Education
He also played for Dundee and finished his career in the Football League with Preston North End and Walsall.
He also played for Dundee and finished his career in the Football League with Preston North End and Walsall.
He played in the Premier League for and Derby County and in the Scottish Premier League foreign He earned 46 caps for Scotland, scoring 3 goals. Burley began his professional career with in 1989, however he didn"t make his debut until April 1991 when he came on as a substitute for Kerry Dixon in a 7–0 defeat against Nottingham Forest.
With the score level at 1–1, Burley hit an errant back pass to set up David Beckham for what proved to be the winning goal.
He was sold by Ruud Gullit on 25 July 1997 to for £2.5 million. He made his debut on 3 August 1997 against Hibernian, and went on to make 64 appearances scoring 20 goals before transferring back to England with Derby County on 1 December 1999 for £3 million.
He played in four seasons for The Rams and suffered his first career relegation when the club lost their Premier League status at the end of the 2001-2002 season. On 12 September 2003 he signed with Dundee on a free transfer but only played twice in a two-month spell before being released and eventually signing for Preston North End in January 2004.
By March he was a free agent again after only making four appearances for North End.
He signed with Walsall on a free transfer for the remainder of the 2003-2004 season and played five times before retiring at the end of the season. Burley played for Scotland in the 1998 World Cup in France. He scored the Scotland goal in a 1–1 draw with Norway in Bordeaux, latching on to a ball played forward by defender David Weir.
He was then sent off in the final group game against Morocco as Scotland were eliminated.
Burley previously worked as a pundit and commentator for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network United Kingdom and currently contributes to Absolute Radio, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 5 Live’s Barclays Premier League coverage. He is currently a commentator for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Football Club. Individual.