George Burley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Elder Burley | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Cumnock, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Playing position | Right-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1985 | Ipswich Town | 394 | (6) |
| 1985–1988 | Sunderland | 54 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Gillingham | 46 | (2) |
| 1989–1991 | Motherwell | 54 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | Ayr United | 67 | (0) |
| 1993 | Falkirk | 1 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Motherwell | 5 | (0) |
| 1994 | Colchester United | 7 | (0) |
| 1994–95 | Ipswich Town | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 628 | (8) | |
| National team | |||
| 1976–1977 | Scotland U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 1974–1975 | Scotland U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 1979–1982 | Scotland | 11 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1991–1993 | Ayr United | ||
| 1994 | Colchester United | ||
| 1994–2002 | Ipswich Town | ||
| 2003–2005 | Derby County | ||
| 2005 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| 2005–2008 | Southampton | ||
| 2008–2009 | Scotland | ||
| 2010–2011 | Crystal Palace | ||
| 2012 | Apollon Limassol | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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George Elder Burley (born 3 June 1956 in Cumnock, East Ayrshire) is a Scottish football player and manager.
Burley had a professional career spanning 21 years as a player, making 628 league appearances and earning 11 Scotland caps. His most successful spell came while at Ipswich Town making 394 senior appearances, and being part of the squad that won the FA Cup and UEFA Cup in 1978 and 1981 respectively.
Burley's managerial career began in 1990 with Ayr United and has since spent spells at seven different clubs, notably an eight-year spell back at Ipswich Town as manager, which included a promotion to the Premier League and guiding the club to a fifth place league finish at that level.
On 24 January 2008 he was appointed manager of the Scotland national team. He was sacked on 16 November 2009, following a 3–0 defeat to Wales.
His nephew, Craig, was also a Scotland international footballer.
Burley joined Ipswich Town in 1972 as an apprentice and made his senior debut against Manchester United at Old Trafford in 1973, being given the job of marking George Best. In 1978 he was a member of the Ipswich side which upset the odds to defeat Arsenal 1–0 in the FA Cup final. However, in 1981 injury forced him out of Ipswich's UEFA Cup final triumph over AZ Alkmaar. Town missed out on the First Division title on the last day of the season, finishing runners-up to Aston Villa.
In 1985 he joined Sunderland after making 500 appearances for Ipswich, and was part of the Sunderland team that slipped into the Third Division in 1987, only to win promotion a year later.
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