Zavon Hines

Burnley Hines signed a two-year contract with Burnley in August 2011 with a compensation fee, estimated at £250,000, to be set by a tribunal owing to his young age. Hines said on joining Burnley: "I'm looking forward to playing for Burnley. It's all about me playing football now. ... Burnley seems like a good club to me so it wasn't really a hard decision to come here. ... I'm not a person who talks too much. I prefer to do it on the pitch, but I think I can do a lot in the Championship for Burnley." Hines said that, "It's been frustrating for me [at Burnley], I've played a few games but not enough." At the end of the season, Burnley chose not to take up the option of a second year on Hines' contract and he was released by the club. He had made 16 league and cup appearances for Burnley. He made his league debut the same day against Gillingham, replacing Garry Thompson in the second half. He made his home debut on 21 August in a 1–0 win against Fleetwood Town. He scored his first goal for the club on 13 October, in a 1–1 draw against York City. On 8 January 2013, Hines was part of the side which beat Aston Villa 3–1 in the League Cup semi-final first leg. Hines featured until the 65th minute where he was substituted by West Ham United loanee Blair Turgott. On 22 January 2013, Hines was part of the side which lost to Aston Villa 2–1 in the League Cup semi-final second leg. Hines featured until the 71st minute where he was substituted by Garry Thompson. Bradford famously went on to win the tie 4–3 on aggregate sending them to League Cup final. Bradford's historic win was only the second time a team from the 4th tier of English football have reached the League Cup final with the other being Rochdale in 1962. At the end of the 2012–13 season, Hines was not offered a new contract and was released by Bradford.

On 27 July 2013, Hines began a trial period with Coventry City starting with an away friendly against Oxford United. Hines also trialled with MK Dons and featured for 73 minutes in their pre season friendly against a Tottenham XI on 31 July 2013.

Dagenham & Redbridge

On 22 August 2013, Hines signed a one-year contract for Dagenham & Redbridge. He scored his first goal for the club on 4 October, in a 2–1 win away to Accrington Stanley. He scored twice in the following game, a 5–2 win away to Southend United in the Football League Trophy. In June 2014, he left Dagenham having failed to agree new terms to his contract after revealing that he wanted to play at a higher level. In August 2014 after failing to find another club, he re-joined the club and signed a new two-year contract. In May 2016 as his contract expired, he was released along with eleven players as Dagenham were relegated to the National League.

Southend United On 20 December 2016, Hines signed for Southend United until the end of the 2016–17 season having completed a successful trial.

Maidstone United On 18 August 2017, Hines joined National League side Maidstone United on a one-year deal. Hines was released early by the club having played 22 times in all competitions.

Chesterfield On 4 January 2018, Hines signed an 18-month contract with Chesterfield. He left the club on 5 December 2018 after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent.

Bromley On 7 December 2018, Hines joined fellow National League side Bromley.

On 4 February 2019, Hines announced his retirement due to injury.

International career On 10 February 2009, Hines was called into the Jamaica team for their friendly international against Nigeria on 11 February. The game finished 0–0 and Hines did not play. Despite having been selected in a Jamaican squad, on 1 October, Hines was called up for the England under-21 team for a game against the Macedonia under-21 team on 9 October, played at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. Hines came on as a second-half substitute, for Theo Walcott, and scored twice on his under-21 debut, in their 6–3 victory.

Coaching career In 2019, Hines returned to West Ham United as a coach for their under-14 team.

Personal life Born in Jamaica, Hines has a British passport.

Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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2007–08 Premier League

2008–09 Premier League

2009–10 Premier League

2010–11 Premier League

Coventry City (loan) 2007–08 Championship

Burnley 2011–12 Championship

AFC Bournemouth (loan) 2011–12 League Two

2013–14 League Two

League Two

2015–16 League Two

League One

Maidstone United 2017–18 National League

Bromley 2018–19 Football League Cup runner-up: 2012–13

Individual West Ham United Young Player of the Year: 2009–10 Football League Two Player of the Month: November 2013