Maik Nawrocki

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Maik Nawrocki
Maik Nawrocki with a fan (cropped).jpg
Nawrocki in 2023
Personal information
Full name Maik Nawrocki [1]
Date of birth (2001-02-07) 7 February 2001 (age 24) [2]
Place of birth Bremen, Germany
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [3]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 17
Youth career
2006–2019 Werder Bremen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2022 Werder Bremen II 8 (1)
2021 → Warta Poznań (loan) 3 (1)
2021–2022 → Legia Warsaw (loan) 19 (1)
2022–2023 Legia Warsaw 25 (4)
2022 Legia Warsaw II 1 (0)
2023– Celtic 11 (0)
International career
2016 Poland U15 1 (0)
2016–2017 Poland U16 5 (0)
2017–2018 Poland U17 9 (3)
2018 Poland U18 2 (1)
2018–2019 Poland U19 10 (4)
2021 Poland U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:15, 16 March 2025 (UTC)

Maik Nawrocki (born 7 February 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Born in Germany, he has represented Poland at youth level.

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Club career

Nawrocki (in the green shirt on the right) playing for Werder Bremen in 2016 Next Generation Trophy ( 2016) 04.jpg
Nawrocki (in the green shirt on the right) playing for Werder Bremen in 2016

Nawrocki is a homegrown product of SV Werder Bremen's youth system, joining the club at the age of 5. [4] He progressed to the reserve team playing in the Regionalliga Nord, [5] and in February 2020 signed a professional contract with Werder Bremen. [4]

Nawrocki joined Warta Poznań on loan in February 2021 after the Regionalliga Nord was postponed. He played three times for Warta in the Ekstraklasa, scoring one goal. [6]

On 15 June 2021, it was announced that Nawrocki would be returning to Poland, joining reigning champions Legia Warsaw on loan for the 2021–22 season with an option to make the deal permanent. [6] [5] He joined Legia permanently on a three-year deal on 28 May 2022. [7]

On 26 July 2023, Scottish Premiership side Celtic announced the signing of Nawrocki on a five-year deal, [8] for a fee reported to be over £4.3 million. [9] He made ten appearances in his first season, before falling out of favour in the 2024-25 season due to the form of Liam Scales and Auston Trusty. [10] On 16 March 2025, due to injuries to both Scales and Trusty, Nawrocki made a rare start in a 3-2 defeat to Rangersearning praise from fans and manager Brendan Rodgers for his performance. [11]

International career

Nawrocki has represented Poland internationally at youth levels U15 through U21. [6]

He was named in the provisional squad for Poland for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but he was not included in the final 26-man squad. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 March 2025 [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Werder Bremen II 2019–20 Regionalliga Nord 10————10
2020–21 Regionalliga Nord71————71
Total81————81
Warta Poznań (loan) 2020–21 [14] Ekstraklasa 31————31
Legia Warsaw (loan) 2021–22 [15] Ekstraklasa19120—8 [c] 0—291
Legia Warsaw 2022–23 [16] Ekstraklasa25450———304
2023–24 [17] Ekstraklasa0000—001 [d] 010
Total25450—0010314
Legia Warsaw II 2022–23 [16] III liga, gr. I 10————10
Celtic 2023–24 Scottish Premiership 100201000—130
2024–25 Scottish Premiership10101000—30
Total110302000—160
Career total677100208010887
  1. ↑ Includes Polish Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Scottish League Cup
  3. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Polish Super Cup

Honours

Legia Warsaw

Celtic

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Poland" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Maik Nawrocki". UEFA. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Maik Nawrocki". 90minut (in Polish). Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Profivertrag für Maik Nawrocki SV Werder Bremen". Bundesliga (in German). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Maik Nawrocki zawodnikiem Legii". Legia Warsaw (in Polish). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 "Maik Nawrocki moves to Legia Warsaw on loan". Werder Bremen. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Maik Nawrocki 2025" (in Polish). Legia Warsaw. 28 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Maik Nawrocki is a Celt! Polish defender joins on a five-year deal". Celtic. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Nie tylko Nawrocki. Kolejny piłkarz może opuścić Legię Warszawa". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 24 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  10. ↑ Moore, Ben (18 December 2024). "Celtic trio Stephen Welsh, Maik Nawrocki and Luis Palma seeking January exit". SportsView.
  11. ↑ Hanratty, Robbie (16 March 2025). "Brendan Rodgers praises Celtic player for doing 'really well' against Rangers". Glasgow Times.
  12. ↑ Conroy, Alison (26 July 2023). "Maik Nawrocki: Celtic sign Polish defender on five-year deal for £4.3m". Sky Sports News. Retrieved 17 March 2025. He was included in Poland's provisional squad for last year's World Cup in Qatar but didn't make the 26-man cut.
  13. ↑ Maik Nawrocki at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "Sezon 2020/21". 90minut. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  15. ↑ "Sezon 2021/22". 90minut. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  16. 1 2 "Sezon 2022/23". 90minut. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  17. ↑ "Sezon 2023/24". 90minut. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  18. ↑ "120 minut walki i nic! Zadecydowały dopiero rzuty karne". sport.interia.pl (in Polish). 2 May 2023.
  19. ↑ "Superpuchar dla Legii". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 15 July 2023.
  20. ↑ "Scottish Premiership: Celtic clinch title with rampant victory". BBC Sport. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  21. ↑ Szymański, Rafał (25 May 2024). "Polski obrońca triumfuje w Szkocji. Podwójna korona". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  22. ↑ Cassidy, Peter (15 December 2024). "Celtic beat Rangers in penalty shootout to win League Cup after dramatic final". news.stv.tv. Retrieved 15 December 2024.


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