Daithí Burke (born 16 November 1992) is an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Galway county hurling team and for his clubs Turloughmore and Corofin.
Burke made his debut for Galway against Laois, and was part of the team that reached the 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final after defeating Tipperary in the semi-final.
On 3 September 2017, Burke started at full-back for Galway as they won their first All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 29 years against Waterford.
He has also played for NUI Galway.
In February 2022, Burke was named captain of the Galway senior hurling team.
Career statistics
TeamYearNational LeagueLeinsterAll-IrelandTotalDivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreGalway2014Division 1A70–030–010–0110–02015 -30–030–060–0201630–030–020–080–02017Division 1B60–230–020–0110–2201810–060–030–0100–02019 -30–0 -30–02020Division 1A -10–020–030–0202130–210–010–050–2202250–060–010–0120–0Total250–4290–0150–0690–4
Honours Hurling All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (1): 2009 National Hurling League Division 1 (2): 2017, 2021 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (3): 2017, 2018, 2026 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2017
Football Galway Senior Football Championship (8): 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Connacht Senior Club Football Championship (5): 2014, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship (4): 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 Connacht Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2013 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2013
Awards The Sunday Game Hurling Team of the Year (1): 2018 GAA GPA All Stars Awards (5): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
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