Nishan Burkart
Personal information
Full name Nishan Connell Burkart
Date of birth (2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth Aarau, Switzerland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-forward
Team information
Current team
 Winterthur
Number 99
Youth career
0000–2016 Zürich
2016–2019 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 SC Freiburg II 74 (19)
2021–2023 SC Freiburg 1 (0)
2022–2023 → Winterthur (loan) 24 (3)
2023– Winterthur 14 (1)
International career‡
2014–2015 Switzerland U15 6 (4)
2015–2016 Switzerland U16 6 (1)
2016–2017 Switzerland U17 9 (3)
2018 Switzerland U18 1 (0)
2017–2019 Switzerland U19 10 (2)
2019 Switzerland U20 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:25, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:17, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Nishan Connell Burkart (born 31 January 2000) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Swiss Super League club Winterthur.[2]

Club career

Burkart began his youth career with FC Zürich, before moving to the Manchester United youth academy in 2016. In 2019, he left Manchester United to join SC Freiburg II in Germany.[3] He made his professional debut for SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga on 3 April 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute for Roland Sallai against Borussia Mönchengladbach. The away match finished as a 2–1 loss for Freiburg.[4]

On 31 August 2022, Burkart moved on loan to Winterthur, with an option to buy.[5] He permanently moved to the club in June 2023.[6]

International career

Burkart appeared for the Switzerland under-15 to under-20 youth national teams from 2014 to 2019.[7][8][9][10][11][12] He is also eligible to represent England through his English mother.[13]

Personal life

Burkart was born in Aarau, Switzerland.[2] Both of his parents were Olympic sprinters. His father, Stefan Burkart, was a Swiss sprinter and sports coach who specialised in the 60 metres and 100 metres. His personal bests of 6.61 seconds and 10.32 seconds are former Swiss records for the events. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Stefan became the oldest ever sprinter to compete in the men's 100 metres at the Olympics. His English-born mother, Helen Barnett, represented Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres and Switzerland at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Nishan Connell Burkart | Playerprofile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b Nishan Burkart at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Marshall, Adam (27 July 2019). "Burkart leaves United to join Freiburg". Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Germany » Bundesliga 2020/2021 » 27. Round » Bor. Mönchengladbach - SC Freiburg 2:1". WorldFootball.net. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  5. ^ "FCW HOLT NISHAN BURKART VOM SC FREIBURG" (in German). Winterthur. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  6. ^ "NISHAN BURKART MOVES TO FC WINTERTHUR ON A PERMANENT BASIS". scfreiburg.com. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  7. ^ "SFV U-15: Nishan Burkart". Swiss Football Association (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  8. ^ "SFV U-16: Nishan Burkart". Swiss Football Association (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  9. ^ "SFV U-17: Nishan Burkart". Swiss Football Association (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  10. ^ "SFV U-18: Nishan Burkart". Swiss Football Association (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  11. ^ "SFV U-19: Nishan Burkart". Swiss Football Association (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  12. ^ "SFV U-20: Nishan Burkart". Swiss Football Association (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  13. ^ a b Binz, Simon (4 May 2020). "Ex-Sprinter Stefan Burkart im Alter von 62 Jahren verstorben" [Ex-sprinter Stefan Burkart dies at the age of 62]. Nau.ch (in German). Zürich. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

External links

FC Winterthur – current squad
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