Jaheem Burke (born 19 August 2001) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Utsiktens BK as a winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 August 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Kingston, Jamaica | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Utsiktens BK | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rågsveds IF | |||
| Hammarby IF | |||
| IFK Haninge | |||
| 2019–2020 | UCAM Murcia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | IFK Haninge | 12 | (1) |
| 2020 | Fagersta Södra IK | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | Rågsveds IF | 9 | (5) |
| 2021 | Hammarby TFF | 23 | (6) |
| 2022 | Varbergs BoIS | 7 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Varbergs GIF (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Norrby IF (loan) | 16 | (5) |
| 2023 | Västerås SK | 19 | (4) |
| 2024 | Spartak Trnava | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Utsiktens BK | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024 | |||
Club career
editBurke was born in Jamaica. He moved with his father to Sweden at the age of 11, and took up football, with which he had little acquaintance until then. Burke joined the youth sector of Rågsveds IF. Moving to Hammarby IF and then IFK Haninge, an assist made by Burke in an U19 match went viral with 5 million views through the Dutch Instagram outlet 433.[2]
Burke made his senior debut for Haninge in 2018 before spending time in Spain with UCAM Murcia during the 2019–20 season.[1] He returned to Sweden for the postponed start of the 2020 season, joining Division 3 team Fagersta Södra IK.[3] After only one game, he joined childhood team Rågsved.[1] Three of his goals in the Rågsved jersey came as a hat-trick.[4]
In 2021 he played his first full season in senior football, scoring 6 times for Hammarby Talang FF.[1] Burke was therefore picked up by Allsvenskan sophomores Varbergs BoIS ahead of the 2022 season. Burke signed four-year deal.[5] He made his Allsvenskan debut on 10 April 2022 against Kalmar.[6] His first Allsvenskan goal came against Häcken in May 2022.[7] During the course of the autumn, he was loaned out to Norrby IF where he made his debut in Superettan.[6]
Ahead of the 2023 season he went on to Superettan team Västerås SK.[8] In the summer of 2023 he was temporarily sidelined because of EKG irregularities and fear of a heart condition.[9][10] After helping win the 2023 Superettan, Burke was sold to FC Spartak Trnava.[11]
Personal life
editIn 2024, Burke stated his desire to choose Jamaica over Sweden, should he be called up to play internationally.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Jaheem Burke". Fotbolltransfers (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Steneberg, Kristofer (29 March 2019). "Svenska juniorens magiska passning hyllas av fotbollsvärlden". Café (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Wenell, Adam (13 June 2020). "Södras sena spetsvärvning: "Jobbat hårt för en lösning"". Fagersta-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Rågsved vann – efter Jaheem Burkes hattrick". Aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Hellgren, Tobias (11 March 2022). "Officiellt: Varberg värvar Burke" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ a b Jaheem Burke at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Wulcan, Marcus (1 May 2022). "Joakim Persson om Oliver Alfonsis billiga straff: "Fått det efter sin mamma"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Melke, Gabriel (16 January 2023). "Officiellt: Västerås värvar ytter – "Enorm spets"" (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Pearson, Sebastian (11 July 2023). "Burke tvingas vila från matchspel - efter EKG-anmärkning: "Väldigt ovisst"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ Pearson, Sebastian (23 August 2023). "Comeback för Burke - efter oviss tid: "Jätteskönt"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ a b Kurt, Nemrud (5 January 2024). "Officiellt: Jaheem Burke lämnar Västerås SK - för spel i Slovakien" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 5 January 2024.