Reece Burke

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Place of birth Newham, England Name Reece Burke Date joined 2014 2003–2014 West Ham United Weight 81 kg		Number 16 Height 1.89 m Playing position Defender Role Footballer

Full name Reece Frederick James Burke Date of birth (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 19) Current team Bradford City A.F.C. (#16 / Defender) Similar People Elliot Lee, Doneil Henry, Diego Poyet, Raphael Spiegel, James Tomkins Profiles Twitter

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Reece Frederick James Burke (born 2 September 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bolton Wanderers, on loan from West Ham United. He has also played for Bradford City where he was the player of the season for the 2015-16 season. Internationally he has played for the England Under-18 team, England Under-19 team and England Under-20 team. Burke mainly plays centre back, he can also play right back.

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Burke joined the West Ham junior team age nine and played youth team football. He made his official debut on 5 January 2014 for West Ham against Nottingham Forest at The City Ground in the FA Cup. Forest won the game 5–0. Burke's first goal for the club came in a pre-season friendly at the Boleyn Ground against Sampdoria. He scored the winning goal in the 90th minute following a cross from fellow youth graduate Elliot Lee's cross. Burke then played the full 120 minutes against Sheffield United in the League Cup second round, with West Ham being eliminated in a penalty shootout. Burke made his Premier League debut on 25 April 2015 in a 0–0 away draw against Queens Park Rangers.

Loan to Bradford City

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On 20 August 2015, Burke signed for League One side Bradford City on a one-month loan. On 5 September, Burke scored his first Bradford City and first senior goal in a 2-1 away win against Oldham Athletic. His loan was extended on 18 September for a further month and for a further month in October. In November he returned briefly to West Ham for treatment on a knee injury but returned to Bradford where his loan was extended until 2 January 2016. On 26 April 2016, Burke won a total of seven awards at Bradford City's end of season awards, including the Player of the Year award.

Loan to Wigan Athletic

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Having already appeared for West Ham in their short-lived Europa League campaign at the beginning of the 2016-17 season, on 30 August 2016, Burke signed on loan for Championship team, Wigan Athletic for the remainder of the season. He scored his first goal for Wigan in a 2-1 win over Huddersfield Town on 28 November 2016.