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Robbie Burton (footballer)

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Robbie Burton
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-12-26) 26 December 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Gravesend, England
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Teviot Rangers
2006–2020 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Dinamo Zagreb II 10 (0)
2020–2023 Dinamo Zagreb 14 (0)
2021 → Istra 1961 (loan) 1 (0)
2022 → Sligo Rovers (loan) 12 (0)
2023 Sligo Rovers 7 (0)
International career‡
Wales U16
2015–2016 Wales U17 4 (0)
Wales U19
2019–2020 Wales U21 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:23, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:43, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Robbie Burton (born 26 December 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder, most recently for Sligo Rovers in the League of Ireland Premier Division.

Born in England, he represented Wales at youth international level.

Early and personal life

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Burton was born in Gravesend.[2] He grew up near Welling,[3] and was raised by his grandparents.[4]

Club career

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Burton began his career with Teviot Rangers, signing for Arsenal at the age of 6.[3][5] He turned professional in summer 2018.[2][5] He became captain of the Arsenal under-23 team for the 2019–20 season.[4]

In February 2020 he moved to Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb,[6][7] playing initially for their second team in the Druga HNL.[1]

The transfer was reportedly worth up to £800,000.[8][9][10] He made two appearances for Dinamo Zagreb II in Druga HNL, against Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Sesvete on 28 February and 8 March respectively, getting sent off during the latter match.[10][11] Following a good performance in a 3–0 friendly win over Celje on 8 August, coach Zoran Mamić decided to give Burton a chance in the first team.[12] He made his Prva HNL debut on 16 August 2020 in a 6–0 win over Lokomotiva.[13][14] On 5 November 2020, he made his European debut for Dinamo in the 1–0 Europa League victory over Wolfsberg.[15]

On 21 August 2021, Burton was loaned out to Istra 1961 until the end of the season.[16]

In July 2022, he signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Sligo Rovers on loan until the end of their season.[17] He made his debut on 31 July 2022, coming off the bench in a 2–1 FAI Cup defeat at home to Wexford.[18]

In January 2023, Burton parted ways with Dinamo Zagreb.[19]

Burton returned to Sligo Rovers on a permanent basis on 25 August 2023, after 8 months without a club.[20] He made 7 appearances for the club before being released at the end of the season.[21]

International career

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Burton was eligible for Wales through his Welsh grandfather, and played for them at under-16, under-17 and under-19 youth level,[3] before progressing to under-21.[4]

Career statistics

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As of match played 28 October 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arsenal U21 2018–19 — — — 2[b] 0 2 0
2019–20 — — — 3[b] 0 3 0
Total — — — 5 0 5 0
Dinamo Zagreb II 2019–20 Druga HNL 2 0 — — — 2 0
2020–21 4 0 — — — 4 0
2021–22 4 0 — — — 4 0
2022–23 0 0 — — — 0 0
Total 10 0 — — — 10 0
Dinamo Zagreb 2020–21 Prva HNL 14 0 2 0 2[c] 0 — 18 0
2021–22 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2022–23 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 14 0 2 0 2 0 — 18 0
Istra 1961 (loan) 2021–22 Prva HNL 1 0 — — — 1 0
Sligo Rovers (loan) 2022 League of Ireland Premier Division 12 0 1 0 1[d] 0 — 14 0
Sligo Rovers 2023 League of Ireland Premier Division 7 0 — — — 7 0
Career total 44 0 3 0 3 0 5 0 55 0
  1. ^ Includes appearances in Croatian Cup & FAI Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

References

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  1. ^ a b c Robbie Burton at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Robbie Burton profile". www.arsenal.com.
  3. ^ a b c "Robbie Burton feature". www.arsenal.com.
  4. ^ a b c "Robbie Burton: Midfielder eyes progress with Arsenal and Wales". BBC Sport. 17 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b Warlow, Robert (18 July 2019). "Who is Robbie Burton? The Arsenal star impressing in America". footballlondon.
  6. ^ "Robbie Burton joins Dinamo Zagreb". www.arsenal.com.
  7. ^ "Robbie Burton: Arsenal midfielder joins Dinamo Zagreb on permanent deal". BBC Sport. 18 February 2020.
  8. ^ "[PREDSTAVLJAMO] Dinamo jači za desetoricu igrača". GNK Dinamo (in Croatian). 18 February 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Robbie Burton joins Dinamo Zagreb". Arsenal. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  10. ^ a b Critchlow, Dan (28 February 2020). "Robbie Burton makes debut for Dinamo Zagreb II". Daily Cannon. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  11. ^ Olivari, Davorin (1 March 2020). "IZ ZVJEZDANOG LONDONA RAVNO U - SIGET! Donedavni kapetan mladog Arsenala doživio vatreno krštenje u Hrvatskoj: 'Ovo je za mene sasvim novo iskustvo!'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  12. ^ Ničota, Tomo (20 August 2020). "'Najveća sličnost Dinama i Arsenala je pobjednički mentalitet, ali ima i jedna velika razlika...'". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Dinamo Zagreb - Lokomotiva Zagreb 6:0 (1. HNL 2020/2021, 1. Round)". worldfootball.net. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  14. ^ Critchlow, Dan (17 August 2020). "Robbie Burton makes debut for GNK Dinamo in 6-0 win". Daily Cannon. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  15. ^ Tironi, Hrvoje (25 November 2020). "Burton: Ljungberg mi je rekao da je Dinamo baš pravi izbor za mene, a Bale je bolji i od Luke!". 24sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  16. ^ NK Istra 1961 [@NKIstra1961] (21 August 2021). "| WELCOME |

    Na posudbu nam dolazi Robbie Burton iz @gnkdinamo , koji će se pridružiti ekipi do kraja sezone!

    Dobro došao među zeleno žute! 🔰
    #ForzaIstra"     (Tweet) (in Croatian). Retrieved 22 August 2021 – via Twitter.    {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ "Sligo land Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Robbie Burton". 29 July 2022 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  18. ^ Farry, Jessica (31 July 2022). "Wexford stun Sligo at the Showgrounds to advance" – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  19. ^ "Sources: Portsmouth, Huddersfield Town and Barnsley race to sign Arsenal product Robbie Burton". footballinsider247.com. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  20. ^ "Robbie Burton signs for Rovers – Sligo Rovers". 25 August 2023.
  21. ^ "2024 update and squad news – Sligo Rovers". 6 November 2023.
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