Liam Burt

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Liam Burt
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-02-01) 1 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Shamrock Rovers
Number 27
Youth career
Celtic
2014–2017 Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Rangers 3 (0)
2018 → Dumbarton (loan) 13 (2)
2018–2019 → Alloa Athletic (loan) 9 (0)
2019–2020 Celtic 0 (0)
2021–2022 Bohemians 62 (15)
2023– Shamrock Rovers 16 (1)
2024 → Shelbourne (loan) 31 (2)
International career‡
2014 Scotland U16 3 (0)
2015–2016 Scotland U17 13 (1)
2015–2017 Scotland U19 4 (0)
2016–2018 Scotland U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:32, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:23, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

Liam Burt (born 1 February 1999) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for League of Ireland Premier Division club Shamrock Rovers.

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He made his first team debut for Rangers in March 2016, and also played on loan for Dumbarton and Alloa Athletic. He then moved to Celtic where he did not make a first team appearance before moving to Ireland with Bohemians in 2021. Burt represented Scotland at various youth levels up to under-21 level.

Club career

Burt played youth football at Celtic as a boy before being released and subsequently joining the Rangers Academy. [2] He made his professional debut for the club aged 17 during a Scottish Championship match against Raith Rovers on 1 March 2016. [3] A few days later, Burt signed a new two-year contract extension keeping him at Ibrox until May 2018. [4]

He made his first appearance of the 2016–17 season, and his first Scottish top-flight appearance, as an injury time substitute on 10 December 2016 in a 2–0 home win against Heart of Midlothian. [5] In January 2017, he was named as one of the Daily Record's and The Herald's Scottish football prospects for 2017. [6] [7]

Burt joined Scottish Championship side Dumbarton on a 28-day emergency loan in February 2018. [8] He extended the deal in March 2018, [9] scoring his first goal in senior football for the club in a 5-2 defeat to Falkirk. [10] Burt was loaned to Championship club Alloa Athletic in August 2018. [11] On 17 May 2019, it was announced that Burt would be released by Rangers. [12]

In August 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Celtic. [2] He left Celtic in 2020. [13]

In February 2021, he was unveiled as a new signing for Bohemians ahead of the 2021 League of Ireland season. He scored 1 goal and set up Georgie Kelly for 2 goals to help Bohemians win 3-0 against Stjarnan in the second round of the Europa Conference League qualifiers . [14] Burt was named in the 2021 PFAI Team of the Year at the conclusion of the season.

On 2 December 2022, it was announced that Burt had signed for Bohemians arch rivals Shamrock Rovers ahead of the 2023 season. [15]

After a disappointing first season with Rovers, it was announced on 22 December 2023, that Burt had signed a season loan loan deal with Shelbourne. [16]

International career

Burt has represented Scotland at various age levels. [17] He captained Scotland at the 2016 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [18]

Selected for the Scotland under-21 squad in the 2018 Toulon Tournament, [19] the team lost to Turkey in a penalty-out and finished fourth. [20]

Career statistics

As of match played on 1 November 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup League Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers 2015–16 Scottish Championship 200000—0020
2016–17 Scottish Premiership 100000——10
2017–18 Scottish Premiership00000000—00
2018–19 Scottish Premiership00000000—00
Total300000000030
Rangers U20s 2016–17 SPFL Development League ————2 [a] 121
2018–19 SPFL Reserve League ————1 [a] 010
Total000000003131
Dumbarton (loan) 2017–18 Scottish Championship1310000—6 [b] 0191
Alloa Athletic (loan) 2018–19 Scottish Championship901000—00100
Celtic 2019–20 Scottish Premiership00000000—00
Celtic U21s 2019–20–————2 [a] 020
Bohemians 2021 LOI Premier Division 34930—6 [c] 1—4310
2022 28631———317
Total621561—61—7417
Shamrock Rovers 2023 LOI Premier Division 16110—2 [c] 02 [d] 0211
Shelbourne (loan) 2024 LOI Premier Division 31220—2 [e] 00 [d] 0352
Career total134191010010113116721
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
  2. ↑ 2 appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup; 4 appearances in the Championship/League One play-offs.
  3. 1 2 Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League.
  4. 1 2 Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup
  5. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Conference League

Honours

Shamrock Rovers

Shelbourne

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  14. ↑ "Georgie Kelly double makes it a memorable European night for Bohemians". The Irish Times.
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  16. ↑ "Damien Duff swoops for Shamrock Rovers star Liam Burt". 22 December 2023.
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