page_title: David Edgar (soccer)
section_title: Burnley
hierarchical_section_title: David Edgar (soccer) / Club career / Burnley
caption_attribution_description: English: Cardiff v Burnley on 18/03/2012
context_page_description: David Edward Edgar is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays for Forge FC and the Canadian national team as a centre-back.
  Edgar has represented Canada at various levels and was a member of the Canadian U-20 team at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He made his debut for the Canadian senior team on February 9, 2011.
context_section_description: On July 1, 2009, it was announced that Edgar had joined Burnley on a four-year-deal. On December 24, Burnley and Newcastle announced they had agreed to a transfer fee of £300,000 for Edgar, avoiding a tribunal hearing to settle the matter.
  Edgar made his debut for Burnley in the second round of the League Cup against Hartlepool United on August 25, however he found himself out of favour under the manager at the time, Owen Coyle, with this appearance being his only one, and was never included in one of his Premier League squads. After Coyle's controversial departure in January 2010, Edgar was included in the starting line-up for Brian Laws' first match in charge, against Manchester United, which saw Burnley lose 3–0 on January 16, 2010. At the end of the 2009–10 season, Edgar went on to make four appearance.
  Following his loan spell at Swansea City came to an end, Edgar was expected to be included in the first team by Laws ahead of the 2010–11 season. He then made his first appearance of the season against Ipswich Town on August 14, 2010, but was sent–off after a second bookable offence in the 79th minutes, in a 1–1 draw. However, throughout the 2010–11 season saw Edgar struggled in the first team and his own injury concerns and was restricted to eight appearances in all competitions. Despite this, Edgar was given a rare start on the last game of the season against Cardiff City and despite drawing 1–1, he made impression during the match.
  In the 2011–12 season, Edgar soon became the regular starting centre-back under the management of Eddie Howe. Edgar scored two goals in four minutes to lead Burnley to a 3–2 away win over Hull City on November 26. One of his goals against Hull City resulted him being awarded for West Yorkshire Clarets Away day goals of the season. He then set up a goal for Danny Ings to score his first Burnley goal, in a 5–1 win over Portsmouth on March 31, 2012. Despite missing out two appearances, due to being on the substitute bench, Edgar went on to make forty–nine (44 league) and scoring two times in all competitions.
  In the 2012–13 season, Edgar continued to be in a first team regular despite competing threats from new signing Jason Shackell. As a result, Manager Sean Dyche placed him in a midfielder position on several occasions following a midfield crisis. Although he played out different positions in both defender and midfielder, he was also placed on the substitute bench. It wasn't until on February 9, 2013 when he scored his first Burnley goal, in a 2–1 loss against Bolton Wanderers. His second goal of the season then came on April 20, 2013, in a 1–1 draw against Cardiff City. He went on to make thirty appearances (twenty–seven in the league) and scoring two times in all competitions.
  In the 2013–14 season, Edgar struggled in the first team, with Michael Duff and Shackhell preferred in the centre–back instead. Throughout the season, Edgar spent the most of the 2013–14 season on the substitute bench. Despite this, Edgar made his first start of the season in the second round of League Cup, in a 2–0 win over Preston North End on August 27, 2013. Then, on October 1, 2013, he made his first league start of the season, in a 2–0 win over Doncaster Rovers. As the 2013–14 season progressed, Edgar played occasionally and spent the season on the substitute bench, resulting him making twenty–one appearances in all competitions. Following Burnley's promotion to the Premier League, Edgar was one of four players released by the club following the expiry of their contracts.
caption: Edgar playing for Burnley in 2012.
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