Rowan Liburd
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rowan Liburd | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Stevenage | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| -2010 | Chelsea | ||
| 2010-2014 | Thomas University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Billericay Town | ? | (16) |
| 2014 | → Thamesmead Town (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 2015–2016 | Reading | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2016– | Stevenage | 6 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:51, 10 August 2016 (UTC). | |||
Rowan Liburd (born 28 August 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays for Stevenage as a forward.
Career
College
Liburd spent four years at Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia on a football scholarship, where he won several awards including the Sun Conference Player of the Year.[2]
Club
Upon returning to the UK, Liburd signed for Isthmian League side Billericay Town.[3] In July 2015, Liburd signed a two-year contract with Championship side Reading after he had impressed in a 7-0 friendly win over Beaconsfield SYCOB during pre-season.[2][4]
Liburd made his debut, for Reading in their 2–0 Championship defeat away to Cardiff City on 7 November 2015, coming on as a 63rd minute substitute for Ola John.[5][6]
On 4 March 2016, Liburd joined Wycombe Wanderers on an initial one-month loan deal.[7] He made his debut for Wycombe against Newport County in Wycombe's 1-0 defeat on the 5th March 2015, almost scoring the equalizer. Liburd's loan was extended until the end of the season on 7 April.[8]
On 4 July 2016, Liburd joined Stevenage for an undisclosed fee.[9] He scored his first goals for Stevenage when he scored twice in an EFL Trophy tie against Southend United on 8 November 2016.[10]
Career statistics
- As of match played 8 August 2015.[11]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reading | 2015–16[12] | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 2015–16[12] | League Two | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Stevenage | 2016–17[13] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
References
- ↑ "Rowan Liburd". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- 1 2 "Royals sign young striker Liburd". http://www.readingfc.co.uk/. Reading FC. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Billericay tie up deal for striker Rowan Liburd". http://www.echo-news.co.uk/. Echo News. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Reading: Striker Rowan Liburd signs development contract". http://www.bbc.co.uk/. BBC Sport. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Cardiff 2-0 Reading". http://www.readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Rowan Liburd: striker reflects on a Football League debut". http://www.player.readingfc.co.uk/. Reading FC. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Striker Rowan Liburd signs on loan". wycombewanderers.co.uk. Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "Rowan remains for the run-in". wycombewanderers.co.uk. Wycombe Wanderers. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- ↑ "Liburd completes transfer to Stevenage". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "MATCH REPORT: STEVENAGE 4, SOUTHEND UNITED". stevenagefc.com. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ↑ "R.Liburd". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- 1 2 "Games played by Rowan Liburd in 2015/2016". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ↑ "Games played by Rowan Liburd in 2016/2017". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
External links
- Rowan Liburd profile at Reading F.C.
- Rowan Liburd on Twitter
- Rowan Liburd career statistics at Soccerbase
- Rowan Liburd profile at Soccerway