Jake Joshua Burton (born 15 November 2001) is an English professional

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who plays as a

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for

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side

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they adop ...

Playing career

Tranmere Rovers

Burton graduated through the academy at

, breaking into the first team squad alongside George Nugent and Kyle Hayde. He made his first team debut for the club in a 2–1 defeat to Leicester City F.C. Under-21's in the

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, and signed his first professional contract in July 2020. He made his

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debut on 10 October 2020 starting in a match against Salford City. He made one further league appearance that season, played in an

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match and featured in Tranmere's losing

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appearance against Sunderland on 14 March 2021. Burton returned from a loan spell for the start of the 2022-23 season, scoring in the clubs first pre-season friendly; a 2-2 draw against

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, and appeared as a 65th minute substitute in the clubs 2nd pre-season friendly, a 1-0 victory over

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. After a short loan spell at

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, Burton was recalled prior to the visit of

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& replaced Elliott Nevitt in the 80th minute of the game. He scored his first senior goal for the club after just 3 minutes on the pitch; latching on to a Paul Lewis cross to head home Tranmere's second goal of the game.

Loan periods

In September 2021 he went on a month's loan to

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. This loan was twice extended by a month each time until the end of the year. He made 15 appearances for the club, including 11 in the Northern Premier League, scoring three goals. He returned to the club towards the end of March 2022 for a second loan spell. Burton joined

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at the start of the

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season, initially on loan until January 2023, but was recalled after one month, having played in all 4 of Marine's league games; scoring twice.

Career statistics

Honours

Tranmere Rovers *

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runner-up:

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References

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