Josef John Bursik (Czech: Buršík; born 12 July 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Stoke City.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Josef John Bursik[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-07-12) 12 July 2000 (age 22)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Lambeth, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.87 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Stoke City | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2017 | AFC Wimbledon | ||
| 2017–2018 | Stoke City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Stoke City | 50 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Hednesford Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2019 | → AFC Telford United (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017 | England U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | England U18 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | England U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2019 | England U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2020– | England U21 | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:42, 5 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:36, 26 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Bursik began his career at the youth academy at AFC Wimbledon, where he spent eight years before joining Stoke City on 1 July 2017.[4] Bursik spent time on loan at Hednesford Town and AFC Telford United.[5] On 2 August 2019, Bursik joined EFL League One side Accrington Stanley on loan for the 2019–20 season.[6] Bursik made his Accrington Stanley debut on 29 October 2019 in the EFL Trophy.[7] He made his League debut on 14 December 2019 in a 4–1 victory against Portsmouth.[8] Bursik signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with Stoke in January 2020.[9] Bursik played 20 matches for Stanley in 2019–20 until the season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic at the time Accrington were in 17th position.[10]
In August 2020 Bursik joined Doncaster Rovers on loan for the 2020–21 season.[11] After making 11 appearances for Doncaster, he was recalled by Stoke on 19 November 2020 following injuries to Adam Davies and Angus Gunn.[12] Bursik made his Stoke debut on 21 November 2020 in a 4–3 win against Huddersfield Town.[13] Bursik made 16 appearances for Stoke from November 2020 until January 2021 and kept seven clean sheets.[14] Bursik joined Peterborough United on 8 April 2021 in an emergency loan deal following a season ending injury to Christy Pym.[15] He made six appearances for Peterborough, helping them to gain promotion to the Championship.[16] On 18 May 2021 Bursik joined Lincoln City on a emergency loan for their League One play-offs following a head injury to Alex Palmer.[17][18] He played in the first leg a 2–0 win against Sunderland before Palmer was cleared to return.[19] Bursik began the 2021–22 season as Stoke's first choice goalkeeper until he suffered a quad muscle injury with England U21s in November 2021.[20] His place was taken by Jack Bonham until he returned to the team towards the end of the season.[21]
Bursik was the starting goalkeeper for the England Under-17 team that lost to Spain on a penalty shoot-out in the final of the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[22] He was also a member of the squad that won the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[23]
Having gone on to represent England at U18, U19 and U20 level, Bursik made his U21 debut during a 5–0 win over Albania at Molineux Stadium on 17 November 2020. [24]
Bursik is named after his grandfather Josef Buršík, a Czech war hero.[25] Bursik's father, Alex, died in September 2022.[26]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke City U23 | 2017–18[27] | — | — | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Stoke City | 2017–18[3] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018–19[28] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20[3] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21[29] | Championship | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[21] | Championship | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23[30] | Championship | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Total | 50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 53 | 0 | |||
| Hednesford Town (loan) | 2018–19[31] | Northern Premier League Premier Division | 6 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| AFC Telford United (loan) | 2018–19[3] | National League North | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Accrington Stanley (loan) | 2019–20[7] | League One | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 2020–21[29] | League One | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Peterborough United (loan) | 2020–21[29] | League One | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Lincoln City (loan) | 2020–21[29] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 105 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 115 | 0 | ||
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