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English footballer (born 1991)

Seth Burkett
Burkett playing for Loughborough Futsal in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Peterborough, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Peterborough United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Stamford 12 (0)
2009 → March Town United (loan)
2009–2010 Sorriso EC 0 (0)
2010 Stamford
2010–2015 Loughborough Futsal
London United Futsal
Baku United Futsal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:31, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Seth Burkett (born 14 March 1991) is an English writer and futsal player and former professional footballer.

A defender, Burkett formerly played in Brazil for Sorriso EC, a team in the state league of Mato Grosso. While there, he attracted some attention as the only British footballer playing professionally in Brazil.

Early and personal life

Burkett was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, and grew up in nearby Barnack, also in Cambridgeshire.

Burkett is related to the former professional footballer Charlie Williams, who was also active in Brazil, as a manager with Fluminense and Corinthians. Williams has been described in the media as Burkett's great-granduncle.

Football career

Burkett began his football career with the youth team of hometown club Peterborough United, before later rejecting a contract offer from non-league team Kettering Town to continue his school studies at A-Level. After leaving the Peterborough youth system, Burkett joined non-league club Stamford, where he was Captain of the youth team. He later made 12 appearances for Stamford's senior team after making his debut in September 2008. Burkett also spent time on loan at March Town United during the first few games of the 2009–10 season.

In June 2009, while on a tournament with the Stamford youth team in Salvador da Bahia in the northeast of Brazil, Burkett was spotted by a football agent who helped him sign a six-month contract with Sorriso EC, a club from the state league of Mato Grosso. He made his debut with the club in a friendly match in November 2009. Burkett attracted some media attention in Brazil in January 2010 when Sorriso took him to the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, an annual under-18 youth tournament run by the São Paulo Football Federation, as English players are rare in Brazilian clubs. "I was a substitute in all three matches," reported Seth Burkett from this event. During his six months with the club, Burkett played a total of fifteen minutes for the first-team of Sorriso, which was in a pre-season friendly in January 2010. After the end of his contract, in May 2010, Burkett had negotiations with another Brazilian club side, Taboão.

After leaving Brazil in June 2010, Burkett enrolled at Loughborough University.

He re-joined Stamford in summer 2010, signing an extension in July 2011.

Futsal career

In 2011, he was also called up to the England futsal squad. He played for Loughborough Futsal from 2010 to 2015, and later played for London United Futsal and Baku United FC.

Writing career

In 2014, he released a book on his time in Brazil, called The Boy in Brazil, which made The Independent's 'Book of the Week' in June.

References

Footnotes

  1. "Seth Burkett – Defender". Stamford A.F.C. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  2. ^ "English lad Seth Burkett starring in Brazil with Sorriso EC". Tribal Football. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  3. ^ "A football career in Brazil for Barnack's Seth Burkett". BBC News. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  4. ^ Adam Lazzari (28 January 2010). "Forget Pele and Ronaldo...it's Seth, the boy in Brazil". The Cambs Times. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  5. ^ Adam Lazzari (23 May 2010). "Seth is a true Brazil nut". The Wisbech Standard. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  6. "Brazilian fans go nuts over Seth". Peterborough Telegraph. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  7. "Burkett in Brazil". Stamford A.F.C. official website. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  8. "Stamford Youngster to Return to Brazil". Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. official website. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  9. ^ Burkett, Seth (29 December 2011). "Seth Burkett: My Year in Brazil". Les Rosbifs. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012.
  10. "Clark's squad is coming together". Non-League Daily. 23 June 2010. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  11. "Clark turning Daniels into lean, mean machine!". Non-League Daily. 24 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  12. "Stamford squad taking shape". Non-League Daily. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  13. "Five Loughborough University Futsal players receive England call". Loughborough Football. 19 April 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  14. "Seth Burkett – Loughborough Futsal". Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  15. "Book of the week: The Boy in Brazil by Seth Burkett". The Independent. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  16. Aarons, Ed (1 June 2014). "How a Peterborough reject became the first British professional in Brazil". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
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