Dan Burn

Dan Burn
Burn with Newcastle United in 2023
Personal information
Full name Daniel Johnson Burn[1]
Date of birth (1992-05-09) 9 May 1992 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth Blyth, England
Height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Newcastle United
Number 33
Youth career
0000–2003 Newcastle United
New Hartley
Blyth Town
0000–2009 Blyth Spartans
2009 Darlington
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Darlington 14 (0)
2011–2016 Fulham 61 (1)
2012–2013Yeovil Town (loan) 34 (2)
2013–2014Birmingham City (loan) 24 (0)
2016–2018 Wigan Athletic 87 (6)
2018–2022 Brighton & Hove Albion 74 (2)
2018–2019Wigan Athletic (loan) 14 (0)
2022– Newcastle United 93 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:19, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Daniel Johnson Burn (born 9 May 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Newcastle United.

Burn made his debut in the Football League for Darlington in 2009 and joined Fulham at the end of the 2010–11 season, having made 19 appearances for Darlington. He spent the 2012–13 season on loan to Yeovil Town, for whom he made 41 appearances, and spent part of the following season on loan to Birmingham City. He joined Wigan Athletic when his contract with Fulham expired at the end of the 2015–16 season. Burn signed for Brighton & Hove Albion ahead of the 2018–19 season, and was loaned back to Wigan until January 2019. He established himself as a regular Premier League player with Brighton from the 2019–20 season before signing for boyhood club Newcastle United in January 2022.

  1. ^ "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Dan Burn: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Dan Burn". Fulham F.C. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014.
    "Dan Burn". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.
    Waugh, Chris (21 May 2022). "Dan Burn interview: 'Some people call me a stop-gap signing. I'll prove I'm good enough'". The Athletic. Retrieved 27 August 2024. Newcastle United is the be-all and end-all, so I'm recognised everywhere. I'm 6ft 7in, so it's not like I can just chuck a cap on and blend in, is it?