| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1922-05-19)19 May 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Gelsenkirchen,[1] Germany | ||
| Date of death | 15 September 2001(2001-09-15) (aged 79) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1934–1935 | SV Erle 08 | ||
| 1935–1943 | Schalke 04 | ||
| 1943–1944 | VfB Königsberg | ||
| 1944–1945 | Eintracht Braunschweig | ||
| 1945–1946 | SV Erle 08 | ||
| 1946 | TSV Braunschweig | ||
| 1947 | SSV Buer | ||
| 1947–1949 | Schalke 04 | ||
| 1949–1954 | Werder Bremen | ||
| International career | |||
| 1941–1951 | Germany | 5 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1963–1964 | STV Horst-Emscher | ||
| 1969–1971 | Rot-Weiß Essen | ||
| 1972 | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| 1975–1976 | Werder Bremen | ||
| 1976 | SG Union Solingen | ||
| 1976–1978 | Wuppertaler SV | ||
| 1978–1979 | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid[2] | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||

Herbert "Budde" Burdenski (19 May 1922 – 15 September 2001), was a Germanfootball player and coach.
Burdenski began his football career with the Erle 08 inGelsenkirchen. In 1935 he was discovered playing in the local school championships byErnst Kuzorra, who signed him toFC Schalke 04. There he became part of the Schalke team, winning the 1940 and 1942German championship.
In 1949 Burdenski was a sports teacher inBremen, and when the German championship returned he signed to play forWerder Bremen. It was during this time that he scored the only goal in a match againstSwitzerland inStuttgart on 22 November 1950, the first international match of theWest Germany national football team after theSecond World War. Burdenski played five games for the national team during this second phase of his career.
After retiring from playing, Burdenski became a coach for:Rot-Weiß Essen,Borussia Dortmund,SV Werder Bremen,MSV Duisburg,STV Horst-Emscher,Wuppertaler SV, andWestfalia Herne. Essen and Dortmund were relegated from theBundesliga under his reign.
Up to his death, Burdenski remained connected to FC Schalke, mainly to advise the supervisory board and presidency.
Burdenski is the father of the successfulBundesliga playerDieter Burdenski. As a manager inBundesliga in the 1960s and 1970s, it came to happen thatSV Werder Bremen brought the two Burdenski's together for the season of1975–76. Dieter Burdenski played 22 of his 34 Bundesliga matches that season under the management of his father. In February 1976, Werder, lying in a precarious position in the bottom-half of Bundesliga then, sacked Herbert to replace him withOtto Rehhagel.