Matty Burrows

Matthew " Matty " Burrows (born 15 October 1985 in Newtownards, County Down ) is a Northern Irish football player. He plays for the second division Ards F. C. in Northern Ireland.

Worldwide became famous for the left foot, as he in October 2010 in the game against FC Portadown could achieve a spectacular goal with a hoe in stoppage time. The video for this gate was clicked on the Internet platform YouTube over a million copies. Then enjoyed the IFA Premiership an unprecedented coverage. The British tabloid The Sun wrote that players like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo would be proud to achieve such a goal. This gate was nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award.

In January 2012, Burrows joined for an undisclosed fee for league rivals Glenavon FC. He debürtierte 4 February 2012 in a 3-2 home victory over Carrick Rangers. His first two goals for the new employer get him a few weeks later. Despite Burrows ' brace Glenavon lost almost 3:4 against Cliftonville FC.

A year later, in January 2013, located Burrows joined the Northern Irish second division Ards FC of. Burrows and his teammates managed this season, already bringing one month before the final day promotion to the top division in Northern Ireland in the bag.