Jaheem Burke (born 19 August 2001) is a Swedish

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who plays for IFK Haninge as a winger.

Club career

Burke was born in Jamaica. He moved with his father to Sweden at the age of 11, and took up football, with which he had little acquaintance until then. Burke joined the youth sector of

Rågsveds IF Rågsveds IF is a Swedish association football, football club located in Hagsätra. Background Rågsveds IF will start 2015 playing in Swedish football Division 4, Division 4 Stockholm Södra which is the sixth tier of Swedish football league sy ...

. Moving to

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and then IFK Haninge, an assist made by Burke in an U19 match went viral with 5 million views through the Dutch Instagram outlet 433. Burke made his senior debut for Haninge in 2018 before spending time in Spain with

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during the 2019–20 season. He returned to Sweden for the postponed start of the 2020 season, joining Division 3 team Fagersta Södra IK. After only one game, he joined childhood team Rågsved. Three of his goals in the Rågsved jersey came as a

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. In 2021 he played his first full season in senior football, scoring 6 times for

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. Burke was therefore picked up by

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sophomores

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ahead of the 2022 season. Burke signed four-year deal. He made his Allsvenskan debut on 10 April 2022 against Kalmar. His first Allsvenskan goal came against Häcken in May 2022. During the course of the autumn, he was loaned out to

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where he made his debut in

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. Ahead of the 2023 season he went on to Superettan team Västerås SK. In the summer of 2023 he was temporarily sidelined because of EKG irregularities and fear of a

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. After helping win the

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, Burke was sold to

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, for whom he signed a two-and-a-half year contract in January 2024. In February 2024 Burke made his

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debut for Trnava, in February 2024 in a 1–0 away loss against

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. He made a permanent transfer back to Sweden ahead of the 2025 season, joining newcomers to the Swedish third tier, IFK Haninge.

Personal life

In 2024, Burke stated his desire to choose Jamaica over Sweden, should he be called up to play internationally.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burke, Jaheem 2001 births Living people Jamaican emigrants to Sweden Footballers from Stockholm Swedish men's footballers Men's association football forwards IFK Haninge players Hammarby Talang FF players Varbergs BoIS players Norrby IF players Västerås SK Fotboll players FC Spartak Trnava players Kormákur/Hvöt players Ettan Fotboll players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Slovak First Football League players 2. deild karla players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Varbergs GIF players