Efraín Antonio Burgos Jr. (born 14 August 1988), better known as Junior Burgos, is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays for the El Salvador national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Efraín Antonio Burgos Jr. | ||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Ana, El Salvador | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | San Jose State Spartans | ||
| 2009–2010 | Cal Poly Mustangs | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008 | San Francisco Seals | ||
| 2009 | Bakersfield Brigade | ||
| 2010 | Chicago Fire U-23 | ||
| 2012 | Toronto FC | 22 | (0) |
| 2014 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 22 | (7) |
| 2015 | Jaguares de Córdoba | 2 | (0) |
| 2015 | Orange County Blues | 12 | (2) |
| 2015 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 17 | (7) |
| 2016 | Atlanta United | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2017 | Reno 1868 | 17 | (1) |
| 2018 | FAS | 17 | (2) |
| 2019 | New York Cosmos | 28 | (15) |
| 2020 | Las Vegas Lights | 15 | (3) |
| 2021 | Chalatenango | 8 | (0) |
| 2021 | Alianza | 12 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2014– | El Salvador | 28 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2021 | |||
Career
editCollege and amateur
editBurgos grew up in San Bruno, California, attended Westmoor High School, and played two years of college soccer at San Jose State University before transferring to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California as a junior in 2008.[citation needed] He scored seven goals in 28 appearances as a Mustang before graduating in the fall of 2010.[citation needed] Burgos became the first Cal Poly player in history to ever be drafted in the MLS SuperDraft.[citation needed]
During his college years Burgos also played in the Premier Development League, for the San Francisco Seals, Bakersfield Brigade and Chicago Fire Premier.[citation needed]
Professional
editOn 13 January 2011, Burgos was selected in the third round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC.[1] He signed with Toronto FC on 21 March 2012.[2] Burgos made his debut for Toronto as a second half sub for Julian De Guzman against Columbus Crew on March 31, 2012.[3] Burgos was released by Toronto FC on 28 June 2012.[4]
He spent time training abroad including places such as Germany with FC Energie Cottbus of the 2. Bundesliga and Chile with Club Deportivo Universidad Católica.[citation needed] On 26 February 2014, he signed with Atlanta Silverbacks of the North American Soccer League.[5] Burgos led the Silverbacks with 3 goals and 3 assists in the club's historic 2014 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, eliminating Real Salt Lake and the Colorado Rapids before being eliminated by Chicago Fire in the quarterfinal stage.[6]
On 4 February 2015 it was announced that Burgos had signed to Colombian club Jaguares de Córdoba, which plays in the Categoría Primera A Colombians highest league, where he would rejoin former Silverbacks teammate Junior Sandoval.[7]
He decided to part ways with the Colombian side after the club refused to meet the terms of the signed contract between both parties. Shortly after, he signed temporarily with Orange County Blues FC of USL in April 2015, as a transition move before the summer window opened up.[8]
After appearing in 4 games for Orange County Blues, Burgos rejoined Atlanta Silverbacks on 7 July 2015.[9] Burgos, went on to score 4 goals and 6 assists making it a successful return to Atlanta. Burgos free kick goal vs San Antonio was nominated as the 2015 NASL Goal of the year. He was presented with an award during half time at the NASL Championship match.
On 2 February 2016 it was announced that Burgos signed with Major League Soccer's Atlanta United FC, becoming the second signing in the club's history, ahead of their 2017 MLS debut. Burgos was loaned out to the Tampa Bay Rowdies for the 2016 campaign in the North American Soccer League.
Burgos was waived by Atlanta in December 2016, ahead of their inaugural season.[10]
On 4 March 2020, Burgos joined USL Championship side Las Vegas Lights FC ahead of the 2020 season.[11]
Burgos joined Chalatenango on 25 February 2021.[12]
International
editBurgos is a member of El Salvador's national team. He made his international debut on 30 August 2014 vs Dominican Republic, where he assisted on the 2–0 win.
In September 2014, Burgos was named to the UNCAF cup 21 men roster, making his official international debut on all competitions in the 1–0 win over Honduras.[13]
Burgos first got called in to represent his country prior to the country's September 2010 friendlies versus Honduras and Guatemala, and was previously invited to the El Salvador camp prior to a 2009 friendly versus Peru and World Cup qualifiers versus the United States and Costa Rica.[14]
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.[15]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 18 November 2014 | Estadio Independencia, Esteli, Nicaragua |  Nicaragua |
0–1 | 0–2 | Friendly |
Personal life
editBurgos has one older sister, Sofia, and two younger siblings, Gerardo and Fatima.[citation needed] His mother is Morena Del Carmen de Burgos and his father is Salvadoran international Efrain Burgos, who played professional football for 16 years, mainly for Salvadoran clubs.[16]
Honours
editToronto FC
editReferences
edit- ^ "Burgos Selected by Toronto in Major League Soccer SuperDraft". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "Toronto Signs Burgos Jr". 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- ^ "Toronto Turns Up Short". 31 March 2012. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ "404". TSN.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "SoccerAmerica – Atlanta signs Carrillo and Burgos, sets sights on Adu 02/26/2014". www.socceramerica.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Rafa Burgos: "Por algo nos han traído a Sonsonate"".
- ^ "Deportes - elsalvador.com". www.edhdeportes.com.
- ^ "Blues Sign Efrain Burgos Jr. - OC Blues FC". Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Silverbacks Sign Burgos For Fall Season Return". Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
- ^ "2017 MLS Transactions". 21 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "LIGHTS FC SIGNS EL SALVADOR NATIONAL TEAM MEMBER JUNIOR BURGOS". lasvegaslightsfc.com. 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Junior Burgos es el nuevo fichaje de Chalatenango".
- ^ "Efraín Burgos, nuevo jugador del FAS".
- ^ "Efraín Burgos tuvo su debut con El Salvador en Copa Oro".
- ^ "Junior Burgos". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Junior Burgos". San Jose State Athletics. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2017.