Sagi Burton
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Osagyefo Lenin Ernesto Burton-Godwin (born 25 November 1977), known commonly as Sagi Burton, is an English-born former Kittitian international football defender. In a fourteen-year professional career in English football he made 344 appearances in league and cup competitions.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Osagyefo Lenin Ernesto Burton-Godwin[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1977-11-25) 25 November 1977 (age 46)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England[3] | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1993–1994 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1999 | Crystal Palace | 25 | (1) |
1999 | Colchester United | 9 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Sheffield United | 0 | (0) |
2000–2002 | Port Vale | 86 | (2) |
2002 | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | (0) |
2002–2006 | Peterborough United | 96 | (4) |
2006–2007 | Shrewsbury Town | 44 | (5) |
2007–2008 | Barnet | 30 | (1) |
2008 | Rushden & Diamonds | 11 | (0) |
Total | 302 | (13) | |
International career | |||
2004 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A former Bolton Wanderers trainee, he began his career with Crystal Palace in 1994. Failing to establish himself in the first-team during his five years at the club, he joined Sheffield United via Colchester United in 1999. The following year he signed with Port Vale, where he first found regular football. In 2002, he transferred to Peterborough United via Crewe Alexandra. Four years later he moved on to Shrewsbury Town, before spending the 2007–08 campaign with Barnet. He retired from the game following a brief spell with Rushden & Diamonds in 2008.