Patrick Mainka

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Patrick Mainka
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-11-06) 6 November 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Gütersloh, Germany
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Heidenheim
Number 6
Youth career
Victoria Clarholz
0000–2009 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– Heidenheim 197 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2024

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

Honours

1. FC Heidenheim

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References

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  7. 1 2 "Mainka bindet sich langfristig an Heidenheim". kicker (in German). 25 November 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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