Sagi Burton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Osagyefo Lenin Ernesto Burton-Godwin | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1994 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1999 | Crystal Palace | 25 | (1) |
| 1999 | Colchester United | 9 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Sheffield United | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Port Vale | 86 | (2) |
| 2002 | Crewe Alexandra | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | Peterborough United | 96 | (4) |
| 2006–2007 | Shrewsbury Town | 44 | (5) |
| 2007–2008 | Barnet | 30 | (1) |
| 2008 | Rushden & Diamonds | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 302 | (13) | |
| National team | |||
| 2004 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Osagyefo Lenin Ernesto Burton-Godwin (born 25 November 1977), known commonly as Sagi Burton, is an English-born former Kittitian international football defender. In a fourteen-year professional career in English football he made 344 appearances in league and cup competitions.
A former Bolton Wanderers trainee, he began his career with Crystal Palace in 1994. Failing to establish himself in the first team during his five years at the club, he joined Sheffield United via Colchester United in 1999. The following year he signed with Port Vale, where he first found regular football. In 2002, he transferred to Peterborough United via Crewe Alexandra. Four years later he moved on to Shrewsbury Town, before spending the 2007–08 campaign with Barnet. He retired from the game following a brief spell with Rushden & Diamonds in 2008.
Born of Kittitian and Jamaican descent, Burton began his footballing career as a trainee at Bolton Wanderers, before switching to Crystal Palace in 1994. He went on to make his début in the Premier League match at Derby County on 20 December 1997. He played the full ninety minutes, in what was a goalless draw at Pride Park. Following Palace's relegation, he played 23 of the club's 46 First Division matches in the following season. Despite this, he was still allowed to drop down a division to join Colchester United for a nominal fee in May 1999. After making just twelve appearances in league and cup, six months later he was on his way to back into the First Division after signing for Sheffield United on a free transfer. This spell would prove to be even briefer, and in January 2000 he joined Brian Horton's Port Vale, also of the First Division, again on a free transfer. He made 22 appearances for the Staffordshire club in 1999–2000, and found himself on the scoresheet in home draws with Charlton Athletic and Barnsley. He established himself as "a powerful presence" and "impressive in the air". Despite this, Vale were relegated at the end of the season.
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