Maik Nawrocki (born 7 February 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Born in Germany, he is a Polish youth international.
Nawrocki is a homegrown product of SV Werder Bremen's youth system, joining the club at the age of 5. He progressed to the reserve team playing in the Regionalliga Nord, and in February 2020 signed a professional contract with Werder Bremen.
Nawrocki joined Warta Poznań on loan in February 2021 after the Regionalliga Nord was postponed. He played three times for Warta in the Ekstraklasa, scoring one goal.
On 15 June 2021, it was announced that Nawrocki would be returning to Poland, joining reigning champions Legia Warsaw on loan for the 2021–22 season with an option to make the deal permanent. He joined Legia permanently on a three-year deal on 28 May 2022.
On 26 July 2023, Scottish Premiership side Celtic announced the signing of Nawrocki on a five-year deal, for a fee reported to be over £4.3 million.
Nawrocki has represented Poland internationally at youth levels U15 through U21.
Maik Nawrocki was named in the provisional squad for Poland for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but he was not included in the final 26-man squad.
2020-2022 |
2022-2023 |
2023-2028 |