Seth Burkett
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 Burkett playing for Loughborough Futsal in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 March 1991[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Peterborough, England | ||
| Position | 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 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]
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
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]
Burkett re-joined Stamford in summer 2010,[10][11] signing an extension in July 2011.[12]
Futsal career
In 2011, Burkett 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]
