Edgar Bernhardt

{{short description|Kyrgyz-German footballer (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Edgar Bernhardt | image = Edgar Bernhardt 20191601.jpg | caption = Bernhardt with Kyrgyzstan in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|03|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = Novopavlovka, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union | height = 1.74 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = FC Bishkek City | clubnumber = 10 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = TuS Levern | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Preußen Espelkamp | youthyears3 = | youthclubs3 = VfL Osnabrück | years1 = 2004–2006 | clubs1 = VfL Osnabrück | caps1 = 15 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2006–2007 | clubs2 = Eintracht Braunschweig II | caps2 = 26 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2007–2008 | clubs3 = Emmen | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2008–2009 | clubs4 = VfL Osnabrück II | caps4 = 24 | goals4 = 3 | years5 = 2009 | clubs5 = VfL Osnabrück | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2009–2010 | clubs6 = Wuppertaler SV | caps6 = 25 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2010–2011 | clubs7 = VPS | caps7 = 33 | goals7 = 4 | years8 = 2012 | clubs8 = Lahti | caps8 = 10 | goals8 = 2 | years9 = 2012–2014 | clubs9 = Cracovia | caps9 = 50 | goals9 = 8 | years10 = 2014 | clubs10 = Jaro | caps10 = 7 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2015 | clubs11 = Widzew Łódź | caps11 = 11 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2015–2016 | clubs12 = Prachuap | caps12 = 19 | goals12 = 3 | years13 = 2016 | clubs13 = Al-Orouba | caps13 = | goals13 = | years14 = 2016 | clubs14 = Energie Cottbus | caps14 = 0 | goals14 = 0 | years15 = 2016–2017 | clubs15 = SV Rödinghausen | caps15 = 19 | goals15 = 2 | years16 = 2017–2018 | clubs16 = Stal Mielec | caps16 = 2 | goals16 = 0 | years17 = 2018–2019 | clubs17 = GKS Tychy | caps17 = 30 | goals17 = 1 | years18 = 2019 | clubs18 = Kedah FA | caps18 = 7 | goals18 = 0 | years19 = 2019–2020 | clubs19 = Dhaka Abahani | caps19 = 6 | goals19 = 2 | years20 = 2020 | clubs20 = Dordoi Bishkek | caps20 = 11 | goals20 = 0 | years21 = 2021 | clubs21 = Andijon | caps21 = 3 | goals21 = 0 | years22 = 2021 | clubs22 = Dordoi Bishkek | caps22 = 12 | goals22 = 0 | years23 = 2022 | clubs23 = Alga Bishkek | caps23 = 10 | goals23 = 0 | years24 = 2023 | clubs24 = Udon Thani | caps24 = 12 | goals24 = 2 | years25 = 2023–2024 | clubs25 = Preußen Espelkamp | caps25 = 3 | goals25 = 0 | years26 = 2025– | clubs26 = Bishkek City | caps26 = 2 | goals26 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2014–2022 | nationalteam1 = Kyrgyzstan | nationalcaps1 = 40 | nationalgoals1 = 4 | club-update = 30 April 2023 | nationalteam-update = 5 May 2022 }}

'''Edgar Bernhardt''' ({{langx|ru|Эдгар Бернхардт}}; born 30 March 1986) is a Kyrgyz professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bishkek City.

==Early life== Bernhardt was born in Novopavlovka, Soviet Union, now Kyrgyzstan.

==Club career==

===In Germany and the Netherlands=== Bernhardt made his debut on the professional league level in the Eerste Divisie for FC Emmen on 10 August 2007, when he came on as a substitute in the 55th minute in a game against Go Ahead Eagles. He returned to VfL Osnabrück on 30 June 2008 and signed on 8 June 2009 a contract with Wuppertaler SV.

===In Finland and Poland=== On 31 August 2010, Bernhardt moved to Finland and signed with Veikkausliiga club Vaasan Palloseura (VPS).<ref>[https://yle.fi/a/3-5623196 VPS hankki vahvistusta keskikentälle], Yle, 31 August 2010</ref> After the season, his deal was extended.<ref>[https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/bernhardt-jatkaa-vpsssa/3994518 Bernhardt jatkaa VPS:ssä], mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 28 October 2010</ref> For the 2012 season, he joined fellow Veikkausliiga club Lahti.

During 2012–2014, he played for Polish club Cracovia and debuted in Ekstraklasa in the 2013–14 season. On 20 August 2014, Bernhardt returned to Finland and signed for FF Jaro for the remainder of the season.<ref>[https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/jaron-hyokkaykseen-saksalaisvahvistus/4285228 Jaron hyökkäykseen saksalaisvahvistus], mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, 20 August 2014</ref>

In January 2015, he moved back to Poland and joined Widzew Łódź in second-tier I liga.

===Kedah=== On 27 May 2019, Bernhardt agreed to join Malaysia Super League side Kedah.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.my/malaysia/86170/kedah-ikat-kapten-skuad-kebangsaan-kyrgyzstan-edgar-bernhardt/|title=kedah ikat kapten skuad kebangsaan kyrgyzstan edgar bernhardt|date=28 May 2019|work=Fox Sports|access-date=10 December 2019|archive-date=10 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210131921/https://www.foxsports.com.my/malaysia/86170/kedah-ikat-kapten-skuad-kebangsaan-kyrgyzstan-edgar-bernhardt/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He finished the year with two goals and eight assists in 20 appearances.

===Abahani Limited Dhaka=== In December 2019, Bernhardt signed for Bangladesh Premier League club Abahani Limited Dhaka.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/224616| title = Abahani silently complete booters' registration | publisher = theindependentbd.com | language = en | access-date = 4 December 2019}}</ref> He made six appearances and scored two goals, before the season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

===Dordoi Bishkek=== On 1 August 2020, Dordoi Bishkek announced the signing of Bernhardt on a contract until the end of the 2020 Kyrgyz Premier League season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Эдгар Бернхардт перешел в Дордой |url=https://fc-dordoi.kg/novosti/novosti-kluba/jedgar-bernhardt-pereshel-v-ldordojr |website=fc-dordoi.kg/ |publisher=FC Dordoi Bishkek |access-date=1 August 2020 |language=ru |date=1 August 2020}}</ref> On 16 January 2021, Dordoi Bishkek confirmed the departure of Bernhardt after the expiration of his contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=Дордой расстается с тремя игроками |url=https://fc-dordoi.kg/novosti/novosti-kluba/ldordojr-rasstaetsja-s-tremja-igrokami |website=fc-dordoi.kg/ |publisher=FC Dordoi Bishkek |access-date=28 January 2021 |language=Russian |date=16 January 2021}}</ref> Bernhardt returned to Dordoi Bishkek on 19 July 2021, after six month with Uzbekistan Super League club Andijon.<ref>{{cite web |title=С возвращением, Эдгар |url=https://fc-dordoi.kg/novosti/novosti-kluba/s-vozvrascheniem-jedgar |website=fc-dordoi.kg/ |publisher=FC Dordoi Bishkek |access-date=19 July 2021 |language=Russian |date=19 July 2021}}</ref>

==International career== Bernhardt was called up in May 2015 by Aleksandr Krestinin to represent the Kyrgyzstan national team in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Bangladesh and Australia. He scored his first international goal in his debut against Bangladesh with a penalty kick, helping his side to win 3–1 in Dhaka.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/55982/bangladesh-suffer-1-3-defeat-against-kyrgyzstan.html |title=Bangladesh suffer 1-3 defeat against Kyrgyzstan |publisher=thedailynewnation.com |access-date=18 June 2017 |archive-date=31 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031161337/https://thedailynewnation.com/news/55982/bangladesh-suffer-1-3-defeat-against-kyrgyzstan.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life== Bernhardt holds German, Kyrgyzstani and Russian citizenship. He was born in Kyrgyzstan, but moved to Stemwede, Germany with his family in his early childhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_herford/roedinghausen/roedinghausen/20932937_Kirgisischer-Nationalspieler-kickt-in-Roedinghausen.html | title = Kirgisischer Nationalspieler kickt in Rödinghausen | publisher = nw.de | language = de | access-date = 18 June 2017}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|15 March 2025}}<ref name="NFT"/> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes DFB-Pokal, KNVB Cup, Suomen Cup, Polish Cup, Malaysia FA Cup, Bangladesh Federation Cup and Kyrgyzstan Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Lower Saxony Cup, Lower Rhine Cup, Finnish League Cup and Westphalian Cup}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=3|VfL Osnabrück |2004–05 |Regionalliga Nord |5||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||5||0 |- |2005–06 |Regionalliga Nord |10||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||10||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !15!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!15!!0 |- |rowspan=3|VfL Osnabrück II |2004–05 |NOFV-Oberliga |2||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||2||0 |- |2005–06 |NOFV-Oberliga Nord |27||2||colspan=2|–||1||0||colspan=2|–||28||2 |- !colspan=2|Total !29!!2!!0!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!30!!2 |- |Eintracht Braunschweig |2006–07 |2. Bundesliga |0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||0||0 |- ||Eintracht Braunschweig II |2006–07 |NOFV-Oberliga Nord |26||3||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||26||3 |- |Emmen |2007–08 |Eerste Divisie |8||1||1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||9||1 |- |VfL Osnabrück |2008–09 |2. Bundesliga |1||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||1||0 |- ||VfL Osnabrück II |2008–09 |NOFV-Oberliga |24||3||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||24||3 |- |Wuppertaler SV |2009–10 |3. Liga |26||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||26||0 |- ||Wuppertaler SV II |2009–10 |Oberliga Niederrhein |2||0||colspan=2|–||2||1||colspan=2|–||4||1 |- |rowspan=3|VPS |2010 |Veikkausliiga |6||1||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||6||1 |- |2011 |Veikkausliiga |27||3||0||0||5||1||colspan=2|–||32||4 |- !colspan=2|Total !33!!4!!0!!0!!5!!1!!0!!0!!38!!5 |- |Lahti |2012 |Veikkausliiga |10||2||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||10||2 |- |rowspan=3|KS Cracovia |2012–13 |I liga |30||5||1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||31||5 |- |2013–14 |Ekstraklasa |20||3||1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||21||3 |- !colspan=2|Total !50!!8!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!52!!8 |- |Jaro |2014 |Veikkausliiga |7||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||7||0 |- |Widzew Łódź |2014–15 |I liga |11||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||11||0 |- |Prachuap |2015 |Thai Division 1 League |19||3||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||19||3 |- |Al-Orouba SC |2015–16 |Oman Professional League |||||||||||||6{{efn|Appearances in AFC Cup|name=afccup}}||0||6||0 |- |Energie Cottbus |2016–17 |Regionalliga Nordost |0||0||0||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||0||0 |- |SV Rödinghausen |2017–18 |Regionalliga West |19||2||colspan=2|–||2||0||colspan=2|–||21||2 |- |Stal Mielec |2017–18 |I liga |2||0||2||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||4||0 |- |rowspan=3|GKS Tychy |2017–18 |I liga |11||1||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||11||1 |- |2018–19 |I liga |19||0||1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||20||0 |- !colspan=2|Total !30!!1!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!31!!1 |- |Kedah FA |2019 |Malaysia Super League |7||0||3||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||10||0 |- |Dhaka Abahani |2019–20 |Bangladesh Premier League |6||2||2||0||colspan=2|–||2{{efn|name=afccup}}||0||10||2 |- |Dordoi Bishkek |2020 |Kyrgyz Premier League |11||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||11||0 |- |Andijon |2021 |Uzbekistan Super League |3||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||3||0 |- |Dordoi Bishkek |2021 |Kyrgyz Premier League |12||0||1||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||13||0 |- |Alga Bishkek |2022 |Kyrgyz Premier League |10||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||10||0 |- |Udon Thani |2022–23 |Thai League 2 |12||2||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||12||2 |- |Preußen Espelkamp |2023–24 |Westfalenliga |3||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||3||0 |- |Bishkek City |2025 |Kyrgyz Premier League |2||0||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||colspan=2|–||2||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !378!!33!!12!!0!!10!!2!!8!!0!!408!!35 |} {{notelist}}

===International=== {{updated|match played 15 June 2021}}<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|57986}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="7"|Kyrgyzstan |2014||2||0 |- |2015||7||1 |- |2016||7||0 |- |2017||4||0 |- |2018||7||0 |- |2019||10||3 |- |2021||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!40!!4 |}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Edgar Bernhardt |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || 11 June 2015 ||Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh ||{{fb|BAN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|3–1 ||2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | align="center"|2 | rowspan="3" |{{dts|10 October 2019}} | rowspan="3" |Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | rowspan="3" |{{fb|MYA}} | align="center"|1–0 | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" |7–0 | rowspan="3" |2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | rowspan="3" | |- | align="center"|3 | align="center"|2–0 |- | align="center"|4 | align="center"|7–0 |}

==Honours== '''Kedah''' * Malaysia FA Cup: 2019 * Malaysia Cup: runner-up 2019 '''Dordoi Bishkek''' * Kyrgyz Premier League: 2020, 2021

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{FIFA player|389450|Edgar BERNHARDT}} * {{Soccerway|-edgar-bernhardt/63940}} * {{90minut|22862}} * {{Fussballdaten|bernhardtedgar}} * {{NFT player|57986}}

{{Kyrgyzstan squad 2019 AFC Asian Cup}}

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