Paul Burns
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Burns | ||
| Date of birth | 18 May 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Irvine, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Cumnock Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2011 | Queen of the South | 226 | (25) |
| 2011–2012 | Dunfermline Athletic | 26 | (2) |
| 2012–2015 | Queen of the South | 54 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 July 2015. |
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Paul Burns (born 18 May 1984) is a Scottish former professional association footballer who played primarily as a right midfielder.
During his career, Burns played in two spells for Queen of the South punctuated with a season at Dunfermline Athletic. His most prominent moment was scoring for Queens in their 4-3 Scottish Cup semi final victory over Aberdeen in 2008.
Born in the local maternity hospital in Irvine, North Ayrshire, but brought up in Cumnock, he is the grandson of the late Mick Morran, who served Ayrshire Junior side Glenafton Athletic as physiotherapist for thirty-five years.
Burns played for a number of youth teams, including the same Ayr Valspar Boys Club side as Scottish international defender Kirk Broadfoot. It was whilst playing with them that he was spotted by Queen of the South and signed up as a sixteen-year-old.
Having signed for Queen of the South youth team in 2000, he was promoted to the senior side on 17 June 2002. Burns made his first team debut in a league match against Arbroath on 18 March 2003, three years after joining the Dumfries side. He came on as an 84-minute substitute for Eric Paton. His first goal came verses Ross County in a 3–0 League Cup victory on 23 September 2003. He became a popular player amongst the fans due to his committed performances and his hard, crowd pleasing tackles.
Early in his spell in Dumfries, Burns was a member of the starting eleven that topped the Scottish First Division, the first time Queens had done so in fifty years, thanks to a 3–2 win over Inverness in October 2003. Burns made his 100th start in a league defeat to Hamilton Academical on 18 August 2007 and was rewarded with a presentation at Palmerston Park before Queens' league match against Livingston a week later.
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