Alfie Burden

Alfie Burden

Alfie Burden at the 2015 German Masters
Born	(1976-12-14) 14 December 1976 (age 40) Paddington, London
Sport country	England
Professional	1994–2008, 2010–
Highest ranking	38 (2001/02–2002/03)
Current ranking	65 (as of 18 December 2016)
Career winnings	£412,258
Highest break	147 (2016 English Open)
Century breaks	106
Best ranking finish	Quarter-Final (2016 China Open, 2016 European Masters, 2017 Gibraltar Open)
Tournament wins
Non-ranking	1

Alfred Burden (born 14 December 1976 in Paddington, London) is an English professional snooker player who lives in London.

Burden originally had his eyes set on making a career as a professional footballer, but a badly broken leg curtailed this ambition. He spent a couple of seasons at Arsenal F.C. as a schoolboy apprentice, but was with Swindon Town F.C. at the time of the injury. Burden soon showed he was well above average at snooker and qualified for the World Championship in 1998. He gave Tony Drago a run for his money before losing 8–10.

In the 2006/2007 season, Burden qualified for the China Open. He defeated Shokat Ali, Rod Lawler and former top-16 player David Gray to qualify for the tournament. Unfortunately for Burden, he lost his opening Wild Card game to local player Mei Xiwen, 2–5. He dropped off the main tour after the 2007/08 season.

On 25 November 2009 he won the IBSF World Snooker Championship in Hyderabad, India. He won in the final 10–8 against Brazilian Igor Figueiredo. With this he earned a place on the 2010/2011 professional main tour. He started the 2010/2011 season well, by winning 3 qualifying matches, beating Reanne Evans 5–1, Matthew Selt 5–4 and Marcus Campbell 5–3 before losing narrowly against Andrew Higginson 4–5.