Filip Twardzik (born 10 February 1993) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Celtic

Twardzik and twin brother Patrik started off their careers with

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before being signed by

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. On 1 February 2009, they were both signed by Celtic, a week before their 16th birthday. Filip and Patrik both suspended their education when they moved to Celtic. Their mother also moved to Scotland to help them adjust to their new life. Twardzik made his first-team debut for Celtic on 8 January 2012, coming on as a 70th-minute substitute in a

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. He made his second appearance in the next round of the Scottish Cup against

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coming on as a late substitute in the 93rd minute. His league debut came on 7 April in a 6–0 against victory

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, he came on shortly after the start of the second half and assisted the fifth goal with a clever back-heel.

Bolton Wanderers

On 2 February 2015, Twardzik re-joined his former Celtic manager

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side

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. He signed a two-year contract at the

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and went on to score on his debut in a 4–1 defeat for Wanderers at

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MFK Ružomberok

After one season with

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-based club

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(second division), he joined Ružomberok. He cited co-operation with his former coach

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as one of the reasons for the shift to

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. He also said that a 'career restart' was another reason for his spell in Ružomberok, where he had been on a pre-season trial two years earlier. Although in Vítkovice he played as a

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, in Ružomberok Holoubek utilised him as a

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again. He debuted in

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on the first matchday (21 July 2018) against iClinic Sereď. The game concluded as a goal-less tie. In the season he made 19 league appearances (plus 3 in Slovnaft Cup), always in the starting XI. He scored a single goal, on 2 December 2018, in a 3–1 win over struggling reigning champions,

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, from a penalty after a foul on fellow

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. In early March, however, Twardzik suffered an unspecified injury and did not participate in the remaining 12 games of the season, particularly the championship group, during which Ružomberok reclaimed and kept the third position, guaranteeing a spot in next season's

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first qualifying round. After the departure of Holoubek and his assistant

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from Ružomberok, it was unclear whether Twardzik would remain in the club. After a tenure at

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, Twardzik signed a -year contract with

in late January 2021.

International career

Twardzik played three times in the

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. He played 14 times in total for Czech Republic U17s scoring five goals. He made his competitive debut for Czech Republic U19s on 21 May 2011, in a 1–0 victory over the

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Personal life

Twardzik was born in the Czech Republic but raised and educated in Germany as his father played football there. His twin brother Patrik, a forward, also played for Celtic. His older brother,

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, plays for

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as a goalkeeper. His father,

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, was also a goalkeeper and played for

Honours

Spartak Trnava *

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