Christian Burgess: The refugee-helping history graduate pushing for Europa glory

Christian Burgess has gone from League One to the Europa League quarter-finals in three years (Simon Cooper/PA)

When Christian Burgess is not helping Union Saint-Gilloise on their remarkable Europa League run, you may find him helping refugees in Calais.

The centre-back is not your archetypal footballer, perhaps in part due to a career path that has taken him from university football in Birmingham to the brink of glory in Belgium.