Ben Burgess
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Kieron Burgess | ||
| Date of birth | 9 November 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Buxton, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Northern Spirit (loan) | 27 | (16) |
| 2001–2002 | → Brentford (loan) | 43 | (17) |
| 2002–2003 | 19 | (4) | |
| 2003 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Hull City | 70 | (24) |
| 2006–2010 | Blackpool | 126 | (23) |
| 2010–2012 | Notts County | 45 | (5) |
| 2012 | → Cheltenham Town (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| 2012 | Tranmere Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 346 | (91) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2001–2002 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 4 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 April 2012 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:40, 7 August 2012 (UTC) |
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Benjamin Kieron "Ben" Burgess (born 9 November 1981 in Buxton, Derbyshire) is a retired English-born Irish footballer best known for his time playing for Hull City and Blackpool. He was capped twice by the Republic of Ireland at Under-21 level.
Burgess began his football career at Blackburn Rovers in 1998, where he stayed until 2002, but made just two league appearances for the club. On 3 October 2000 he went on loan to North Sydney based Northern Spirit in Australia. He scored 16 goals in 27 appearances for the club. In the 2001–02 season he went on loan to Brentford, before moving to on 16 July 2002. He had a two-month loan spell at Oldham Athletic from January to March 2003, before signing for Hull City on 27 March.
He became the first Hull City player to score a hat-trick at the KC Stadium on 26 April 2003, in a match against Kidderminster Harriers. He was City's top scorer in their 2003–04 promotion campaign, scoring 18 goals and forming a partnership with Danny Allsopp. However, he suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury late in the season in a match against Huddersfield Town and did not appear in Hull's 2004–05 League One campaign until promotion had already been secured, showing sportsmanship by declining to accept any promotion award.
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