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He was also in the squad that failed to qualify for the 2002 World cup and was again included on the roster for the 2000 Gold Cup.[http://www.concacaf.com/Signals.asp?id=1/11/2000&year=2000]. |
He was also in the squad that failed to qualify for the 2002 World cup and was again included on the roster for the 2000 Gold Cup.[http://www.concacaf.com/Signals.asp?id=1/11/2000&year=2000]. |
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He was included in the qualifying squad for the 2003 Gold Cup making substitute appearances[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/caribe02.html] but was dropped from the squad after qualification[http://www.reggaeboyz.com.jm/index081503.htm]. Deon had to wait 3 years for his next international involvement - against England. |
He was included in the qualifying squad for the 2003 Gold Cup making substitute appearances[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/caribe02.html] but was dropped from the squad after qualification[http://www.reggaeboyz.com.jm/index081503.htm]. Deon had to wait 3 years for his next international involvement - against England. |
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If you get told you have a "Deon Burton" then it means you have a big cock. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
Revision as of 21:03, 12 February 2008
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Deon John Burton | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
Number | 10 | ||
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC) |
Deon John Burton (born 25 October 1976 in Reading, England) is a British-Jamaican football striker who currently plays for Sheffield Wednesday.
Football career
Club
Burton began his professional career with Portsmouth, with whom he made his debut in the 1993–94 league season, playing in two games. Burton would play intermittently for Portsmouth over the next three seasons before a £1m move to Derby County for the 1997–98 season. Burton would again struggle to establish a starting role at Derby, playing intermittently there until 2002–03, when he would again return to Portsmouth. Burton stayed shortly at Portsmouth, but, unable to establish a starting role, was loaned to Walsall and Swindon Town, before moving to Brentford for the 2004–05 campaign, helping the club to the play-off semi-finals.
In July 2005 he joined Rotherham United on a free transfer. After an impressive first half of the season, scoring 14 goals in just 27 appearances including his career's first hat-trick against Blackpool, Championship strugglers Sheffield Wednesday bought Burton off Rotherham for a fee of £110k (considered a derisory amount by most Rotherham supporters, considering his impressive goal tally). This caused much controversy amongst the Rotherham public, as Burton was alleged to have trained with Sheffield Wednesday before the transfer window opened. He also failed to turn up at the Yorkshire derby between Rotherham and Doncaster Rovers on New Year's Eve. He then told local radio his young children were suffering from a virus which he caught, leading to him missing games and training for the "Millers". He scored his first goal for the Owls in March 2006 against QPR after recovering from a minor injury, his first in nine appearances.
He went on to play a crucial part in Sheffield Wednesday's Championship survival and returned to play against his old club Derby County on the final day of the 2005–06 season, captaining the Wednesday side.
His good form for Wednesday led to a recall to the international stage. Named as a standby for the friendlies against Ghana and England, he was eventually called up as a replacement for Watford striker Marlon King who was sent home for a breach of discipline. Burton made a second-half appearance as substitute in the 6-0 defeat to England.
Despite only scoring one goal with four months of the 2006–07 campaign gone, Burton's second half of season form was excellent. He scored twelve more goals, making him the club's joint top scorer for the season, alongside Steve MacLean.
In mid-January 2007, Burton was linked with a move to League Two side MK Dons, but Burton refuted the rumours by saying that he would be signing a new contract.
Deon reached a milestone 100 career goals at club level on boxing day 2007. Scoring a penalty against Burnley at Turf Moor
International
Burton made his Jamaican debut on 7 September 1997 in the latter stages of their World Cup qualifying campaign. He finished with four goals from five games, an exploit which won him Jamaica's Sportsman of the Year Award for almost single-handedly getting the country to the 1998 finals. However he failed to score in France.[1] He also appeared in each of Jamaica's games as they finished fourth in the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup but he failed to score.[2] He was also in the squad that failed to qualify for the 2002 World cup and was again included on the roster for the 2000 Gold Cup.[3]. He was included in the qualifying squad for the 2003 Gold Cup making substitute appearances[4] but was dropped from the squad after qualification[5]. Deon had to wait 3 years for his next international involvement - against England. If you get told you have a "Deon Burton" then it means you have a big cock.
External links
- Deon Burton at Soccerbase
- The Reggae Boyz Supporterz Club (Official Site)