As a player in England, Christian Burgess made just one appearance in the Championship.
Even that was a dead rubber game on the final day of the 2012-13 season for Middlesbrough. Now, he is playing a big part in one of the more romantic stories in European football at Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise.
The historic club is in its first season back at the top table of Belgian football for almost half a century. Rather than simply make up the numbers though, Union have surpassed all expectations by finishing top of the table in the regular 34-game season. They have achieved it by winning 23 of their 33 games and holding off the challenge of clubs with vaster resources such as Vincent Kompany's Anderlecht and Club Brugge.
