Christian Burgess

Defender - Centre-Back at Union Saint-Gilloise

Age34

CitizenshipEngland

Height1.96 m

Footright

BornOctober 7, 1991

at Union Saint-Gilloise 2,147 days · joined 2020-07-07

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Market value €2.20m

Centre-Back Defender

Career snapshot

clubs played for

12/13

debut season

0.07

goals / match

Union Saint-Gilloise

top club · 219 apps

Career highs

€2.50m

peak value · 2024

—

top transfer fee

best season · 22/23

—

int'l / penalties

Born the same day

Edson Seidou

Defender - Left-Back · Without Club

€50k

Igor Chaykovskyi

Midfield - Defensive Midfield · Retired

Stefan Marinovic

Goalkeeper · Retired

Enzo Reale

Midfield - Central Midfield · Retired

Shares 1991-10-07 · 6 players total

533Appearances

36Goals

14Assists

117Yellow cards

1Red cards

190Full matches (90′)

Full name	Christian Burgess
Name in home country	Christian Albert Elliot Burgess
Date of birth	1991-10-07 (34 yrs)
Place of birth	London, England
Citizenship	England
Position	Defender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Foot	right
Height	196.00 m
Current club	Union Saint-Gilloise
Joined	2020-07-07
Contract expires	2026-06-30

Aug 2025

Injury: unknown

1 games missed

Jul 2025

25/26 — Union Saint-Gilloise

6 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2024

Injury: unknown

8 games missed

Jul 2024

24/25 — Union Saint-Gilloise

42 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2023

23/24 — Union Saint-Gilloise

52 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 6 competitions

Jul 2022

22/23 — Union Saint-Gilloise

53 matches · 6 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2021

21/22 — Union Saint-Gilloise

36 matches · 5 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2020

Transfer: Portsmouth → Union SG

20/21 · Transfer

Jul 2020

20/21 — Union Saint-Gilloise

30 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2019

19/20 — Portsmouth FC

45 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2018

18/19 — Portsmouth FC

38 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2017

17/18 — Portsmouth FC

39 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2016

16/17 — Portsmouth FC

45 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2015

15/16 — Portsmouth FC

43 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2015

Transfer: Peterborough → Portsmouth

15/16 · Transfer

Aug 2014

Transfer: Middlesbrough → Peterborough

14/15 · Transfer

Aug 2014

Transfer: Peterborough → Middlesbrough

14/15 · Return from loan

Aug 2014

Transfer: Middlesbrough → Peterborough

14/15 · Loan

Jul 2014

14/15 — Peterborough United, Middlesbrough FC U21

34 matches · 5 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

May 2014

Transfer: Hartlepool → Middlesbrough

13/14 · Return from loan

Jul 2013

Transfer: Middlesbrough → Hartlepool

13/14 · Loan

Jul 2013

13/14 — Hartlepool United

46 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2012

Transfer: Bishop's St. → Middlesbrough

12/13 · Transfer

Jul 2012

12/13 — Middlesbrough FC, Middlesbrough FC U21

24 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €2.50m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Minutes played by club

Union Saint-Gilloise 46.0%

Portsmouth FC 35.4%

Peterborough United 5.4%

Middlesbrough FC U21 12.1%

Hartlepool United 1.1%

Middlesbrough FC 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Union Saint-Gilloise	6	20/21	25/26	219	16	6	7,842
Portsmouth FC	5	15/16	19/20	210	12	8	6,042
Peterborough United	1	14/15	14/15	33	5	0	929
Middlesbrough FC U21	2	12/13	14/15	24	2	0	2,070
Hartlepool United	1	13/14	13/14	46	1	0	180
Middlesbrough FC	1	12/13	12/13	1	0	0	0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
25/26	Jupiler Pro League	Union Saint-Gilloise	5	0	2	1	0	0
25/26	Volkswagen Supercup	Union Saint-Gilloise	1	0	0	1	0	0
24/25	Croky Cup	Union Saint-Gilloise	3	0	0	1	0	0
24/25	Europa League	Union Saint-Gilloise	9	0	0	3	0	0
24/25	JPL Champions PO	Union Saint-Gilloise	9	1	0	3	0	810
24/25	Jupiler Pro League	Union Saint-Gilloise	21	0	2	8	0	0
23/24	Conference L.	Union Saint-Gilloise	3	0	0	2	0	0
23/24	Croky Cup	Union Saint-Gilloise	4	0	0	3	0	0
23/24	Europa League	Union Saint-Gilloise	6	1	0	1	0	540
23/24	Europa League Qualifying	Union Saint-Gilloise	2	0	0	0	0	0
23/24	JPL	Union Saint-Gilloise	28	1	0	9	0	2,475
23/24	JPL Champions PO	Union Saint-Gilloise	9	0	0	2	1	0
22/23	Champions League Qu.	Union Saint-Gilloise	2	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	Croky Cup	Union Saint-Gilloise	4	0	0	2	0	0
22/23	Europa League	Union Saint-Gilloise	10	1	1	1	0	855
22/23	JPL	Union Saint-Gilloise	31	3	0	10	0	908
22/23	JPL Champions PO	Union Saint-Gilloise	6	2	0	1	0	270
21/22	Croky Cup	Union Saint-Gilloise	2	1	0	0	0	156
21/22	JPL	Union Saint-Gilloise	28	4	0	8	0	613
21/22	JPL Play-Offs I	Union Saint-Gilloise	6	0	0	2	0	0
20/21	1B Pro League	Union Saint-Gilloise	27	2	1	7	0	1,215
20/21	Croky Cup	Union Saint-Gilloise	3	0	0	0	0	0
19/20	EFL Cup	Portsmouth FC	3	0	0	0	0	0
19/20	EFL Trophy	Portsmouth FC	3	0	1	0	0	0
19/20	FA Cup	Portsmouth FC	5	1	1	0	0	450
19/20	League One	Portsmouth FC	32	3	0	10	0	932
19/20	League One Play-Offs	Portsmouth FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	EFL Cup	Portsmouth FC	1	1	0	0	0	90
18/19	EFL Trophy	Portsmouth FC	8	0	0	1	0	0
18/19	FA Cup	Portsmouth FC	2	0	0	1	0	0
18/19	League One	Portsmouth FC	25	1	0	5	0	1,937
18/19	League One Play-Offs	Portsmouth FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	EFL Cup	Portsmouth FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	EFL Trophy	Portsmouth FC	2	0	0	1	0	0
17/18	FA Cup	Portsmouth FC	1	0	0	1	0	0
17/18	League One	Portsmouth FC	35	0	3	5	0	0
16/17	FA Cup	Portsmouth FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	League Two	Portsmouth FC	44	4	2	4	0	975
15/16	FA Cup	Portsmouth FC	4	0	0	1	0	0
15/16	League Cup	Portsmouth FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	League Two	Portsmouth FC	37	2	1	7	0	1,658
15/16	League Two Play-Offs	Portsmouth FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	EFL Trophy	Peterborough United	1	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	FA Cup	Peterborough United	2	2	0	0	0	90
14/15	League One	Peterborough United	30	3	0	7	0	839
14/15	U21 PL	Middlesbrough FC U21	1	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	EFL Trophy	Hartlepool United	2	1	0	1	0	180
13/14	FA Cup	Hartlepool United	2	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	League Cup	Hartlepool United	1	0	0	0	0	0
13/14	League Two	Hartlepool United	41	0	0	8	0	0
12/13	Championship	Middlesbrough FC	1	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	FA Cup	Middlesbrough FC	0	0	0	0	0	0
12/13	U21 PL	Middlesbrough FC U21	12	1	0	0	0	1,080
12/13	U21 PL Qualificationsgr. 1	Middlesbrough FC U21	11	1	0	0	0	990

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
12/13	2012-07-04	Bishop's St.	Middlesbrough	Transfer	0	—
13/14	2013-07-29	Middlesbrough	Hartlepool	Loan	0	—
13/14	2014-05-31	Hartlepool	Middlesbrough	Return from loan	50000	—
14/15	2014-08-19	Middlesbrough	Peterborough	Loan	50000	—
14/15	2014-08-20	Peterborough	Middlesbrough	Return from loan	50000	—
14/15	2014-08-21	Middlesbrough	Peterborough	Transfer	50000	—
15/16	2015-07-01	Peterborough	Portsmouth	Transfer	200000	—
20/21	2020-07-07	Portsmouth	Union SG	Transfer	200000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
24/25	Foot injury	2024-07-01	2024-08-27	58	8
25/26	minor knock	2025-08-01	2025-08-07	7	1

Current€2.20m

Peak€2.50m

Low€50k

Δ since start+€2.10m

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€2.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€900k
Jan 1, 1970	€900k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k
Jan 1, 1970	€100k

No national team data.

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Siebe Van der Heyden	2	1
Senne Lynen	2	1
Jamal Lowe	2	1
Bart Nieuwkoop	2	0
Dante Vanzeir	2	1
Gustaf Nilsson	2	0
Noah Sadiki	2	0
Charles Vanhoutte	2	2
Ismaël Kandouss	2	0
Anthony Moris	2	0
Conor Chaplin	2	1
Kyle Bennett	2	1
Koki Machida	2	0
Cameron Puertas	2	1
Teddy Teuma	2	6
Ben Close	2	0
Matt Clarke	2	0
Loïc Lapoussin	2	1

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
16/17	League Two	Portsmouth FC	4	44
21/22	JPL	Union Saint-Gilloise	4	28
19/20	League One	Portsmouth FC	3	32

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
17/18	League One	Portsmouth FC	3	35
24/25	Jupiler Pro League	Union Saint-Gilloise	2	21
16/17	League Two	Portsmouth FC	2	44

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
14/15	2014-08-20	Peterborough	Middlesbrough	Return from loan	—	€50k
14/15	2014-08-19	Middlesbrough	Peterborough	Loan	—	€50k
13/14	2014-05-31	Hartlepool	Middlesbrough	Return from loan	—	€50k
13/14	2013-07-29	Middlesbrough	Hartlepool	Loan	—	—

Last 50 matches for Union Saint-Gilloise The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

Date	Comp	Home	Score	Away	Availability
2025-11-22	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–0	Cercle Brugge	Available
2025-11-09	`BE1`	KV Mechelen	1–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-11-01	`BE1`	SV Zulte Waregem	1–4	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-10-26	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–0	Sint-Truidense VV	Available
2025-10-18	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	3–1	Sporting Charleroi	Available
2025-10-05	`BE1`	Club Brugge KV	1–0	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-09-27	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–0	KVC Westerlo	Available
2025-09-21	`BE1`	KRC Genk	1–2	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-09-13	`BE1`	FCV Dender EH	0–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-08-31	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–0	RSC Anderlecht	Available
2025-08-24	`BE1`	RAAL La Louviére	0–0	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-08-16	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	3–0	Standard Liège	Available
2025-08-09	`BE1`	KAA Gent	2–3	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-08-03	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	5–0	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	INJURED minor knock
2025-07-25	`BE1`	Royal Antwerp FC	1–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-05-25	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	3–1	KAA Gent	Available
2025-05-17	`BE1`	Royal Antwerp FC	0–4	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-05-10	`BE1`	RSC Anderlecht	0–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-05-03	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	1–0	KRC Genk	Available
2025-04-27	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	0–0	Club Brugge KV	Available
2025-04-24	`BE1`	Club Brugge KV	0–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-04-20	`BE1`	KRC Genk	1–2	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-04-12	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–0	RSC Anderlecht	Available
2025-04-05	`BE1`	KAA Gent	0–3	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-03-29	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	5–1	Royal Antwerp FC	Available
2025-03-15	`BE1`	KRC Genk	2–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-03-09	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	3–0	Standard Liège	Available
2025-03-01	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	4–1	FCV Dender EH	Available
2025-02-23	`BE1`	RSC Anderlecht	0–2	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-02-16	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	0–1	KV Mechelen	Available
2025-02-09	`BE1`	KV Kortrijk	1–2	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-02-02	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–1	Sint-Truidense VV	Available
2025-01-26	`BE1`	K Beerschot VA	0–4	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-01-19	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	1–0	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Available
2025-01-11	`BE1`	Sporting Charleroi	1–2	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2025-01-08	`BE1`	Royal Antwerp FC	5–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2024-12-26	`BE1`	KAA Gent	1–3	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2024-12-22	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–2	Club Brugge KV	Available
2024-12-15	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	3–1	KVC Westerlo	Available
2024-12-08	`BE1`	Cercle Brugge	0–0	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2024-12-04	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	3–2	KAA Gent	Available
2024-12-01	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	2–1	Royal Antwerp FC	Available
2024-11-24	`BE1`	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	1–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2024-11-10	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	4–0	KRC Genk	Available
2024-11-02	`BE1`	KV Mechelen	1–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2024-10-27	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	1–3	Cercle Brugge	Available
2024-10-19	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	0–0	KAA Gent	Available
2024-10-06	`BE1`	Club Brugge KV	1–1	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available
2024-09-29	`BE1`	Union Saint-Gilloise	3–0	KV Kortrijk	Available
2024-09-20	`BE1`	Standard Liège	0–0	Union Saint-Gilloise	Available

Teams faced most often by Christian Burgess's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Oxford United	37	11	12	14	42	45	-3	30%
Shrewsbury Town	37	20	9	8	66	42	+24	54%
Wycombe Wanderers	36	11	10	15	50	57	-7	31%
Accrington Stanley	33	14	10	9	59	38	+21	42%
Burton Albion	33	14	9	10	51	43	+8	42%
Plymouth Argyle	32	10	12	10	49	51	-2	31%
Bristol Rovers	32	16	8	8	50	40	+10	50%
Fleetwood Town	32	13	7	12	36	35	+1	41%
AFC Wimbledon	31	15	5	11	36	30	+6	48%
Stevenage FC	30	8	7	15	29	42	-13	27%
Rochdale AFC	29	17	3	9	58	42	+16	59%
Leyton Orient	28	10	7	11	35	40	-5	36%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
12/13	Senior debut season
12/13	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	RC	Cards / 90′
25/26	6	0	2	0	0	0
24/25	42	810	15	1	0	1.78
23/24	52	3,015	17	0	1	0.54
22/23	53	2,033	14	0	0	0.62
21/22	36	769	10	0	0	1.17
20/21	30	1,215	7	0	0	0.52
19/20	45	1,382	10	0	0	0.65
18/19	38	2,027	7	0	0	0.31
17/18	39	0	7	1	0	0
16/17	45	975	4	1	0	0.46
15/16	43	1,658	8	1	0	0.49
14/15	34	929	7	0	0	0.68
13/14	46	180	9	0	0	4.5