Patrick Mainka

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Patrick Mainka
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-11-06) 6 November 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Gütersloh, Germany
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 1. FC Heidenheim
Number 6
Youth career
Victoria Clarholz
–2009 FSC Rheda
2009–2013 Arminia Bielefeld
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2014 Arminia Bielefeld II 20 (4)
2013–2014 Arminia Bielefeld 1 (0)
2014–2015 Werder Bremen II 34 (4)
2016–2018 Borussia Dortmund II 86 (9)
2018– 1. FC Heidenheim 222 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2025, 17:22 (UTC)

Patrick Mainka (born 6 November 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and captains for Bundesliga club 1. FC Heidenheim.

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Career

Early career

Born in Gütersloh, [1] Mainka played youth football for Victoria Clarholz and FSC Rheda before joining Arminia Bielefeld's academy in 2009. [2] Mainka made his debut and only appearance for Arminia Bielefeld on 15 December 2013, coming on as a second half substitute for Marc Lorenz in a 4–1 victory at home to Greuther Fürth. [1] [3]

Werder Bremen II

Mainka left Arminia Bielefeld in the summer of 2014, joining Werder Bremen II for an undisclosed fee. [4] On 1 August 2014, Mainka made his debut for Werder Bremen II in a 3–3 draw at Eintracht Braunschweig II, before scoring the first goal of his senior career in the following match at home to Schwarz-Weiß Rehden. [1] He made 23 appearances in the league that season, [1] scoring three, before scoring the winning goal in the second leg of the promotion playoff match Borussia Mönchengladbach II to promote Werder Bremen II to the 3. Liga. [5] He made 9 appearances during the 2015–16 season for Werder Bremen II before leaving in January 2016. [1]

Borussia Dortmund II

Mainka joined Borussia Dortmund II on a two-and-a-half-year contract in January 2016. [6] He made his debut for the club on 6 February 2016 in a 1–1 draw at home to Viktoria Köln, going on to make 18 appearances during the 2015–16 season, scoring once. He remained a regular player over the next two seasons for Borussia Dortmund II, scoring 2 goals in 34 games across the 2016–17 season and 6 goals in 34 games during the 2017–18 season, and he was also captain of Borussia Dortmund II. [1] [7]

1. FC Heidenheim

In the summer of 2018, Mainka joined 1. FC Heidenheim on a two-year contract, following the expiration of his contract at Borussia Dortmund. [8] Mainka made his debut for Heidenheim in their second game of the season; a 1–1 draw away at Holstein Kiel. [9] He scored his first goal for Heidenheim on 4 May 2019; a right footed shot in the 60th minute of a 3–2 defeat at home to SV Sandhausen. [10] Across the 2018–19 season, he started 32 of Heidenheim's 34 games, scoring 2 goals. [1] Having been a regular player for Heidenheim in early stages of the 2019–20 season, his contract was extended in November 2019 until the summer of 2024. [7]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arminia Bielefeld II 2012–13 Oberliga Westfalen 204——204
Arminia Bielefeld 2013–14 2. Bundesliga 1000—10
Werder Bremen II 2014–15 Regionalliga Nord 254——254
2015–16 3. Liga 90——90
Total344——344
Borussia Dortmund II 2015–16 Regionalliga West 181——181
2016–17 Regionalliga West342——342
2017–18 Regionalliga West346——346
Total869——869
1. FC Heidenheim 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 32240—362
2019–20 2. Bundesliga320202 [a] 0360
2020–21 2. Bundesliga33510—345
2021–22 2. Bundesliga32311—334
2022–23 2. Bundesliga34321—364
2023–24 Bundesliga 34220—362
2024–25 Bundesliga251109 [b] 1352
Total2221613211124619
Career total3633313211138736
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Bundesliga promotion Play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

Honours

1. FC Heidenheim

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Patrick Mainka". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Patrick Mainka - Laufbahn - Spielerprofil". kicker (in German). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Lorenz ist nicht zu fassen". kicker (in German). 15 December 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Mainka und Turhan verlassen den DSC". Westfalen-Blatt (in German). 17 July 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach II 0:2 Werder Bremen II". kicker (in German). 31 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "BVB II verpflichtet Patrick Mainka" (in German). Borussia Dortmund. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Mainka bindet sich langfristig an Heidenheim". kicker (in German). 25 November 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "FCH verpflichtet BVB-II-Kapitän Mainka". kicker (in German). 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  9. ↑ "Trotz Überzahl: Heidenheim nimmt nur einen Punkt mit". kicker (in German). 12 August 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Doppelter Wooten lässt Sandhausen jubeln". kicker (in German). 4 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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