Matthew Burrows (born 15 October 1985) is a former professional football player from Northern Ireland who played as a midfielder.
Burrows scored a jumping backheel volley goal against Portadown to seal victory for Glentoran in injury-time of a match on 5 October 2010.
[6] However, Burrows lost out at the Ballon d'Or awards ceremony on 10 January 2011 to Bayern Munich and Turkey midfielder Hamit Altıntop, for his volleyed goal in Turkey's UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying game against Kazakhstan on 3 September 2010.
After no club would meet his entire salary costs, he asked to be released from Glentoran.
This request was granted and he agreed terms and signed for Glenavon until the end of the season.