Chris Burke

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Robert Burke
Date of birth	2 December 1983 (1983-12-02) (age 26)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Right winger
Club information
Current club	Cardiff City
Number	11
Youth career
1999–2000	Celtic Boys Club
2000–2002	Rangers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
2002–2009	Rangers	96 (11)
2009–	Cardiff City	32 0(3)
National team‡
2006–	Scotland	02 0(2)
2009	Scotland B	01 0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:53, 30 November 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:41, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Christopher Robert Burke (born 2 December 1983 in Glasgow) is a Scottish professional footballer, who is currently playing for Cardiff City in the Football League Championship.

Burke began his career with Scottish Premier League club Rangers, playing in almost 100 league games, but without establishing himself as a regular first team player.

He has won two caps for Scotland, both in the 2006 Kirin Cup competition. He scored two goals on his Scotland debut, against Bulgaria.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Rangers 1.2 Cardiff City 2 International career 2.1 International goals 3 Career statistics 4 Honours 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Rangers

Burke is a product of Rangers' youth system but he had previously played for Celtic Boys Club, he joined Rangers on 2 July 2000. He first broke into the Rangers first team in season 2001/02 and scored on his debut against Kilmarnock.^[1] Since then he had been a regular player in the Rangers squad and was involved in the clubs 2003-04 Champions League campaign. In the opening game of the 2004/05 season at Aberdeen, Burke fainted on the pitch^[2] and was out of action for almost the whole season with a mysterious virus.^[3]

However, he came back strongly and played in most Rangers games in 2005/06, including vital UEFA Champions League games against Internazionale, Porto, and Villarreal. Burke was injured against Celtic on 23 September 2006, damaging ligaments in his left shoulder in a challenge with Aiden McGeady. The injury required an operation and Burke was ruled out of action for an estimated three months.^[4].

On 25 January 2007, Burke signed a new contract with Rangers keeping him at the club until 2009.^[5] After being frozen out of the first team squad for the first half of the 2007/08 season, Burke returned to replace the then injured Nacho Novo and DaMarcus Beasley, keeping his place in the side until April 2008, when he was injured in a Scottish Cup match against St Johnstone.^[6]

[edit] Cardiff City

After making just two appearances for Rangers during the first half of the 2008/09 season, Burke left the club on 9 January to sign for Championship side Cardiff City on a free transfer, linking up with former Rangers teammates Gavin Rae and Ross McCormack.^[7][8] He made his debut on 17 January when he replaced Peter Whittingham after 45 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Birmingham City, scoring his first goal for the club on 21 April during a 2-2 draw with Charlton Athletic.^[9] On 16 September 2009 he scored the only goal in a win over Reading. Then on 29 September he scored his scored his third goal in a 6-1 win over Derby County.

[edit] International career

Burke won his first Scotland cap on 11 May 2006 as a substitute against Bulgaria in the Kirin Cup and scored twice in a 5-1 victory.^[10]

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 May 2006	Kobe, Japan	Bulgaria	4-1	5-1	Kirin Cup
2.	11 May 2006	Kobe, Japan	Bulgaria	5-1	5-1	Kirin Cup

[edit] Career statistics

As of 30 November 2009.

Club statistics

Club	Season	League		National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Rangers	2001-02	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	2002-03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2003-04	20	3	1	0	2	1	3	0	26	4
	2004-05	12	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	16	0
	2005-06	27	3	2	0	0	0	6	0	35	3
	2006-07	22	2	1	0	1	0	5	0	29	2
	2007-08	11	2	5	2	3	0	2	0	21	4
	2008-09	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	Subtotal	96	11	9	2	7	1	19	0	131	14
Cardiff City	2008-09	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	1
	2009-10	18	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	20	2
Total		128	14	11	2	9	1	19	0	166	17

[edit] Honours

Rangers

• Scottish Premier League: 1
  

2005

• Scottish League Cup: 1
  

2008

Scotland

• Kirin Cup: 1
  

2006

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Chris Burke career stats at Soccerbase
• Chris Burke profile at scottishfa.co.uk

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