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İlkay Gündoğan
German association football player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
İlkay Gündoğan (born 24 October 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona and the Germany national football team.
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![]() Gündoğan with Germany in 2018 | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | İlkay Gündoğan[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 33)[2] | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Manchester City | |||||||||||||
Number | 8 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1993–1998 | SV Gelsenkirchen-Hessler 06 | |||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Schalke 04 | |||||||||||||
1999–2004 | SV Gelsenkirchen-Hessler 06 | |||||||||||||
2004–2005 | SSV Buer | |||||||||||||
2005–2008 | VfL Bochum | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2008–2009 | VfL Bochum II | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||
2009–2011 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 48 | (6) | |||||||||||
2011–2016 | Borussia Dortmund | 105 | (10) | |||||||||||
2012 | Borussia Dortmund II | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
2016– | Manchester City | 71 | (13) | |||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Germany U18 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
2008–2009 | Germany U19 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
2009–2010 | Germany U20 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
2010–2012 | Germany U21 | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||
2011– | Germany | 31 | (4) | |||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:15, 13 May 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:39, 24 March 2019 (UTC) |
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