Mark Burchill - Player Profile

Full Name: | Mark James Burchill |
Born: | 18/08/1980 (age 44) |
Place of Birth: | Broxburn |
Nationality: | Scotland |
Height: | 5 ft 8 in |
Position: | Forward |
First Team Debut: | 23/08/2003 v Burnley (A) - Nationwide League Division One |
Signed: | 21/08/2003 (Loan | Portsmouth) |
Left: | 21/09/2003 (Loan Ended) |
International Caps: | Scotland - 6 |
Mark started his career as a junior at Celtic and he signed his first professional contract for the Bhouys on 3rd June 1997. He made a total of 50 League appearances and scored 20 League goals whilst at Parkhead. He had a three month loan spell at Birmingham City which commenced on 22nd September 2000 and he scored 4 League goals in 13 League appearances before another loan move to Ipswich Town on 20th February 2001. During his three months at Portman Road he made 7 League appearances and scored once.
On 24th August 2001 Portsmouth signed him from Celtic in a £900,000 deal despite stiff competition from Latics who were also eager to sign him. He had made 24 League appearances and scored 8 League goals for Pompey and played 11 League games, scoring once, for Dundee in a loan deal which commenced on 31st January 2003 before joining Latics on a one-month loan deal on 20th August 2003. He made his Latics League debut on 23rd August 2003 against Burnley at Turf Moor. Latics won the game 2-0 and it was quite a historic occasion as it was the first game Latics ever won in the First Division.
However he made just 4 League appearances, (3 as a substitute) in total for Latics before returning to Portsmouth on Monday 22nd September 2003. He is currently (October 2012) plying his trade in Thailand at EsanUnited.
A bit of Mark Burchill trivia – did you know that Mark holds the record of scoring the fastest hat trick in a European match? He achieved this playing for Celtic against Jeunesse Esch of Luxembourg in 2000.
Wigan Athletic Career
League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
2003-2004 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | |
TOTALS | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 |


