Liam Burt (born 1 February 1999) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for League of Ireland Premier Division club Shelbourne, on loan from Shamrock Rovers.
Personal information | |||
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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 |
Shelbourne (on loan from Shamrock Rovers) | ||
Number | 67 | ||
Youth career | |||
Celtic | |||
2014–2017 | Rangers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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) | 19 | (1) |
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 00:47, 19 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:23, 1 July 2018 (UTC) |
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.
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rangers | 2015–16 | Scottish Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
2016–17 | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Rangers U20s | 2016–17 | SPFL Development League | — | — | — | — | 2[a] | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
2018–19 | SPFL Reserve League | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Dumbarton (loan) | 2017–18 | Scottish Championship | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6[b] | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
Alloa Athletic (loan) | 2018–19 | Scottish Championship | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Celtic | 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Celtic U21s | 2019–20 | – | — | — | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Bohemians | 2021 | LOI Premier Division | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0 | — | 6[c] | 1 | — | 43 | 10 | ||
2022 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 31 | 7 | |||||
Total | 62 | 15 | 6 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 74 | 17 | ||||
Shamrock Rovers | 2023 | LOI Premier Division | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
Shelbourne (loan) | 2024 | LOI Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0[e] | 0 | 0[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 103 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 132 | 19 |
Shamrock Rovers