Patrick Nwadike

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Patrick Nwadike
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Nwadike with Spartak Trnava in 2025
Personal information
Full name Patrick Emeka Nwadike
Date of birth (1998-08-29) 29 August 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Spartak Trnava
Number 2
Youth career
Landskrona BoIS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 IK Wormo 15 (2)
2019–2020 Landskrona BoIS 42 (5)
2019 Prespa Birlik (loan) 5 (0)
2021–2025 IK Sirius 47 (1)
2025– Spartak Trnava 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 August 2025

Patrick Emeka Nwadike (born 29 August 1998) is a Swedish professional football defender who currently plays for Slovak side FC Spartak Trnava. [1]

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Club career

Early career

At the youth level, he played for Landskrona. He began his professional career in the third division at IK Wormo, where he played 15 games and scored two goals. In March of 2019, he returned to Landskrona, [2] signing a two-year contract with the club. [3] He made his debut for the club on June 8 in a match of the next round in the first Swedish division against Ljungskile, entering the field in the middle of the first half. [4] He also played five matches for the feeder club Prespa Birlik during the year.

IK Sirus

On December 16, 2020, he signed a contract with Sirius, a club which plays in Allsvenskan. [5] [6] He played his first game for the club on February 20, 2021, as part of the group stage of the national cup against Lødde, replacing Jamie Roche at half-time. [7] On May 8, he made his debut in the Swedish championship in a match against Hammarby, appearing on the field in the 86th minute for Adam Ståhl. [8] On 12 June 2025 it was announced that Nwadike would not be renewing his contract with IK Sirius and would be leaving on a free transfer, presumably to Slovak side FC Spartak Trnava. [9] [10]

Spartak Trnava

On 20 June 2025, it was announced that Nwadike would be joining FC Spartak Trnava. [11] [1] He made his debut for the club in the first round of the Europa League qualification in a 1–0 loss to BK Häcken, playing the full 90” minutes. [12] Nwadike made his league debut in a 1–0 win over newcomers Tatran Presov. He was able to score a bicycle kick however the goal was disallowed after a foul in the build up. [13] He won the man of the match. [14]

Nwadike scored his first goal for Spartak in a 4–3 win over Romanian club Universitatea Craiova despite winning the game, Spartak were knocked out 6–4 on aggregate. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 redakcia@trnavskyhlas.sk. "Spartak posilnil obranu, zmluvu podpísal Švéd Patrick Nwadike". Trnavský Hlas. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  2. Lundmark, Max (22 March 2019). "Patrick Nwadike klar för BoIS". Landskrona BoIS (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  3. Lundmark, Max (22 March 2019). "Patrick Nwadike klar för BoIS". Landskrona BoIS (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  4. "Ljungskile vs Landskrona - 8 June 2019 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  5. "Patrick Nwadike klar för Sirius Fotboll". Sirius Fotboll (in Swedish). 16 December 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  6. Reporter, Score Nigeria (16 December 2020). "Patrick Nwadike thrilled to join IK Sirius". Score Nigeria. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  7. "Lödde vs Sirius - 20 February 2021 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  8. "Hammarby vs Sirius - 8 May 2021 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  9. Sundberg, Tor (12 June 2025). "Uppgifter: Patrick Nwadike flyttar till Slovakien". FotbollDirekt (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  10. Šport.sk (13 June 2025). "Trnava skúsi šťastie v Škandinávii. Posilní ju stopér, ktorý od novembra nehral". Šport.sk. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  11. Popovec, Pavol (20 June 2025). "Patrick Nwadike prichádza posilniť obranné rady A-tímu". FC Spartak Trnava (in Slovak). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  12. Popovec, Pavol (10 July 2025). "Cesta do Európy odštartovala prehrou 0:1". FC Spartak Trnava (in Slovak). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  13. Ďurinský, Samuel (10 August 2025). "TRETIA VÝHRA A TRETIE ČISTÉ KONTO V LIGE!". FC Spartak Trnava (in Slovak). Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  14. "Niké liga: Trnava potvrdila úlohu favorita, nováčika súťaže doma tesne zdolala". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  15. Ďurinský, Samuel (14 August 2025). "ANI HEROICKÝ VÝKON A 4 STRELENÉ GÓLY NA POSTUP NESTAČILI". FC Spartak Trnava (in Slovak). Retrieved 15 August 2025.