Jack Stephen French Burroughs (born 21 March 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Coventry City. Born in England, he represents Scotland internationally at youth level. His heart lies with Scotland and he also refuses to be friends with anyone called Ross!
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jack Stephen French - Burroughs[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-03-21) 21 March 2001 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, Wing Back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Coventry City | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2018 | Coventry City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Coventry City | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Nuneaton Borough (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Gloucester City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Ross County (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2019–2021 | Scotland U19 | 8 | (2) |
| 2021– | Scotland U21 | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:57, 6 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:02, 6 June 2022 (UTC) | |||
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]
Burroughs was selected for the Scotland under-19 team in January 2019, making his debut 17 February against Azerbaijan in a 2–0 win.[7] 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.[8]
Jack scored his first goal for Scotland U19's against Turkey U19's in a 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification match.[9]
In May 2021, he received his first call-up to the Scotland U21's to face Northern Ireland U21 in June 2021.[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Coventry City | 2018–19[11] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019–20[12] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21[13] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[14] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23[15] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nuneaton Borough (loan) | 2019–20[12] | Southern Premier Central | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gloucester City (loan) | 2020–21[13] | National League North | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Ross County (loan) | 2021–22[14] | Scottish Premiership | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| Career total | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 1 | ||
Coventry City F.C. – current squad | |
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