İlkay Gündoğan

İlkay Gündoğan

Gündoğan with Germany in 2018
Personal information
Full name	İlkay Gündoğan
Date of birth	(1990-10-24) 24 October 1990
Place of birth	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
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 Representing Germany UEFA European Championship 2012
* 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)

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.

Early Life

Born in Gelsenkirchen, Gündoğan came through VfL Bochum's (German Club) youth academy. In 2008, he began playing for the club's reserve side before joining the first team, FC Nürnberg (German Club) the following season. He was then acquired by Borussia Dortmund (German Club) in 2011, winning the double of Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal (German knockout football cup) in his first season. In 2013, he helped Borussia reach their first UEFA Champions League Final since 1996–97. After playing a total of 157 matches and scoring 15 goals for the club, Gündoğan signed for Manchester City for an estimated transfer fee of £21 million in the summer of 2016. He won the Premier League and English Football League Cup in 2017–18. Gündoğan made his senior debut for Germany in 2011 after previously being capped by Germany youth teams at under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels. He was chosen in Germany's squads for UEFA Euro 2012, the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.