, Burroughs joined Lincoln City on a season long loan. ^[8] He made his Imps debut in a 3-0 win against Wycombe Wanderers coming off the bench on 12 August 2023. ^[9] He scored his first goal in an EFL Trophy match against Notts County on 7 November 2023. ^[10]

International career

Burroughs was selected for the Scotland under-19 team in January 2019, making his debut 17 February against Azerbaijan in a 2–0 win. ^[11] His younger brother George Burroughs was also selected for Scotland a week later and made his debut on 8 February against Hungary under-17's in a 2–1 victory. ^[12]

Jack scored his first goal for Scotland U19's against Turkey U19's in a 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification match. ^[13]

In May 2021, he received his first call-up to the Scotland U21's to face Northern Ireland U21 in June 2021. ^[14]

Career statistics

As of match played on 20 April 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Coventry City	2018–19 [15]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	2	0
	2019–20 [16]		0	0	0	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	1	0
	2020–21 [17]	Championship	2	0	0	0	1	0	—		3	0
	2021–22 [18]		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2022–23 [19]		12	0	1	0	1	0	—		14	0
	2023–24 [20]		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		14	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	20	0
Nuneaton Borough (loan)	2019–20 [16]	Southern Premier Central	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Gloucester City (loan)	2020–21 [17]	National League North	5	0	0	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	1	7	1
Ross County (loan)	2021–22 [18]	Scottish Premiership	17	0	1	0	0	0	—		18	0
Lincoln City (loan)	2023–24 [20]	League One	29	0	1	0	2	0	3 [lower-alpha 1]	1	35	1
Career total			68	0	3	0	4	0	8	2	83	2

1. Appearances in EFL Trophy
2. Appearance in the FA Trophy

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Coventry City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 20. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
2. "Sky Blues 1-1 Forest Green Rovers". Coventry City. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
3. "Sky Blues Agree To Sign Jack Burroughs". Coventry City. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
4. "Jack Burroughs Joins Nuneaton Borough On Loan". Coventry City . Retrieved 13 December 2019.
5. "Jack Burroughs and Jordan Young to join Gloucester City". Coventry City FC. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
6. "Jack Burroughs join Ross County on loan". Coventry City FC. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
7. "Jack Burroughs: Coventry City defender signs new two-year deal" . Retrieved 2 June 2023.
8. "City secure signing of versatile Burroughs". Lincoln City F.C. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
9. "Imps 3 Wycombe Wanderers 0". www.weareimps.com. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
10. "Burroughs thrilled to get off the mark". www.weareimps.com. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
11. @ScotlandNT (29 January 2019). "Billy Stark has named his #SCO19s squad for next month's friendly matches in Pinatar, Spain.🗓 Scotland v Spain –…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
12. "Scotland Action For George Burroughs". FootyMad. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
13. "Turkey U19 1–3 Scotland U19". UEFA . Retrieved 20 March 2019.
14. "Jack Burroughs receives Scotland Under 21 call up". Coventry City - Official Site. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
15. "Games played by Jack Burroughs in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
16. "Games played by Jack Burroughs in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
17. "Games played by Jack Burroughs in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
18. "Games played by Jack Burroughs in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
19. "Games played by Jack Burroughs in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
20. "Games played by Jack Burroughs in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.