Callum Burton
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Callum Alex David Burton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 August 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Newport, Shropshire, England | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Shrewsbury Town | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013– | Shrewsbury Town | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Market Drayton Town (loan) | ||
| 2013 | → Workington (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Nuneaton Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Southport (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Nuneaton Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012 | England U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | England U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | England U18 | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:29, 30 September 2016. | |||
Callum Burton (born 15 August 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Shrewsbury Town. He also represented England up to under-18 level.
Club career
Born in Newport, Shropshire, Burton attended Adams' Grammar School.[2] Formed at Shrewsbury Town, on 27 August 2013 he went to nearby Market Drayton Town of the Northern Premier League on a work experience loan.[3] In September, he was loaned to Conference North team Workington,[4] where he made one appearance, a 4–0 loss at Worcester City on 21 September.[5] On 24 February 2014, he signed a two-year professional contract at Shrewsbury.[6]
On 30 August 2014, Burton had his first call-up for Shrewsbury, remaining an unused substitute in their 2–0 home win over Luton Town in League Two.[7] On 23 December, he went on an emergency loan to Conference Premier side Nuneaton Town.[8] He made his debut three days later in a 4–4 home draw with AFC Telford United.[9] His two other appearances for the Warwickshire club were clean sheets: a 1–0 win at Altrincham on 28 December for the team's first away win of the season,[10] and a goalless draw at Telford on 1 January 2015 for which BBC Sport credited him with the result.[11]
On 17 January, Burton went to another team of the same division, Southport, on a month-long loan.[12] He made his debut for the Merseyside club later that day, keeping a clean sheet in a goalless home draw against Chester;[13] his three other games of his loan were all defeats.
Burton made his Shrewsbury Town, and Football League debut, on the final day of the 2015–16 season on 8 May, away at Swindon Town in League One. Shrewsbury lost the game 3–0 at the County Ground, with the first goal from the penalty spot.[14] On 9 June, he extended his contract until 2018.[15]
The following season, with Shrewsbury's two senior goalkeepers Jayson Leutwiler and Mark Halstead competing for a place in the first-team, Burton returned to former loan club Nuneaton Town on a half-season loan deal in August 2016,[16] although this arrangement was ended prematurely on 30 September.[17]
International career
Burton made his international debut for England under-16 in a win over Spain on 16 February 2012, keeping a clean sheet in Madrid.[2] On 7 August that year, at the Nordic Tournament in Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands, he made his under-17 debut in a 4–2 win over Finland.[18][19] His under-18 debut came on 14 October 2013 in a 4–0 win over Hungary at St George's Park, replacing Ted Smith for the final two minutes.[20]
Style of play
Burton is a fan of German football, and as a child idolised Oliver Kahn and more recently Manuel Neuer and Marc-André ter Stegen, while also looking up to England goalkeeper Joe Hart, who also played for Shrewsbury Town.[21]
References
- ↑ "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- 1 2 "Shropshire pair get England football call". Shropshire Star. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "Callum gets experience at Market Drayton". Shrewsbury Town F.C. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "Callum Joins Workington". Shrewsbury Town F.C. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ Armstrong, Paul (21 September 2013). "City trip best forgotten". Workington A.F.C. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "Shrewsbury Town sign teenage trio on professional contracts". BBC Sport. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "Shrewsbury 2-0 Luton". BBC Sport. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "Callum Burton: Nuneaton Town sign young Shrewsbury keeper". BBC Sport. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "Nuneaton 4-4 Telford". BBC Sport. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "Altrincham 0-1 Nuneaton". BBC Sport. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "Telford 0-0 Nuneaton". BBC Sport. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "Southport sign Shrewsbury Town goalkeeper Callum Burton on loan". BBC Sport. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "Southport 0-0 Chester". BBC Sport. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "Swindon Town v Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ↑ "Callum Burton On New Deal". Shrewsbury Town F.C. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ↑ "Burton joins Nuneaton". Shrewsweb. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ "Wilson's Weekly". Nuneaton Town F.C. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Finland vs England 2-4 (1-1)". Faroe Islands Football Association. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ Marshall, James (2 September 2012). "BURTON AT HOME AT SGP". The FA. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ Shergold, Adam (15 October 2013). "England U18 4 Hungary U18 0: Fewster and Kent bag doubles as Young Lions cruise". Daily Mail. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- ↑ Callow, James (15 April 2014). "Callum Burton: Manuel Neuer and Joe Hart are heroes to me". The FA. Retrieved 26 August 2015.