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

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who plays as a

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for Weszło Warsaw. From 2021 to 2022 he served as a

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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 ...

against

Dyskobolia Grodzisk Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski (), previously Groclin Grodzisk Wielkopolski, was a Polish football club based in Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Greater Poland Voivodeship. History Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski was founded on 30 April 1922. Its ...

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 record 15 Ekstraklasa champions titles, a ...

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 football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play the ...

squad for three years. On 19 August 2009 Burkhardt left

for

Metalist Kharkiv Football Club Metalist Kharkiv ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2021–22 season. It was revived 5 years ...

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

Jagiellonia Białystok Jagiellonia Białystok () is a Polish 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 Reserve Battalion in Białystok. Jagiellonia play their home ...

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

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

season. On 8 September 2014, Burkhardt signed for

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side Cherno More. He made his debut coming on as a substitute for

Todor Palankov Todor Palankov ( bg, Тодор Паланков; born 13 January 1984) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Pirin Razlog. Career Palankov began his career at Litex Lovech where he made 37 A PFG appearances. He mad ...

in a league game against

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

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

Marek Dupnitsa FC Marek ( bg, ФК Марек) is a Bulgarian football club based in Dupnitsa, currently playing in the Third League, the third level of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded in 1947 following the unification of four local clubs ...

. 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) 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 referred to a league at the third tier (now called II liga) but this was ...

team

Motor Lublin Motor Lublin () is a Polish professional football team based in Lublin. The club was founded in December 1950 with their nickname ''The Yellow, White and Blues'' reflecting their official colours. They compete in II liga in the 2021–22 season ...

International

For

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, Burkhardt has appeared 10 times and scored one goal.

Career statistics

International

''Statistics accurate as of 9 September 2014''

International goals

:''Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

;Legia Warsaw *

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 ...

: 2005–06 *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa titl ...

: 2007–08 ;Jagiellonia Białystok *

: 2010 *

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 2021, the Polish Super Cup has been ...

: 2010 ;Cherno More *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) 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 tourname ...

: 2014–15

Personal life

He is the brother of

Filip Burkhardt Filip Burkhardt (born 23 March 1987) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gryf Wejherowo. Career Club Of a very slight physical presence, Burkhardt made his debut in the Polish Premier League on June 11, 2004. He p ...

References

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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