Reece Burke
Burke with West Ham United in 2015
Personal information
Full name Reece Frederick James Burke[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Newham, England
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Luton Town
Number 16
Youth career
2003–2014 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 West Ham United 5 (0)
2015–2016 → Bradford City (loan) 34 (2)
2016–2017 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 10 (1)
2017–2018 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 14 (1)
2018 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 11 (0)
2018–2021 Hull City 104 (4)
2021– Luton Town 53 (2)
International career‡
2013–2014 England U18 4 (0)
2014 England U19 2 (0)
2015–2016 England U20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:14, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:07, 14 October 2015 (UTC)

Reece Frederick James Burke (born 2 September 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Luton Town. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a left-back.

A product of the West Ham United youth system, Burke has also played for Bradford City, where he was the player of the season for the 2015–16 season, and Bolton Wanderers. Internationally he has played for the England Under-18 team, England Under-19 team and England Under-20 team.

Career

West Ham United

Burke joined the West Ham junior team age nine and played youth team football.[3] He made his official debut on 5 January 2014 for West Ham against Nottingham Forest at The City Ground in the FA Cup. Forest won the game 5–0.[4] Burke's first goal for the club came in a pre-season friendly at the Boleyn Ground against Sampdoria. He scored the winning goal in the 90th minute following a cross from fellow youth graduate Elliot Lee's cross.[5] Burke then played the full 120 minutes against Sheffield United in the League Cup second round, with West Ham being eliminated in a penalty shootout.[6] Burke made his Premier League debut on 25 April 2015 in a 0–0 away draw against Queens Park Rangers.[7]

Loan to Bradford City

On 20 August 2015, Burke signed for League One side Bradford City on a one-month loan.[8] On 5 September, Burke scored his first Bradford City and first senior goal in a 2–1 away win against Oldham Athletic.[9] His loan was extended on 18 September for a further month and for a further month in October.[10][11] In November he returned briefly to West Ham for treatment on a knee injury but returned to Bradford where his loan was extended until 2 January 2016.[12] On 26 April 2016, Burke won a total of seven awards at Bradford City's end of season awards, including the Player of the Year award.[13]

Loan to Wigan Athletic

Having already appeared for West Ham in their short-lived Europa League campaign at the beginning of the 2016–17 season, on 30 August 2016, Burke signed on loan for Championship team, Wigan Athletic for the remainder of the season.[14] He scored his first goal for Wigan in a 2–1 win over Huddersfield Town on 28 November 2016.[15]

Loan to Bolton Wanderers

On 1 August 2017, Burke, along with West Ham teammate Josh Cullen, joined Bolton Wanderers on loan until the following January.[16]

Return to West Ham

Burke returned to West Ham in January 2018 and was immediately included in the squad for the FA Cup 3rd round tie at Shrewsbury Town which finished 0–0.[17] He also started the replay at London Stadium on 16 January scoring the only goal of the game in extra time – his first senior goal for the club.[18]

Return to Bolton Wanderers

On 31 January 2018, Burke returned to Bolton on loan.[19]

Hull City

In July 2018, Burke joined Hull City for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £1.5 million.[20] He signed a three-year contract with the Yorkshire club.[21] He made his debut in the first match of the 2018–19 season on 6 August 2018 at home to Aston Villa in a 1–3 defeat.[22] Burke scored his first goal for Hull in the FA Cup first round match on 7 November 2020 against Fleetwood Town helping them to a 2–0 win.[23]

Luton Town

On 2 June 2021, Burke signed a contract with Luton Town to join the club at the end of the month. He signed on a free transfer.[24]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 April 2022 [25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Ham United 2013–14[26] Premier League 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
2014–15[27] 5 0 0 0 1 0 — 6 0
2015–16[28] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2016–17[29] 0 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 2 0
2017–18[30] 0 0 3 1 0 0 — 3 1
Total 5 0 4 1 1 0 5 0 15 1
Bradford City (loan) 2015–16[28] League One 34 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 36 2
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2016–17[29] Championship 10 1 0 0 0 0 — 10 1
Bolton Wanderers (loan) 2017–18[30] Championship 25 1 — 1 0 — 26 1
Hull City 2018–19[31] Championship 34 0 0 0 1 0 — 35 0
2019–20[32] 36 0 1 0 0 0 — 37 0
2020–21[33] League One 34 4 1 1 1 0 1[b] 0 37 5
Total 104 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 110 5
Luton Town 2021–22[34] Championship 25 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 28 2
Career total 203 8 12 4 4 0 6 0 225 12
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Hull City

Luton Town

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Reece Burke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Reece Burke, West Ham United defender player profile – Barclays Premier League". Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Reece Burke". www.whufc.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Nottm Forest 5 v 0 West Ham". BBC Sport. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  5. ^ "West Ham beat Sampdoria 3–2 in an entertaining pre-season clash". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  6. ^ "West Ham 1–1 Sheff Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  7. ^ "QPR 0–0 West Ham". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Reece Burke and Lee Evans join Bradford City on loan". BBC Sport. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Oldham 1 Bradford 2: Burke takes advantage as Bantams end hoodoo". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  10. ^ "West Ham defender Reece Burke to extend loan". www.hitc.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Burke has old head on young shoulders, says Bradford City boss". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  12. ^ "Reece Burke: Bradford City extend defender's loan from West Ham". BBC Sport. 25 November 2015.
  13. ^ a b "BURKE NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Bradford City A.F.C. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Reece Burke: West Ham United defender joins Wigan Athletic on loan". BBC Sport. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  15. ^ "Huddersfield 1–2 Wigan". BBC. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  16. ^ "Reece Burke and Josh Cullen join on loan". Bolton Wanderers Official Site. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Shrewsbury 0–0 West Ham". BBC.
  18. ^ "West Ham 1–0 Shrewsbury". BBC.
  19. ^ "Burke heads to Bolton on loan". West Ham United F.C. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  20. ^ "Reece Burke leaves West Ham in £1.5m Hull City deal". London Evening Standard. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  21. ^ "Reece Burke: Hull City sign West Ham defender for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  22. ^ "Hull City v Aston Villa". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  23. ^ "Hull City 2–0 Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  24. ^ "New Signing | Reece Burke joins the Hatters on a free transfer!". Luton Town FC. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  25. ^ Reece Burke at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  26. ^ "Games played by Reece Burke in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  27. ^ "Games played by Reece Burke in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  28. ^ a b "Games played by Reece Burke in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  29. ^ a b "Games played by Reece Burke in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  30. ^ a b "Games played by Reece Burke in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  31. ^ "Games played by Reece Burke in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  32. ^ "Games played by Reece Burke in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  33. ^ "Games played by Reece Burke in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  34. ^ "Games played by Reece Burke in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  35. ^ "Hull City 3–1 Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  36. ^ "Luton win shootout to reach Premier League". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  37. ^ "Premier League Young Players of the Year 2014/15: Club by Club". offthepostnews.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

External links

Luton Town F.C. – current squad
Bradford City A.F.C. – Player of the Year
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