Rowan Liburd
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rowan Anthony Liburd[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 August 1992[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Croydon, England | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aveley | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2010 | Chelsea | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Thomas Night Hawks | 73 | (44) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Billericay Town | 30 | (22) |
| 2015–2016 | Reading | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Stevenage | 13 | (1) |
| 2017 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Hemel Hempstead Town (loan) | 7 | (4) |
| 2017 | → Guiseley (loan) | 6 | (3) |
| 2017–2019 | Guiseley | 22 | (14) |
| 2019–2020 | Hereford | 27 | (4) |
| 2019–2020 | → Dartford (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Welling United | 8 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Billericay Town | 8 | (5) |
| 2021 | → Cheshunt (loan) | 15 | (14) |
| 2022–2023 | Cheshunt | 34 | (9) |
| 2023 | Ramsgate | 18 | (9) |
| 2023–2024 | Sevenoaks Town | 18 | (5) |
| 2024–2025 | Chatham Town | 44 | (11) |
| 2025– | Aveley | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 15 | (4) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:50, 7 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:00, 18 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Rowan Anthony Liburd (born 28 August 1992) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Aveley. Born in England, he represents Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally.
Career
[edit | edit source]College
[edit | edit source]Liburd spent four years at Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia on a football scholarship, where he won several awards including the Sun Conference Player of the Year.[3]
Club
[edit | edit source]Upon returning to the UK, Liburd signed for Isthmian League side Billericay Town.[4] In July 2015, Liburd signed a two-year contract with Championship side Reading after he had impressed scoring a brace in a 7–0 friendly win over Beaconsfield SYCOB during pre-season.[3][5]
Liburd made his debut, for Reading in their 2–0 Championship defeat away to Cardiff City on 7 November 2015, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute for Ola John.[6][7]
On 4 March 2016, Liburd joined Wycombe Wanderers on an initial one-month loan deal.[8] He made his debut for Wycombe against Newport County in Wycombe's 1–0 defeat on 5 March 2016, almost scoring the equalizer. Liburd's loan was extended until the end of the season on 7 April.[9]
On 4 July 2016, Liburd joined Stevenage for an undisclosed fee.[10] He scored his first goals for Stevenage when he scored twice in an EFL Trophy tie against Southend United on 8 November 2016.[11]
On 31 January 2017, he joined Leyton Orient on loan until the end of the season.[12] Prior to subsequent loans with Hemel Hempstead Town and Guiseley. In December 2017, Guiseley signed Liburd permanently.[13][14]
Liburd signed for National League North club Hereford on 28 March 2019.[15]
On 14 December 2019, Liburd joined Dartford on an initial month's loan.[16]
After being released by Hereford, Liburd signed for National League South club Welling United on 13 September 2020.[17]
Liburd signed for Isthmian Premier League side Cheshunt on loan from Billericay Town in November 2021. He made his debut for the club on 20 November 2021 in a 2-1 victory away to eventual Champions Worthing. He scored both of the goals. After scoring 14 goals in 15 games, Cheshunt purchased Liburd from Billericay for an undisclosed fee on 27 February 2022, after his loan move expired. He scored on his debut on the same day, at home to Kingstonian. Liburd scored 19 goals across all competitions for Cheshunt during the 21/22 season, helping them win the Hertfordshire Senior Cup for the first time in their history and promotion via the playoffs to the National League South.
On 20 January 2023, Liburd signed for Isthmian League South East Division leaders Ramsgate for an undisclosed fee.[18]
In August 2023, Liburd joined Sevenoaks Town.[19] In January 2024, he made the step up a level to join Chatham Town.[20] In May 2025, he joined Aveley.[21]
International career
[edit | edit source]On 23 March 2019, he was called up to the Saint Kitts and Nevis team for the CONCACAF Nations League qualifying game against Suriname in which he started.[22]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 4 December 2018 [13]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Billericay Town | 2014–15 | Isthmian League | 30 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 22 |
| Reading | 2015–16[23] | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 2015–16[23] | League Two | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Stevenage | 2016–17[24] | League Two | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[a] | 2 | 18 | 3 |
| Leyton Orient (loan) | 2016–17[24] | League Two | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Hemel Hempstead (loan) | 2017–18[13] | National League South | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
| Guiseley (loan) | 2017–18[25] | National League | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 1 | 7 | 4 | |
| Guiseley | 2017–18[25] | National League | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | |
| 2018–19[25] | National League | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 99 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 107 | 37 | ||
- ^ Appearances in the EFL Trophy
- ^ Appearance in the FA Trophy
International goals
[edit | edit source]- Scores and results list French Guiana's goal tally first.[26]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 8 September 2019 | Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis | File:Flag of French Guiana.svg French Guiana | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League B |
| 2. | 10 October 2019 | Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan, Belize | File:Flag of Belize.svg Belize | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| 3. | 3–0 | |||||
| 4. | 4–0 |
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External links
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- Rowan Liburd at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Footballers from the London Borough of Croydon
- People from Croydon
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Billericay Town F.C. players
- Thamesmead Town F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
- Stevenage F.C. players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- Hemel Hempstead Town F.C. players
- Guiseley A.F.C. players
- Hereford F.C. players
- Dartford F.C. players
- Welling United F.C. players
- Cheshunt F.C. players
- Ramsgate F.C. players
- Sevenoaks Town F.C. players
- Chatham Town F.C. players
- Aveley F.C. players
- Isthmian League players
- English Football League players
- National League (English football) players
- Thomas University alumni
- Saint Kitts and Nevis men's international footballers
- Saint Kitts and Nevis men's footballers
- English people of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent
- Sportspeople of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent
- Black British sportsmen
- 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 21st-century English sportsmen