Reece Burke
{{short description|English footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Reece Burke
| image = Reece Burke May 2015.jpg
| upright = 0.9
| caption = Burke with West Ham United in 2015
| full_name = Reece Frederick James Burke{{Hugman|26925|accessdate=3 October 2015}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1996|9|2}}
| birth_place = Newham, England
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Luton Town
| clubnumber = 16
| youthyears1 = 2003–2014
| youthclubs1 = West Ham United
| years1 = 2014–2018
| clubs1 = West Ham United
| caps1 = 5
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2015–2016
| clubs2 = → Bradford City (loan)
| caps2 = 34
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2016–2017
| clubs3 = → Wigan Athletic (loan)
| caps3 = 10
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2017–2018
| clubs4 = → Bolton Wanderers (loan)
| caps4 = 14
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2018
| clubs5 = → Bolton Wanderers (loan)
| caps5 = 11
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2018–2021
| clubs6 = Hull City
| caps6 = 104
| goals6 = 4
| years7 = 2021–
| clubs7 = Luton Town
| caps7 = 69
| goals7 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2013–2014
| nationalteam1 = England U18
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2014
| nationalteam2 = England U19
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2015–2016
| nationalteam3 = England U20
| nationalcaps3 = 4
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| club-update = 18:38, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 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 {{English football updater|LutonTow}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.whufc.com/articles/reece-burke-west-ham_2228487_68832 |title=Reece Burke |publisher=www.whufc.com |accessdate=16 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106074209/http://www.whufc.com/articles/reece-burke-west-ham_2228487_68832 |archivedate=6 January 2014}} 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.{{cite news |title=Nottm Forest 5 v 0 West Ham |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25539803 |accessdate=5 January 2014 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=5 January 2014}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11685/9414854/west-ham-beat-sampdoria-3-2-in-an-entertaining-pre-season-clash |title=West Ham beat Sampdoria 3–2 in an entertaining pre-season clash |website=Sky Sports|access-date=23 September 2020}} 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.{{cite news |title=West Ham 1–1 Sheff Utd |date=25 August 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28847232 |publisher=BBC Sport | access-date=27 August 2014}} Burke made his Premier League debut on 25 April 2015 in a 0–0 away draw against Queens Park Rangers.{{cite web |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/313723/report |title=QPR 0–0 West Ham |publisher=Sky Sports | access-date=25 April 2015}}
==Loan to Bradford City==
On 20 August 2015, Burke signed for League One side Bradford City on a one-month loan.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34006855 |title=Reece Burke and Lee Evans join Bradford City on loan |publisher=BBC Sport |date=20 August 2015 | access-date=20 August 2015}} On 5 September, Burke scored his first Bradford City and first senior goal in a 2–1 away win against Oldham Athletic.{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/bradford/oldham-1-bradford-2-burke-takes-advantage-as-bantams-end-hoodoo-1-7446984 |title=Oldham 1 Bradford 2: Burke takes advantage as Bantams end hoodoo |work=Yorkshire Post | access-date=18 September 2015}} His loan was extended on 18 September for a further month and for a further month in October.{{cite news |url=http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2015/09/18/west-ham-defender-burke-to-extend-bradford-loan/ |title=West Ham defender Reece Burke to extend loan |work=www.hitc.com | access-date=18 September 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/13904017.Burke_has_old_head_on_young_shoulders__says_Bradford_City_boss/ |title=Burke has old head on young shoulders, says Bradford City boss |website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=29 October 2015 }} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34925525 |title=Reece Burke: Bradford City extend defender's loan from West Ham |date=25 November 2015 |publisher=BBC Sport}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/burke-named-player-of-the-year-3081320.aspx |title=BURKE NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR |date=26 April 2016|access-date=27 April 2016 |publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.}}
==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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37224182 |title=Reece Burke: West Ham United defender joins Wigan Athletic on loan |publisher=BBC Sport |date=30 August 2016 | access-date=31 August 2016}} He scored his first goal for Wigan in a 2–1 win over Huddersfield Town on 28 November 2016.{{cite news |title=Huddersfield 1–2 Wigan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38047433 |publisher=BBC |date=28 November 2016 |access-date=2 December 2016}}
==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.{{cite web |url=https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/2017/august/reece-burke-and-josh-cullen-join-on-loan/ |title=Reece Burke and Josh Cullen join on loan |publisher=Bolton Wanderers Official Site |date=1 August 2017 | access-date=1 August 2017}}
==Return to West Ham==
Burke returned to West Ham in January 2018 and was immediately included in the squad for the FA Cup third round tie at Shrewsbury Town which finished 0–0.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42596651/ |title=Shrewsbury 0–0 West Ham |website=BBC}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42616207 |title=West Ham 1–0 Shrewsbury |work=BBC Sport |date=15 January 2018 }}
==Return to Bolton Wanderers==
=Hull City=
In July 2018, Burke joined Hull City for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £1.5 million.{{cite news |title=Reece Burke leaves West Ham in £1.5m Hull City deal |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/reece-burke-leaves-west-ham-in-15m-hull-city-deal-a3883811.html |access-date=1 November 2018 |newspaper=London Evening Standard |date=10 July 2018}} He signed a three-year contract with the Yorkshire club.{{cite web |title=Reece Burke: Hull City sign West Ham defender for undisclosed fee |publisher=BBC Sport |date=10 July 2018 | access-date = 10 July 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44781780}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45001925 |title=Hull City v Aston Villa |date=6 August 2018 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |accessdate=6 August 2018}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54840037 |title=Hull City 2–0 Fleetwood Town |date=7 November 2020 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |accessdate=7 November 2020}}
=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.{{cite web |url=https://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/2021/june/reece-burke/ |title=New Signing | Reece Burke joins the Hatters on a free transfer! |publisher=Luton Town FC |accessdate=2 June 2021}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 11 May 2024}} {{soccerway|reece-burke/326358|accessdate=4 July 2015}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="6"|West Ham United
|2013–14{{soccerbase season|74210|2013|access-date=6 October 2017}} |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15{{soccerbase season|74210|2014|access-date=6 October 2017}}
|Premier League |5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16{{soccerbase season|74210|2015|access-date=6 October 2017}}
|Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in Europa League}} | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2016–17{{soccerbase season|74210|2016|access-date=6 October 2017}}
|Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UEL}} | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017–18{{soccerbase season|74210|2017|access-date=6 October 2017}}
|Premier League |0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| Bradford City (loan)
|34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| Wigan Athletic (loan)
|10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 1 | ||
| Bolton Wanderers (loan)
|Championship |25 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="4"|Hull City
|2018–19{{soccerbase season|74210|2018|access-date=2 August 2018}} |Championship |34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20{{soccerbase season|74210|2019|access-date=3 August 2019}}
|Championship |36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21{{soccerbase season|74210|2020|accessdate=5 September 2020}}
|League One |34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=EFL|Appearances in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 37 | 5 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!104 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 5 | |
| rowspan="4"|Luton Town
|2021–22{{soccerbase season|74210|2021|accessdate=16 September 2021}} |Championship |27 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=CPOF|Appearances in EFL Championship play-offs}} | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
| 2022–23{{soccerbase season|74210|2022|access-date=8 March 2024}}
|Championship |20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=CPOF}} | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
| 2023–24{{soccerbase season|74210|2023|access-date=8 March 2024}}
|Premier League |22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!69 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 83 | 4 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!247 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 280 | 14 |
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Honours
Hull City
- EFL League One: 2020–21{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56869267 |title=Hull City 3–1 Wigan Athletic |date=1 May 2021 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 May 2021}}
Luton Town
- EFL Championship play-offs: 2023{{Cite news |title=Luton win shootout to reach Premier League |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65654937 |access-date=27 May 2023}}
Individual
- West Ham United Young Player of the Year: 2014–15{{cite news |url=http://www.offthepostnews.co.uk/premier-league-young-players-of-the-year-201415-club-by-club/ |title=Premier League Young Players of the Year 2014/15: Club by Club |publisher=offthepostnews.co.uk |accessdate=28 June 2017}}
- Bradford City Player of the Year: 2015–16
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- [http://www.thefa.com/england/all-teams/players/reece-burke England profile] at The FA
{{Luton Town F.C. squad}}
{{Bradford City A.F.C. Player of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burke, Reece}}
Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Newham
Category:English men's footballers
Category:England men's youth international footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:West Ham United F.C. players
Category:Premier League players
Category:Bradford City A.F.C. players
Category:Wigan Athletic F.C. players
Category:Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Hull City A.F.C. players
Category:Luton Town F.C. players