Seth Burkett

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Seth Burkett
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 (age 33)[1]
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.[2]

Early and personal life[edit]

Burkett was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire,[citation needed] and grew up in nearby Barnack, also in Cambridgeshire.[3]

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.[4][5]

Football career[edit]

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.[6] After leaving the Peterborough youth system, Burkett joined non-league club Stamford, where he was Captain of the youth team.[7] He later made 12 appearances for Stamford's senior team after making his debut in September 2008.[8] Burkett also spent time on loan at March Town United during the first few games of the 2009–10 season.[4]

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,[9] a club from the state league of Mato Grosso. He made his debut with the club in a friendly match in November 2009.[9] 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.[9] 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.[9] After the end of his contract, in May 2010, Burkett had negotiations with another Brazilian club side, Taboão.[2][3][5]

After leaving Brazil in June 2010, Burkett enrolled at Loughborough University.[9]

He re-joined Stamford in summer 2010,[10][11] signing an extension in July 2011.[12]

Futsal career[edit]

In 2011, he was also called up to the England futsal squad.[13] He played for Loughborough Futsal from 2010 to 2015, and later played for London United Futsal and Baku United FC.[14]

Writing career[edit]

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.[15][16]

References[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ "Seth Burkett – Defender". Stamford A.F.C. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b "English lad Seth Burkett starring in Brazil with Sorriso EC". Tribal Football. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  3. ^ a b "A football career in Brazil for Barnack's Seth Burkett". BBC News. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  4. ^ a b Adam Lazzari (28 January 2010). "Forget Pele and Ronaldo...it's Seth, the boy in Brazil". The Cambs Times. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  5. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e 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. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  11. ^ "Clark turning Daniels into lean, mean machine!". Non-League Daily. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  12. ^ "Stamford squad taking shape". Non-League Daily. 6 July 2011. 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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