Lorenzo Burnet

{{short description|Dutch footballer (born 1991)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lorenzo Burnet

| image = Burnet11.jpg

| caption = Burnet with Groningen in 2011

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|1|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands

| height = 1.70 m

| position = Left-back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Zeeburgia{{cite book |page=88 |publisher=Voetbal International |title=Seizoengids 2011/2012 |language=Dutch}}

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Ajax

| years1 = 2011–2016

| clubs1 = Groningen{{cite web |url=http://www.fcgstats.nl/speler.php?plid=361&plnf=0&cmid=all&hmaw=all&tmid=all&szid=all |publisher=FCGSTATS.NL (FC Groningen Statistics) |accessdate=14 August 2011 |language=Dutch |title=Lorenzo Burnet}}

| caps1 = 104

| goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2016–2017

| clubs2 = Slovan Bratislava

| caps2 = 8

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2017

| clubs3 = → NEC (loan)

| caps3 = 9

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2017–2019

| clubs4 = Excelsior

| caps4 = 33

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2019–2020

| clubs5 = Emmen

| caps5 = 20

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2020–2021

| clubs6 = HB Køge

| caps6 = 10

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2021–2024

| clubs7 = Emmen

| caps7 = 65

| goals7 = 2

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Netherlands U17{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=1908208/profile/index.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208212129/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=1908208/profile/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 February 2013 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=14 August 2011 |title=Lorenzo Burnet}}

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 =

| nationalteam2 = Netherlands U19

| nationalcaps2 = 3

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| pcupdate = 08:45, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

| ntupdate =

}}

Lorenzo Burnet (born 11 January 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

Club career

After starting as a footballer at amateur East Amsterdam club AVV Zeeburgia, Burnet joined the top-ranked Ajax Amsterdam youth system in 2004.{{cite web |url=http://www.ajaxinside.nl/spelers/profiel/58/Lorenzo-Burnet |publisher=Ajaxinside.nl |accessdate=14 August 2011 |language=Dutch |title=Lorenzo Burnet}} He spent seven years as a youth player for Ajax but was not offered a senior contract.

In April 2011, Burnet and his team-mate Johan Kappelhof reached a three-year agreement with fellow Eredivisie club Groningen, a club managed by former Ajax youth coach Pieter Huistra. Burnet made his debut in a league game against Roda JC Kerkrade on 7 August 2011. He helped the Green-White Army win the KNVB Cup in 2014–15 against defending champions PEC Zwolle. It was their first major trophy and they qualified for the UEFA Europa League.{{cite news|title=Groningen claim first trophy with KNVB Cup triumph|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/462/netherlands/2015/05/04/11389992/groningen-claim-first-trophy-with-knvb-cup-triumph|accessdate=18 May 2015|work=Goal.com|date=4 May 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://za.soccerway.com/matches/2015/05/03/netherlands/knvb-beker/bvo-fc-zwolle/stichting-fc-groningen/2028581/|title=PEC Zwolle vs. Groningen - 3 May 2015 - Soccerway|website=za.soccerway.com}}

In May 2016, he joined Slovak club Slovan Bratislava.{{cite web|url=https://profutbal.sk/clanok/208607-do-slovana-mieri-dalsi-odchovanec-ajaxu-amsterdam|title=Do Slovana mieri ďalší odchovanec Ajaxu Amsterdam - ProFutbal.sk|website=profutbal.sk}} After making 8 appearances he was loaned out to NEC Nijmegen.

In June 2017, Burnet signed a two-year deal with Excelsior after his contract with Slovan Bratislava had been dissolved[https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/excelsior-haalt-transfervrije-burnet-binnen Excelsior haalt transfervrije Burnet binnen] (Dutch). Voetbal International. 23 June 2017. After playing the 2019–20 season for FC Emmen, Burnet moved to Denmark where he signed a season-long deal on 18 October 2020 with Danish 1st Division club HB Køge.[https://www.hbkoge.dk/hb-koege-skriver-med-rutineret-hollandsk-back/ HB Køge skriver med rutineret hollandsk back], hbkoge.dk, 18 October 2020 He left the club again at the end of the 2020–21 season.[https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/1-division/stor-udskiftning-10-spillere-forlader-dansk-klub Stor udskiftning: 10 spillere forlader dansk klub], tipsbladet.dk, 13 May 2021

On 15 July 2021, he returned to Emmen on a one-year deal.{{cite web|publisher=Emmen|url=https://fcemmen.nl/welkom-lorenzo-burnet-2/|title=LORENZO BURNET TERUG IN EMMEN

|date=15 July 2021|accessdate=3 October 2021|language=nl}}

International career

Burnet was born in the Netherlands and is of Surinamese descent.{{cite web|url=http://www.natiosuriname.com/2009/11/inventarisatie-suriprof-verdedigers.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054259/http://www.natiosuriname.com/2009/11/inventarisatie-suriprof-verdedigers.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=Inventarisatie Suriprof verdedigers|first=Gepost door Rajesh|last=Gayadien|publisher=}} Burnet represented the Netherlands at various youth level, including under-17 and under-19.

Honours

Groningen

References

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