Martin Paterson

Name: Martin Andrew Paterson
Born: 10 May 1987, Tunstall (England)
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.05 st
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full Caps (2007-date); 2 Under-21 Caps (2007), Youth.
Club Honours: (with Burnley) Football League Championship Play-Off Winner 2008/09.

Club Career:
Clubs............ --Seasons-- ----Fee---- -League- FA Cup Lge Cup
Stoke City....... 04/05-06/07 .... Youth .2(12)/ 1 ...... 0(1)/0
Grimsby Town..... 06/07........... .Loan 15 (0)/ 6
Scunthorpe United 07/08 ................ 34 (6)/13 1(0)/0 1(0)/1
Burnley ......... 08/09- date £1,300,000
Totals........... ........... .......... 51(18)/20 1(0)/0 1(1)/1

Seasonal Record:

Season	Club	TOTAL			League			FA Cup			League Cup			Other			Div
		St	Sb	Gl	St	Sb	Gl	St	Sb	Gl	St	Sb	Gl	St	Sb	Gl
04/05	Stoke City	0	(3)	0	0	(3)	0										FLC
05/06	Stoke City	2	(1)	0	2	(1)	0										FLC
06/07	Stoke City	0	(10)	1	0	(9)	1				0	(1)	0				FLC
06/07	Grimsby	15	(0)	6	15	(0)	6										FL2
07/08	Scunthorpe	36	(6)	14	34	(6)	13	1	(0)	0	1	(0)	1				FLC
08/09	Burnley	53	(4)	19	39	(4)	12	4	(0)	1	7	(0)	5	3	(0)	1	FLC
09/10	Burnley	18	(8)	4	17	(6)	4	0	(1)	0	1	(1)	0				PL
10/11	Burnley	8	(6)	3	7	(4)	2	0	(1)	1	1	(1)	0				FLC
11/12	Burnley	10	(5)	3	9	(5)	3	1	(0)	0							FLC
12/13	Burnley	-	(-)	-	-	(-)	-	-	(-)	-							FLC

Biography:
After a prolific start to the 2007/08 season, Scunthorpe striker Mark Paterson was called into the Northern Ireland squad for the November games against Denmark and Spain.

Primarily a front-man, he has also been know to play wide on the left or right. A real starlet in his young days at Stoke, he scored the goal that put Manchester United out of the FA Youth Cup, finished leading scorer in the Youth team and was named 'Academy Player of the Season'.
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Previously capped at Youth level, Paterson made his Under-21 debut as a substitute in a 4-0 defeat by Wales in February 2007. He made his full debut as a late substitute in the final match of the Euro 2008 campaign, a 1-0 defeat by Spain.

Paterson moved to Burnley in June 2008. The Clarets had been chasing his signature for a number of months and the initial bid of £400,000 grew to £1,000,000 plus a £300,000 appearance clause. His 19 goals helped fire Burnley to the Carling Cup semi-final and promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs. The pick of his strikes was a 30-yard left foot effort against Reading in the play-off semi-final.

Although he played a key role in Burnley's excellent start to life in the Premier League, including home in wins over Manchester United and Everton, the one think lacking from Paterson's top-flight performances was a goal - indeed he was guilty of some very poor finishing, notably against Chelsea. He was then ruled out by injury for several months and in his absence Burnley began to struggle. He returned to playing in late January and scored his first Premier League goal in a 5-2 defeat by Aston Villa on 21st Febraury. Two further goals could do little to fire the Clarets clear of the relegation places and their demotion was confirmed following a 4-0 defeat by Liverpool with two matches still to play.

Since Burnley's relegation from the Premier League Paterson's appearances for club and country have been limited by a series of fitness problems. He finally broke his Northern Ireland goalscoring duck when  he converted a late penalty, which he won, in a friendly draw with Finland in August 2012.

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
21-11-2007 Spain......... A L 0-1 ECQ sub
06-02-2008 Bulgaria...... H L 0-1 FR. sub
20-08-2008 Scotland...... A D 0-0 FR
06-09-2008 Slovakia...... A L 1-2 WCQ
10-09-2008 Czech Republic H D 0-0 WCQ sub
15-10-2008 San Marino.... H W 4-0 WCQ sub
19-11-2008 Hungary....... H L 0-2 FR. sub
11-02-2009 San Marino.... A W 3-0 WCQ
12-08-2009 Israel........ H D 1-1 FR. sub
05-09-2009 Poland........ A D 1-1 WCQ sub
09-09-2009 Slovakia...... H L 0-2 WCQ
11-08-2010 Montenegro.... A L 0-2 FR 
29-02-2012 Norway........ H L 0-3 FR
15-08-2012 Finland....... H D 3-3 FR. sub 1 goal (pen)

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
06-02-2007 Wales......... H L 0-4 FR. sub 
24-03-2007 Romania....... A L 0-2 FR. sub 

Summary: 0(2)/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 2.