Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wayne Burnett | ||
Date of birth | 4 September 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Lambeth, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Leyton Orient | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1992 | Leyton Orient | 40 | (4) |
1992–1993 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | (0) |
1993–1995 | Plymouth Argyle | 70 | (3) |
1995–1996 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | (0) |
1996 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
1996–1998 | Huddersfield Town | 102 | (4) |
1998 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1998–2002 | Grimsby Town | 103 | (5) |
2002 | Woking | 3 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Grays Athletic | ||
2003 | Fisher Athletic | ||
2004 | Peterborough United | 0 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2004–2005 | Fisher Athletic | ||
2006–2007 | Dulwich Hamlet | ||
2007–2008 | Fisher Athletic | ||
2008–2009 | Grays Athletic | ||
2013–2015 | Dagenham & Redbridge | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Wayne Burnett (born 4 September 1971) is an English former footballer who was most recently manager of Dagenham & Redbridge until his departure on 21 December 2015.
As a player Burnett was a midfielder from 1989 until 2004 notably playing in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle, Huddersfield Town and Grimsby Town. Whilst at Grimsby he scored the winning golden goal in the 1998 Football League Trophy final. He also briefly played Premier League football for Blackburn Rovers and also played in the Football League for Leyton Orient, Bolton Wanderers and Peterborough United as well as playing non-League football for Woking, Grays Athletic and Fisher Athletic. After retiring from football in 2004, Burnett went on to become manager with former clubs Grays and Fisher as well as a spell with Dulwich Hamlet before returning to Leyton Orient as youth team manager.
Burnett was born in Lambeth, London and started out playing for Leyton Orient as a youngster, and represented England at youth level. He soon earned himself a move to Blackburn Rovers, becoming one of Kenny Dalglish's first signings but after a year with the Rovers he was transferred to Plymouth Argyle in 1993.