| Seth Burkett | |
| Birth Date: | 14 March 1991[1] |
| Birth Place: | Peterborough, England |
| Position: | Defender |
| Youthclubs1: | Peterborough United |
| Years1: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs1: | Stamford |
| Caps1: | 12 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2009 |
| Clubs2: | → March Town United (loan) |
| Years3: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs3: | Sorriso EC |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2010 |
| Clubs4: | Stamford |
| Years5: | 2010–2015 |
| Clubs5: | Loughborough Futsal |
| Clubs6: | London United Futsal |
| Clubs7: | Baku United Futsal |
| Club-Update: | 10:31, 29 November 2018 (UTC) |
Seth Burkett (born 14 March 1991) is an English writer and futsal player and former professional footballer.
A defender, Burkett formerly played in Brazil for Sorriso EC, a team in the state league of Mato Grosso. While there, he attracted some attention as the only British footballer playing professionally in Brazil.[2]
Burkett was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, and grew up in nearby Barnack, also in Cambridgeshire.[3]
Burkett is related to the former professional footballer Charlie Williams, who was also active in Brazil, as a manager with Fluminense and Corinthians. Williams has been described in the media as Burkett's great-granduncle.[4] [5]
Burkett began his football career with the youth team of hometown club Peterborough United, before later rejecting a contract offer from non-league team Kettering Town to continue his school studies at A-Level.[6] After leaving the Peterborough youth system, Burkett joined non-league club Stamford, where he was Captain of the youth team.[7] He later made 12 appearances for Stamford's senior team after making his debut in September 2008.[8] Burkett also spent time on loan at March Town United during the first few games of the 2009–10 season.[4]
In June 2009, while on a tournament with the Stamford youth team in Salvador da Bahia in the northeast of Brazil, Burkett was spotted by a football agent who helped him sign a six-month contract with Sorriso EC, a club from the state league of Mato Grosso. He made his debut with the club in a friendly match in November 2009. Burkett attracted some media attention in Brazil in January 2010 when Sorriso took him to the Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, an annual under-18 youth tournament run by the São Paulo Football Federation, as English players are rare in Brazilian clubs. "I was a substitute in all three matches," reported Seth Burkett from this event. During his six months with the club, Burkett played a total of fifteen minutes for the first-team of Sorriso, which was in a pre-season friendly in January 2010. After the end of his contract, in May 2010, Burkett had negotiations with another Brazilian club side, Taboão.[2] [3] [5]
After leaving Brazil in June 2010, Burkett enrolled at Loughborough University.[9]
He re-joined Stamford in summer 2010,[10] [11] signing an extension in July 2011.[12]
In 2011, he was also called up to the England futsal squad.[13] He played for Loughborough Futsal from 2010 to 2015, and later played for London United Futsal and Baku United FC.[14]
In 2014, he released a book on his time in Brazil, called The Boy in Brazil, which made The Independents 'Book of the Week' in June.[15] [16]