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Callum Burton
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Newport, Shropshire, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Shrewsbury Town
Number 25
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Shrewsbury Town 0 (0)
2013Markey Drayton Town (loan)
2013Workington (loan) 1 (0)
2014–2015Nuneaton Town (loan) 3 (0)
2015Southport (loan) 4 (0)
International career
2012 England U16 1 (0)
2012 England U17 5 (0)
2013–2014 England U18 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 February 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 March 2014

Callum Burton (born 15 August 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Shrewsbury Town. He also represented England up to under-18 level.

Club career

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Born in Newport, Shropshire, Burton attended Adams' Grammar School.[1] Formed at Shrewsbury Town, on 27 August 2013 he went to nearby Market Drayton Town of the Northern Premier League on a work experience loan.[2] In September, he was loaned to Conference North team Workington,[3] where he made one appearance, a 4–0 loss at Worcester City on 21 September.[4] On 24 February 2014, he signed a two-year professional contract at Shrewsbury.[5]

On 30 August 2014, Burton had his first call-up for Shrewsbury, remaining an unused substitute in their 2–0 home win over Luton Town in League Two.[6] On 23 December, he went on an emergency loan to Conference Premier side Nuneaton Town.[7] He made his debut three days later in a 4–4 home draw with AFC Telford United.[8] His two other appearances for the Warwickshire club were clean sheets: a 1–0 win at Altrincham on 28 December for the team's first away win of the season,[9] and a goalless draw at Telford on 1 January 2015 for which BBC Sport credited him with the result.[10]

On 17 January, Burton went to another team of the same division, Southport, on a month-long loan.[11] He made his debut for the Merseyside club later that day, keeping a clean sheet in a goalless home draw against Chester;[12] his three other games of his loan were all defeats.

International career

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Burton made his international debut for England under-16 in a win over Spain on 16 February 2012, keeping a clean sheet in Madrid.[1] On 7 August that year, at the Nordic Tournament in Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands, he made his under-17 debut in a 4–2 win over Finland.[13][14] His under-18 debut came on 14 October 2013 in a 4–0 win over Hungary at St George's Park, replacing Ted Smith for the final two minutes.[15]

Style of play

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Burton is a fan of German football, and as a child idolised Oliver Kahn and more recently Manuel Neuer and Marc-André ter Stegen, while also looking up to England goalkeeper Joe Hart, who was also formed at Shrewsbury Town.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Shropshire pair get England football call". Shropshire Star. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Callum gets experience at Market Drayton". Shrewsbury Town F.C. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Callum Joins Workington". Shrewsbury Town F.C. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. ^ Armstrong, Paul (21 September 2013). "City trip best forgotten". Workington A.F.C. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Shrewsbury Town sign teenage trio on professional contracts". BBC Sport. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Shrewsbury 2-0 Luton". BBC Sport. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Callum Burton: Nuneaton Town sign young Shrewsbury keeper". BBC Sport. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Nuneaton 4-4 Telford". BBC Sport. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Altrincham 0-1 Nuneaton". BBC Sport. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Telford 0-0 Nuneaton". BBC Sport. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Southport sign Shrewsbury Town goalkeeper Callum Burton on loan". BBC Sport. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Southport 0-0 Chester". BBC Sport. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Finland vs England 2-4 (1-1)". Faroe Islands Football Association. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  14. ^ Marshall, James (2 September 2012). "BURTON AT HOME AT SGP". The FA. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  15. ^ Shergold, Adam (15 October 2013). "England U18 4 Hungary U18 0: Fewster and Kent bag doubles as Young Lions cruise". Daily Mail. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  16. ^ Callow, James (15 April 2014). "Callum Burton: Manuel Neuer and Joe Hart are heroes to me". The FA. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
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