Patrick Mainka (born 6 November 1994) is a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a defender for 1. FC Heidenheim.

Career

Early career

Born in

Gütersloh Gütersloh () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the area of Westphalia and the administrative region of Detmold. Gütersloh is the administrative centre for a district of the same name and has a population of 100,194 peo ...

, Mainka played youth football for Victoria Clarholz and FSC Rheda before joining

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

's academy in 2009. 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.

Werder Bremen II

Mainka left Arminia Bielefeld in the summer of 2014, joining

Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen II is the reserve team of SV Werder Bremen. It plays in Regionalliga, the fourth level of the German football league system, and has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal on nineteen occasions. It also has won the Germ ...

for an undisclosed fee. On 1 August 2014, Mainka made his debut for Werder Bremen II in a 3–3 draw at

Eintracht Braunschweig II Eintracht Braunschweig II (sometimes also called Eintracht Braunschweig U-23 and formerly known as Eintracht Braunschweig Amateure) is the amateur team, formerly the reserve team, of German football club ''Eintracht Braunschweig''. The team has ma ...

, before scoring the first goal of his senior career in the following match at home to Schwarz-Weiß Rehden. He made 23 appearances in the league that season, scoring three, before scoring the winning goal in the second leg of the promotion playoff match

Borussia Mönchengladbach II Borussia Mönchengladbach II is a German association football club from the town of Mönchengladbach, North Rhine Westphalia. It is the reserve team of Borussia Mönchengladbach. The team's greatest success has been promotion to the tier four R ...

to promote Werder Bremen II to the 3. Liga. He made 9 appearances during the 2015–16 season for Werder Bremen II before leaving in January 2016.

Borussia Dortmund II

Mainka joined

Borussia Dortmund II Borussia Dortmund II are the reserve team of Borussia Dortmund. They play in the 3. Liga, at Stadion Rote Erde. Until 2005, the team played as Borussia Dortmund Amateure. History From Kreisliga to Oberliga (Until 1997) The second team of Boruss ...

on a two-and-a-half-year contract in January 2016. He made his debut for the club on 6 February 2016 in a 1–1 draw at home to

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, 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. 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. Mainka made his debut for Heidenheim in their second game of the season; a 1–1 draw away at

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., simply as KSV Holstein or Kieler SV Holstein, commonly known as Holstein Kiel (), is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s thro ...

. 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 Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. The club's greatest success ...

. Across the 2018–19 season, he started 32 of Heidenheim's 34 games, scoring 2 goals. 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.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mainka, Patrick 1994 births Living people People from Gütersloh Footballers from Detmold (region) German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Arminia Bielefeld players SV Werder Bremen II players Borussia Dortmund II players 1. FC Heidenheim players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players