Liam Burt (born 1 February 1999) is a Scottish

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who plays as a

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for

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. He made his first team debut for

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in March 2016, and also played on loan for Dumbarton and

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. He then moved to

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where he did not make a first team appearance before moving to Ireland with

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in 2021. Burt represented Scotland at various youth levels up to under-21 level. He is also one of only six post-war players to have played for both halves of the Old Firm.

Club career

Burt played youth football at

as a boy before being released and subsequently joining the

Academy. He made his professional debut for the club aged 17 during a

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match against Raith Rovers on 1 March 2016. A few days later, Burt signed a new two-year contract extension keeping him at Ibrox until May 2018. He made his first appearance of the 2016–17 season, and his first Scottish top-flight appearance, as an

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substitute on 10 December 2016 in a 2–0 home win against Heart of Midlothian. In January 2017, he was named as one of the '' Daily Record's'' and '' The Herald's'' Scottish football prospects for 2017. Burt joined

side Dumbarton on a 28-day emergency loan in February 2018. He extended the deal in March 2018, scoring his first goal in senior football for the club in a 5-2 defeat to

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. Burt was loaned to Championship club

in August 2018. On 17 May 2019, it was announced that Burt would be released by Rangers. In August 2019, he signed a two-year contract with Celtic. He left Celtic in 2020. In February 2021, he was unveiled as a new signing for

ahead of the 2021 League of Ireland season. He scored 1 goal and set up Georgie Kelly for 2 goals to help Bohemians win 3-0 against Stjarnan in the second round of the Europa Conference League qualifiers . Burt was named in the 2021 PFAI Team of the Year at the conclusion of the season. On 2 December 2022, it was announced that Burt had signed for Bohemians arch rivals

ahead of the 2023 season.

International career

Burt has represented

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at various age levels. He captained Scotland at the

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. Selected for the Scotland under-21 squad in the

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, the team lost to

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in a penalty-out and finished fourth.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Burt, Liam 1999 births Living people Scottish footballers Association football midfielders Rangers F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Scotland youth international footballers Scotland under-21 international footballers Dumbarton F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Celtic F.C. players League of Ireland players Bohemian F.C. players Shamrock Rovers F.C. players Footballers from Glasgow Expatriate association footballers in the Republic of Ireland Scottish expatriate footballers Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Ireland