Sascha Burchert: New goalkeeper coordinator of FC St. Pauli!

Sascha Burchert: New goalkeeper coordinator of FC St. Pauli!

What a turn at FC St. Pauli! Ex-goalkeeper Sascha Burchert remains connected to the traditional club and takes on the newly created role as a goalkeeper coordinator. He thus plays a central role in the realignment of the training of young gatekeepers, a task that is close to his heart. After all, he has made a name for himself in Hamburg and the fans, and that should now also bear fruit in the youth area. The Borkener Zeitung reported that Burchert, who moved from SpVgg Greuther Fürth to Hamburg in 2022, was hardly used in the past season due to injury. Nevertheless, he feels very connected to the people and the club in Hamburg.

Last year he had a total of four missions in the DFB Cup and two games for the second team in the regional league. Despite his limited season, Burchert won the confidence of those responsible. His sporting career should now be used for the development of young talents. "I look forward to the new challenge and to work with the talented young players," said Burchert positively about his professional future.

The situation in the gate

FC St. Pauli is currently facing a bitter challenge in the goal. In the past season, three goalkeepers, including Burchert, were adopted. Nikola Vasilj as a stammer goalkeeper and Ben are currently full of challengers in the squad, but number three are missing. Only young keepers like Leon Schmidt, Kevin Jendrzey and Ronny Seibt have not yet made it into the professional squad. According to the MOPO, a plan is forged to quickly close this gap. Here Burchert's new role could be decisive so that the association can develop reliable talents from its own ranks in the future.

The last hope for his own successor from the offspring was Svend Brodersen, who was even able to gain a foothold in a professional family before moving to Japan. Sports director Andreas Bornemann has already expressed interest in Burchert's whereabouts in another function to promote these talents.

look into the future

The tasks for Burchert are clear: he should develop a comprehensive training concept and actively support the young keepers in their development. "I want to have a good hand so that we can see our own goalkeeper in the professional team again," said Bornemann to illustrate the perspectives. Now it is time to make Burchert's ideas final in promptly in order to increase the chances of a good successor to Brodersen and thereby also strengthen the club's goalkeeper hierarchy.

The next few months will show whether Burchert can convince in the new job and whether FC St. Pauli can soon rely on your own talent. The fans can be excited and look optimistically into the future.