Jake Joshua Burton (born 15 November 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League Two side Tranmere Rovers.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jake Joshua Burton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-11-15) 15 November 2001 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Tranmere Rovers | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tranmere Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Tranmere Rovers | 4 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Stalybridge Celtic (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 2022 | → Stalybridge Celtic (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Marine (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:33, 27 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
Burton graduated through the academy at Tranmere Rovers, breaking into the first team squad alongside George Nugent and Kyle Hayde. He made his first team debut for the club in a 2–1 defeat to Leicester City F.C. Under-21's in the 2019–20 EFL Trophy,[2] and signed his first professional contract in July 2020.[3] He made his English Football League debut on 10 October 2020 starting in a match against Salford City.[4] He made one further league appearance that season, played in an FA Cup match and featured in Tranmere's losing 2021 EFL Trophy Final appearance against Sunderland on 14 March 2021.[5][6]
Burton returned from a loan spell for the start of the 2022-23 season, scoring in the clubs first pre-season friendly; a 2-2 draw against Fleetwood, [7] and appeared as a 65th minute substitute in the clubs 2nd pre-season friendly, a 1-0 victory over Preston North End.[8]
After a short loan spell at Marine, Burton was recalled prior to the visit of Colchester United & replaced Elliott Nevitt in the 80th minute of the game. He scored his first senior goal for the club after just 3 minutes on the pitch; latching on to a Paul Lewis cross to head home Tranmere's second goal of the game.[9]
In September 2021 he went on a month's loan to Stalybridge Celtic.[10] This loan was twice extended by a month each time until the end of the year.[11] He made 15 appearances for the club, including 11 in the Northern Premier League, scoring three goals.[12] He returned to the club towards the end of March 2022 for a second loan spell.[13]
Burton joined Marine A.F.C. at the start of the 2022–23 season, initially on loan until January 2023, [14] but was recalled after one month, having played in all 4 of Marine's league games; scoring twice.[15]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tranmere Rovers | 2019–20[17] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020–21[18] | League Two | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021–22[19] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Stalybridge Celtic (loan) | 2021–22[20] | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| Career total | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 4 | ||
Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers F.C. – current squad | |
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