Wayne Burnett

Wayne Burnett
Personal information
Full name Wayne Burnett[1]
Date of birth (1971-09-04) 4 September 1971 (age 53)[1]
Place of birth Lambeth, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
(U23's Head Coach)
Youth career
Leyton Orient
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1992 Leyton Orient 40 (4)
1992–1993 Blackburn Rovers 3 (0)
1993–1995 Plymouth Argyle 70 (3)
1995–1996 Bolton Wanderers 3 (0)
1996 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 3 (0)
1996–1998 Huddersfield Town 102 (4)
1998 → Grimsby Town (loan) 0 (0)
1998–2002 Grimsby Town 103 (5)
2002 Woking 3 (0)
2002–2003 Grays Athletic
2003 Fisher Athletic
2004 Peterborough United 0 (0)
Total 327 (16)
Managerial career
2004–2005 Fisher Athletic
2006–2007 Dulwich Hamlet
2007–2008 Fisher Athletic
2008–2009 Grays Athletic
2013–2015 Dagenham & Redbridge
2017– Tottenham Hotspur (U23's)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wayne Burnett (born 4 September 1971) is an English football coach and former footballer who is manager of Tottenham Hotspur under-23's team.

As a player Burnett was a midfielder from 1989 until 2004 notably playing in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle, Huddersfield Town and Grimsby Town. Whilst at Grimsby he scored the winning golden goal in the 1998 Football League Trophy final. He also briefly played Premier League football for Blackburn Rovers and also played in the Football League for Leyton Orient, Bolton Wanderers and Peterborough United as well as playing non-League football for Woking, Grays Athletic and Fisher Athletic. After retiring from football in 2004, Burnett went on to become manager with former clubs Grays and Fisher as well as a spell with Dulwich Hamlet before returning to Leyton Orient as youth team manager.

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2002). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003. Queen Anne Press. p. 65. ISBN 1-85291-648-6.