His two seasons with Basel were broken up by a loan spell with Thun, before he moved to England with Darlington in August 2008, where he played for one year.

[3][4] He made his international debut in 2001 against Spain and three years later scored one of the goals that helped secure his country's first point in World Cup qualification matches.

She also plays football, as a full back, for FC Triesen, and also is a coach at the youth level for Liechtenstein's women.

[7][8] He scored his first goal at the higher level on 31 July 2001, in a postponed game from the first round of the season, which finished in a 4–1 victory against Thun.

[25] His form with Aarau won Burgmeier the Liechtensteiner Footballer of the Year award, one point ahead of fellow international Mario Frick,[5] and also earned him a move to Basel, for whom he signed a three-year contract.

[25] Burgmeier made his Basel debut in the competition as they defeated Kazakhstan's Tobol 3–1 on 13 July, before he was replaced by Scott Chipperfield.

[29] Burgmeier scored his first goal for his new club in a 4–2 away defeat against Sion,[30] but again the side only ranked in the Championship behind Zürich, this time by one point.

[31] Burgmeier injured his ankle at the start of the 2007–08 season,[32] and after playing only four league games,[23] Thun signed him on a six-month loan deal in January 2008.

[34] On 13 July 2008, his contract with Basel was terminated early to allow him to find himself a new club after just 23 league appearances because he was seen as surplus to requirements by manager Christian Gross.

[23][35][36] While playing for Liechtenstein against England in a 2004 European Championships qualifying match at Old Trafford in 2003, Burgmeier was spotted by Max Houghton.

[37] Following a successful trial, Burgmeier, who was keen to move abroad,[36] was signed by the League Two-side on a one-year contract at the end of August 2008 to become the first Liechtensteiner to play in England.

It took him past the club record three caps of Canadian Jason de Vos and New Zealander Adrian Webster, with a coach-load of Darlington fans there to see him play at the Millennium Stadium.

[45] Following Darlington's financial problems, Burgmeier returned home to Liechtenstein and signed with his former club Vaduz on a one-year contract after the end of the 2008–09 season.

[49] Despite starting the qualifying round for 2004 European Championships with a 1–1 draw with Macedonia, Liechtenstein lost their remaining games to finish bottom of their group.

[51] Burgmeier scored his first international goal in April 2003 in a friendly against Saudi Arabia to give Liechtenstein a 1–0 victory.

[52] On 10 October 2004, he scored his first competitive international goal as he helped Liechtenstein to record their first point in World Cup qualification matches.

[58] A 1–0 victory against Latvia and a draw with Iceland followed, but Liechtenstein picked up only seven points to finish bottom of their group,[57] with Burgmeier playing in all but one game.