Jonathan Burkardt

Jonathan Burkardt is a German football player born on 11 July 2000 in Darmstadt, Germany. He plays forward; He has been playing for Eintracht Frankfurt since 2025 and also played for the Germany A national team.

Mainz years

He started football in the youth team of SV Darmstadt 98, and moved to Mainz 05 in 2014. After training in the club's second team, he stepped into the Bundesliga against Augsburg on 15 September 2018. In his seven seasons at Mainz, he scored 41 goals in 136 Bundesliga matches, becoming the club's top scorer in Bundesliga history.

He broke out with 11 goals in 2021-22; In the 2024-25 season, he became the top-scoring German striker in the league by scoring 18 goals in 29 matches.

Frankfurt and the national team

In July 2025, he signed a five-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt, running until 30 June 2030. He experienced his first success in the national jersey with the Germany Under-21 team; He won the 2021 European Under-21 Championship with this squad, for which he also served as team captain. He played his first match for the national team against Bosnia-Herzegovina on October 11, 2024.

Burkardt is one of the new generation German forwards who grew up from the youth academy and turned into a consistent goalscorer in the Bundesliga.