He spent three seasons with Chemik before making a move to join city rivals Polonia Bydgoszcz.
During the 1993–94 season Olimpia performed well in the league finishing runners-up and securing an immediate return to Poland's top division.
Burlikowski originally stayed with the Olimpia-Lechia merger, but soon left the club to join fellow I liga side Sokół Pniewy/Tychy after playing in only 4 games.
[6] After a series of short term moves, Burlikowski settled down for 18 months, returning to the city of his birth and playing for Zawisza Bydgoszcz.
Initially returning to Zawisza Bydgoszcz before playing in Finland with Rovaniemen Palloseura, and in the United States with Jersey Falcons.