Filip Twardzik

Filip Twardzik (born 10 February 1993) is a Czech footballer who plays as a centre back for Spartak Trnava in the Fortuna Liga.

Club Career

Celtic

Twardzik and twin brother Patrik started off their careers with Sachsen Leipzig before being signed by Hertha Berlin. 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 Scottish Cup win against Peterhead. He made his second appearance in the next round of the Scottish Cup against Inverness coming on as a late substitute in the 93rd minute. His league debut came on 7 April in a 6–0 against victory Kilmarnock, 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 Neil Lennon at Championship side Bolton Wanderers. He signed a two-year contract at the Macron Stadium and went on to score on his debut in a 4–1 defeat for Wanderers at Derby County.

MFK Ruzomberok

After one season with Ostrava-based club MFK Vitkovice (second division), he joined Ruzomberok. He cited co-operation with his former coach David Holoubek as one of the reasons for the shift to Ruzomberok. He also said that a 'career restart' was another reason for his spell in Ruzomberok, where he had been on a pre-season trial two years earlier.

Although in Vitkovice he played as a defensive midfielder, in Ruzomberok Holoubek utilised him as a center back again. He debuted in Fortuna liga on the first matchday (21 July 2018) against iClinic Sered. The game concluded as a goal-less tie. In the season he made 19 league appearance (plus 3 in Slovnaft Cup), always in the st