Wes Burns

Wes Burns
Personal information
Full name Wesley James Burns[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-23) 23 November 1994[2]
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Aberdeen
(on loan from Bristol City)
Number 8
Youth career
2009–2012 Bristol City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Bristol City 44 (4)
2013 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 6 (1)
2014–2015 → Oxford United (loan) 9 (1)
2015 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 14 (4)
2016 → Fleetwood Town (loan) 14 (5)
2016– → Aberdeen (loan) 10 (0)
National team‡
2013–2016 Wales U21 18 (6)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:38, 3 December 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:44, 16 October 2016 (UTC)[4]

Wesley James "Wes" Burns (born 23 November 1994) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a forward for Aberdeen on loan from Bristol City.

Career

Bristol City

Educated at Ysgol Gyfun Bro Morgannwg in Barry, Burns is a fluent Welsh speaker.[5] He started his youth career at Cardiff City, but failed to earn an under-16 contract. He was swiftly picked up by Bristol City, which kick-started a rapid rise through their youth team.[6] He signed his first professional contract on 18 December 2012 on a two-and-a-half-year deal,[7] and made his professional debut coming on as a substitute against Leeds United on 19 January 2013.[8]

After his loan spell at Forest Green Rovers came to an end, Burns went on to feature straight away in Bristol City's 1–0 defeat to Birmingham City which confirmed their relegation.[9] Burns then spent the first half of the 2013–14 season on the bench and made his first appearance in the first round against Dagenham & Redbridge, assisting a goal for Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, who scored his second, in a 2-0 win.[10][11] Burns began to appear in the first team under the management of Steve Cotterill and scored his first Bristol City goal on 4 February 2014, in a 2-1 loss against Coventry City.[12] Burns went on to make twenty appearance, most of which were on the bench, and at the end of the 2013-14 season, Burns was rewarded with a contract extension.[13]

The 2014–15 season saw Burns struggled in the first team, as he was demoted to the substitute bench.[14] Burns scored his first Bristol City goal on 8 October 2014, in a second round of Football League Cup, in a 3-1 win over Cheltenham Town[15] and three days later, Burns scored a winning goal against Chesterfield, which resulted a 3-2 win for Bristol City.[16] After the match, Burns describe this as his best moment of his career.[17] However, Burns suffered ankle injury in mid-November.[18] Just one day after playing for Cheltenham Town in the last game of the season, Burns made his return to the Bristol City on the last game of the season, in a 8-2 win over Walsall[19][20]

Ahead of the 2015–16 season, Burns expressed determination in hopes of regaining his first team place at Bristol City,[21] with Manager Cotterill was keen to use him in the first team and has no plan of loaning out Burns.[22] However, Burns struggled to regain his first team place, as well as, his struggle to score goals. Nevertheless, Burns scored his first goal of the season on 16 January 2016, in a 1-0 win over Middlesbrough, ending three games without a point.[23] By the time he went out on loan, Burns made fourteen appearance and scoring once. On 13 April 2016, Burns signed a contract extension with the club, keeping him until 2017.[24] Three months later, Burns signed a further contract extension with the club, keeping him for two years.[25]

Loan spells

On 12 March 2013 he joined Conference side Forest Green Rovers on loan.[26] He scored the winning goal for Forest Green on his debut later that evening against Southport, finding the back of the net in dramatic style in second half stoppage time.[27] He was recalled by Bristol City on 16 April 2013 and was forced to cut his loan short.[28]

On 27 November 2014, Burns was loaned to League Two club Oxford United until the end of the 2014–15 season.[29] It wasn't until on 13 December 2014 for Burns made his Oxford United debut, playing 90 minutes, and set up one of the goals in a 2-1 win over Bury.[30] On 3 January 2013, Burns scored his first Oxford United goal, in a 2-1 loss against Cheltenham Town on 3 January 2015.[31] After his loan ended prematurely on 2 February 2015[32] By the time he left Oxford United, Burns made nine appearances (three as a substitute) and scored once.

Shortly after leaving Oxford United, Burn was reported to be joining Cheltenham Town on loan until the end of the season.[33] Burns then scored on his debut on 7 February 2015, in a 3-1 loss against Burton Albion[34] and scored his second goal two weeks against Accrington Stanley.[35] Burns then scored two goals in two matches between 7 March 2015 and 13 March 2015 against Mansfield Town[36] and Newport County.[37] Despite suffering ankle injury that kept him out for two matches,[38] Burns played the last two matches for the club, but was unable to help the club, as they were relegated to the National League and returned to his parent club.[39]

On 16 February 2016, Burns joined League One side Fleetwood Town on loan for the remainder of the 2015–16 campaign.[40] New Bristol City Manager Lee Johnson explained his decision to loan out Burns as beneficial on long term plan.[41] Burns made his Fleetwood Town on 20 February 2016, where he played 15 minutes, in a 2-1 win over Scunthorpe United.[42] Burn scored his first Fleetwood Town goal on 27 February 2016, in a 2-1 win over Coventry City,[43] followed up scoring in the next games, in a 2-1 win over Gillingham.[44] Burns went on to score three more goals against Burton Albion,[45] Swindon Town[46] and Petebrough United.[47] Burns went on to make fourteen appearance and scoring five times for the club, as he helped the club survive relegation in League One.

On 14 July 2016, Burns was loaned to Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season.[48] He made his debut the same day, scoring with his first touch after coming on as an 89th minute substitute in a 3–0 win against Ventspils in a Europa League Second qualifying round first leg tie.[49]

International career

In January 2013 Burns, aged 18, was named in the Wales Under-21 squad versus Iceland on 6 February 2013.[50] He made his debut as a second-half substitute and scored the first goal in the 3–0 win.[51] He earned his second under-21s cap in a win over Moldova on 22 March 2013.[52]

On 6 October 2015, Burns received his first call up to the senior Wales side for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Andorra as a replacement for the injured David Cotterill.[53] In May 2016, Burns was among twenty-nine players to be called for the club's training squad ahead of UEFA Euro 2016.[54] However, Burns didn't make it to the 23 man squad for the UEFA Euro 2016.[55] Despite this, Burns said he would follow Wales matches in the UEFA Euro 2016.[56]

Career statistics

As of 3 December 2016[57][58]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other[59] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bristol City 2012–13 7000000070
2013–14 201300000231
2014–15 3110102172
2015–16 141201000171
2016–17 0000000000
Total 443602020544
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2012–13 6100000061
Oxford United (loan) 2014–15 9100000091
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2014–15 144000000144
Fleetwood Town (loan) 2015–16 145000000145
Aberdeen (loan) 2016–17 100004041181
Career total 971460606211516

References

  1. ↑ "Professional Retain List & Free Transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Wes Burns player profile". Aberdeen F.C. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Profile". 11v11. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "UEFA Under 21 Matches / Gemau Ryngwladol UEFA Dan 21 v. Lithuania & San Marino" (PDF). FAW. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Golwg360
  6. ↑ "Young Welsh striker Wes Burns signs professional forms with Bristol City". Bristol Post. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Burns pens professional deal". Bristol City F.C. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Leeds United 1 - 0 Bristol City". BBC Sport. 19 January 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Bristol City 0–1 Birmingham". BBC Sport. 16 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "TEAM NEWS: Bristol City v Dagenham & Redbridge". Bristol Post. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "Bristol City 3 - 0 Dagenham & Redbridge". BBC Sport. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "Bristol City 1 - 2 Coventry City". BBC Sport. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "Young trio sign new deals". Bristol City F.C. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "Bristol City youngster Wes Burns joins Oxford United on loan until end of season". Bristol Post. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  15. ↑ "Cheltenham Town 1 - 3 Bristol City". BBC Sport. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  16. ↑ "Bristol City 3 - 2 Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  17. ↑ "Scoring the winner was best moment of my career, says Bristol City's Wes Burns". Bristol Post. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  18. ↑ "Burns out, Reid recalled". Bristol City F.C. 13 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  19. ↑ "Bristol City 8 - 2 Walsall". BBC Sport. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  20. ↑ "City unchanged for season finale". Bristol City F.C. 3 May 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  21. ↑ "BRISTOL CITY: Striker Wes Burns looking for starting spot in Steve Cotterill's side". Bristol Post. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  22. ↑ "BRISTOL CITY: Manager Steve Cotterill keen to give youngsters game time". Bristol Post. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  23. ↑ "Bristol City 1 - 0 Middlesbrough". BBC Sport. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  24. ↑ "Academy pair agree one-year extensions". Bristol City F.C. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  25. ↑ "Burns signs new deal and goes out on loan". Bristol City F.C. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  26. ↑ "Bristol City's Wes Burns joins Forest Green Rovers on loan". BBC Sport. 12 March 2013.
  27. ↑ "Southport 1–2 Forest Green". BBC Sport. 12 March 2013.
  28. ↑ "Forest Green lose loanee Burns". Non League Daily. 17 April 2013.
  29. ↑ "Wes Burns: Oxford United sign Bristol City forward on loan". BBC Sport. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  30. ↑ "Oxford United 2 - 1 Bury". BBC Sport. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  31. ↑ "Oxford Utd 1–2 Cheltenham". BBC Sport. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  32. ↑ "Three players leave the U's on Deadline Day". Oxford United F.C. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  33. ↑ "Deadline Day: Wes Burns arrives on loan from Bristol City". Cheltenham Town F.C. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  34. ↑ "Cheltenham Town 1 - 3 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  35. ↑ "Accrington Stanley 1 - 1 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  36. ↑ "Cheltenham Town 1 - 1 Mansfield Town". BBC Sport. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  37. ↑ "Newport County 1 - 1 Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  38. ↑ "Midfielder Jordan Wynter ruled out for rest of the season". Cheltenham Town F.C. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  39. ↑ "Six players made available for transfer by Cheltenham Town, eight released". Cheltenham Town F.C. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  40. ↑ "Fleetwood Town sign striker Wes Burns on loan from Bristol City". Fleetwood Town F.C. 16 February 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016.
  41. ↑ "BRISTOL CITY: Decision to send Wes Burns on loan to Fleetwood makes long-term sense says Lee Johnson". Bristol Post. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  42. ↑ "Fleetwood Town 2 - 1 Scunthorpe United". BBC Sport. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  43. ↑ "Cpventry City 1 - 2 Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  44. ↑ "Fleetwood Town 2 - 1 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  45. ↑ "Burton Albion 3 - 1 Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  46. ↑ "Swindon 1-1 Fleetwood: Nicky Ajose hits 23rd of the season". Sky Sports. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  47. ↑ "Bristol City: Man-of-the-match Wes Burns crashes in fifth goal for Fleetwood Town in Peterborough United win". Bristol Post. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  48. ↑ "Aberdeen sign Bristol City forward Wes Burns on loan". BBC Sport. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  49. ↑ McLeod, Liam (14 July 2016). "Aberdeen 3–0 Ventspils". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  50. ↑ Burns called up for Wales U21. Thisisbristol.co.uk (23 January 2013). Retrieved on 15 July 2014.
  51. ↑ Easterbrook, M. (6 February 2013) Burns scores on Wales U21 debut. thisisbristol.co.uk
  52. ↑ "World Championship qualifier: Wales U21 1–0 Moldova U21". BBC Sport. 22 March 2013.
  53. ↑ "Euro 2016: Wes Burns replaces David Cotterill in Wales squad". BBC. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  54. ↑ "Bristol City: Striker Wes Burns discovered Wales call-up while getting his hair chopped". Bristol Post. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  55. ↑ "No rest for Bristol City's Wes Burns after missing out on Euro 2016 with Wales". Bristol Post. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  56. ↑ "My Euro 2016: Wes Burns". Bristol City F.C. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  57. ↑ Wes Burns career statistics at Soccerbase
  58. ↑ Wes Burns profile at Soccerway
  59. ↑ Includes matches played in Football League Trophy and UEFA Europa League

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