Marcin Burkhardt (; born 25 September 1983) is a Polish professional

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who plays as a

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for regional league club Grom Warsaw. He is also the assistant coach of Weszło Warsaw. From 2021 to 2022, he served as the

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Career

Club

Burkhardt made his debut in the Polish league on September 16, 2001 in

Amica Wronki Amica Wronki was a Polish football club based in Wronki, Poland. The club was invariably linked to Amica, a manufacturer of white goods, predominantly stoves, which gave the club its nickname. The company's increasing profits gave the new te ...

against

Dyskobolia Grodzisk Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski (), previously Groclin Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski, was a Polish football club based in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Greater Poland Voivodeship. History Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski was founded on 30 April 1 ...

and has scored seven goals as of this campaign. For Legia he scored 4 goals – in matches Amica-Legia, Dyskobolia-Legia, Wisla Plock-Legia and Odra Wodzislaw-Legia. He played for

Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa (), commonly referred to as Legia Warsaw or simply Legia, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is the most successful Polish football club in history, winning a record 15 champions titles, a record 2 ...

until 30 March 2008. The day after he joined the

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollför ...

squad for three years. On 19 August 2009 Burkhardt left

for

Metalist Kharkiv Football Club Metalist Kharkiv, also known as Football Club Metalist Kharkov or FC Metalist Kharkov ( ), is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2023–24 season. It was rev ...

for three years. In February 2010, Burkhardt was loaned to

Jagiellonia Białystok Jagiellonia Białystok () is a Polish professional football club based in Białystok that plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top level of Polish football. The club was founded in 1920 by soldiers in the 42nd Infantry Regiment Reserve Battalion in Bi ...

on a half year deal. He was sold to this club one year later. During the summer of 2012 Burkhardt signed for

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club Simurq. Burkhardt played 24 times for Simurq, scoring 5 times, during the

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season. On 8 September 2014, Burkhardt signed for Bulgarian side Cherno More. He made his debut coming on as a substitute for Todor Palankov in a league game against

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on 13 September. On 20 March 2015, Burkhardt scored the only goal in Cherno More's 1–0 victory over

Marek Dupnitsa FC Marek () is a Bulgarian football club based in Dupnitsa, currently playing in the Second League, the second level of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded in 1947 following the unification of four local clubs. Home matches take ...

. He ended his debut campaign at Cherno More with 4 goals in all competitions. In June 2015, Burkhardt signed a new contract with the club keeping him with the Sailors until the end of the 2015–16 season. However, he left the team in December 2015 due to injury issues. On 15 December 2017, Burkhardt joined

III liga III liga (Trzecia liga), currently named Betclic III liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is a Polish football league that sits in the fourth tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, III liga ref ...

team

Motor Lublin Motor Lublin () is a Polish professional football club based in Lublin. The club was founded in December 1950. Their nickname ''The Yellow, White and Blues'' reflects their official colours. They compete in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of Polish ...

International

For

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, Burkhardt has appeared 10 times and scored one goal.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Burkhardt goal.''

Personal life

He is the brother of Filip Burkhardt.

Honours

Legia Warsaw *

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

: 2005–06 *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 2007–08 Jagiellonia Białystok * Polish Cup: 2009–10 *

Polish Super Cup The Polish Super Cup (, ) is an annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup's runners-up. As of 2024, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Cherno More *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

: 2014–15 Legionovia Legionowo * III liga, group I: 2018–19 Weszło Warsaw * V liga Masovia I: 2022–23 * Regional league Warsaw I: 2021–22 * Polish Cup (Warsaw regionals): 2022–23, 2023–24

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Burkhardt, Marcin 1983 births Living people Polish men's footballers Polish expatriate men's footballers Amica Wronki players Legia Warsaw players IFK Norrköping players FC Metalist Kharkiv players Jagiellonia Białystok players Simurq PIK players Miedź Legnica players PFC Cherno More Varna players Ullensaker/Kisa IL players MKP Pogoń Siedlce players Motor Lublin players Gryf Wejherowo players KTS Weszło players Ekstraklasa players I liga players II liga players III liga players IV liga players Ukrainian Premier League players Azerbaijan Premier League players Allsvenskan players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Footballers from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Sportspeople from Elbląg Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Polish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Polish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Polish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Norwegian First Division players Men's association football midfielders Poland men's international footballers Polish expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Polish football managers Men's association football player-managers 21st-century Polish sportsmen