Sean Burns (footballer)

Sean Burns (born 6 October 1991 in Rutherglen) is a Scottish semi-professional footballer who plays for Stranraer as a utility player. He made over 200 Scottish League appearances for Queen's Park and was capped by Scotland at U19 level.

Sean Burns
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-10-06) 6 October 1991
Place of birth Rutherglen, Scotland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Utility player
Club information
Current team
 Stranraer
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 St Mirren 2 (0)
2010–2011 Airdrie United 3 (0)
2011–2018 Queen's Park 210 (19)
2018–2019 Brechin City 30 (2)
2019–2020 Forfar Athletic 8 (1)
2020 Stenhousemuir 4 (0)
2020– Stranraer 3 (0)
National team
2009 Scotland U19 1 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:09, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

St Mirren

A product of the St Mirren youth system, Burns won his maiden calls into the first team squad for two late-2007–08 season matches, but remained an unused substitute during both.[2] He made his senior debut for the club as a substitute for Dennis Wyness after 72 minutes of a 2–2 Scottish Premier League draw with Falkirk on 14 February 2009.[3] Burns made two further substitute appearances during the 2008–09 season,[3] but failed to appear again before his release at the end of the 2009–10 season.[4]

Airdrie United

On 19 August 2010, Burns joined Second Division club Airdrie United on a contract running until the end of the year.[5] He made four appearances before his release.[6][7]

Queen's Park

In April 2010, Burns joined Scottish Third Division club Queen's Park on a contract running until the end of the 2010–11 season.[8] He appeared in the Spiders' Second Division play-off campaign,[1] but could not help the team to promotion.[9] Burns signed a new contract in July 2011 and remained at Hampden Park until the end of the 2017–18 season,[10] but which time he had made 265 appearances and scored 26 goals for the club.[1] He was a part of the team that was promoted from League Two at the end of the 2015–16 season and was voted the club's Player of the Year.[11][12] He also captained the team and played in every outfield position.[13][14]

Brechin City

On 27 May 2018, Burns transferred to League One club Brechin City.[15] He made 36 appearances and scored two goals during a dreadful 2018–19 season,[16] which culminated in relegation to League Two.[17] Burns departed Glebe Park at the end of the season.[18]

Forfar Athletic

On 29 May 2019, Burns joined League One club Forfar Athletic on a one-year contract.[18] He made 13 appearances and scored one goal before his departure in January 2020.[19][20]

Stenhousemuir

On 25 January 2020, Burns transferred to League Two club Stenhousemuir on a contract running until the end of the 2019–20 season.[20] He made four appearances before he was released.[19][21]

Stranraer

On 5 July 2020, Burns signed a contract with newly-relegated League Two club Stranraer.[22]

International career

Burns was capped by Scotland at U19 level.[23]

Honours

Queen's Park

Individual

Career statistics
As of match played 7 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Mirren 2007–08[24] Scottish Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2008–09[3] 2 0 1 0 0 0 — 3 0
2009–10[25] 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 2 0 1 0 0 0 — 3 0
Airdrie United 2010–11[6] Scottish Second Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 4 0
Queen's Park 2010–11[1] Scottish Third Division 1 0 — — 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 3 0
2011–12[1] 26 3 3 1 1 0 2[lower-alpha 3] 0 32 4
2012–13[1] 27 5 2 0 3 1 3[lower-alpha 4] 1 35 6
2013–14[26] Scottish League Two 28 1 3 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 33 1
2014–15[27] 32 4 2 1 1 0 4[lower-alpha 2] 0 39 5
2015–16[11] 32 3 3 0 1 0 8[lower-alpha 5] 1 44 4
2016–17[28] Scottish League One 30 0 3 0 4 2 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 39 2
2017–18[29] 34 3 0 0 3 0 3[lower-alpha 6] 0 40 3
Total 210 19 16 2 14 3 25 2 265 26
Brechin City 2018–19[16] Scottish League One 30 2 1 0 4 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 36 2
Forfar Athletic 2019–20[19] Scottish League One 8 1 0 0 4 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 13 1
Stenhousemuir 2019–20[19] Scottish League Two 4 0 — — — 4 0
Stranraer 2020–21[30] Scottish League Two 3 0 0 0 2 0 — 5 0
Career total 2602218224327232629
  1. Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Appearances in Scottish Third Division/Scottish League Two play-offs
  3. 1 appearance in Scottish Third Division play-offs, 1 appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup
  4. 2 appearances in Scottish Third Division play-offs, 1 appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup
  5. 4 appearances and 1 goal in Scottish League Two play-offs, 4 appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
  6. 2 appearances in Scottish League One play-offs, 1 appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup

References
  1. Sean Burns at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. "Sean Burns Player Profile". ESPN FC. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  4. "Sean Burns Player Profile". ESPN FC. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. "Burns is hot enough for Airdrie". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. "Sean Burns Player Profile". ESPN FC. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  7. "Airdrie sign striker Ferguson". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  8. "Burns out to hot-up Spiders attack". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  9. Queen's Park F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  10. "Queen's Park keep Sean Burns". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  11. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  12. "Player of the Year". The Queen's Park Football Club. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  13. "Blog 32 – The Club Captain and Other Matters". The Queen's Park Football Club. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  14. "Brechin close in on Burns as Lichties eye Jamieson". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  15. "Brechin City Football Club". www.brechincity.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  16. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  17. Brechin City F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  18. Coutts, Chris. "One in – One out at Station Park". www.forfarathletic.co.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  19. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  20. Swinney, Jamie (25 January 2020). "Sean Burns joins the Warriors". Stenhousemuir FC. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  21. Swinney, Jamie (12 June 2020). "Players departing". Stenhousemuir FC. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  22. "Burns agrees terms". Stranraer FC. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  23. Sean Burns at the Scottish Football Association
  24. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  25. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  26. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  27. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  28. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  29. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  30. "Games played by Sean Burns in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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