German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City, whom he captains, and the Germany national team.
Ilkay Gündoğan, a football player of Turkish origin, who played for the German National Team, was born on October 24, 1990, to a family that immigrated to the city of Gelsenkirchen, Germany, as a worker. His mother's name is Ayten, and his father's name is İrfan Gündoğan.
Ilkay Gundogan started playing in the youth team of SV Gelsenkirchen-Hessler 06, the city where he was born when he was only 3 years old.
İlkay Gündoğan, after spending 5 years in SV Gelsenkirchen-Hessler 06, transferred to Schalke 04's youth team in 1998, where he will play for one season. Ilkay Gundogan, who was in Schalke for a short time, returned to his old team.
Gündoğan, who played in the infrastructure of the SSV Buer team between 2004-05, moved to the VfL Bochum team in 2005, where he would play for a long time.
Gündoğan played in the U-19 team of Bochum in the 2007-08 season. The team finished fifth in the U-19 western league. Making a name for himself with his achievements, İlkay Gündoğan was transferred to FC Nürnberg, one of the German Second League teams, in the second half of the 2008-2009 season. He started playing for Borussia Dortmund in the 2011-12 season. At the beginning of the 2016-17 season, he transferred from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City for 25 million euros.
WHO WAS İLKAY GÜNDOĞAN MARRIED WITH? (2022)
The Turkish-German player of Manchester City, Ilkay Gundogan, held a wedding ceremony with Sara Arfaoui Gundogan, whom he married in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, in his hometown, Dursunbey, Balikesir.
WHO IS SARA ARFAOUI?
Born in France in 1995, Sara Arfaoui is originally from Italy. Sara Arfaoui is a model.
Germany national football team career
Ilkay, who is of Turkish origin, had the right to choose both the German and Turkish national teams. However, Ilkay Gundogan declared that he voluntarily preferred the German national football team.[4] Although he was included in the squad for the friendly match to be played against Brazil in August 2011, he could not find the chance to play. On 11 October 2011, he played for Germany for the first time, replacing Philipp Lahm against Belgium in the 2012 European Football Championship qualifiers.
November 23, 2022
Another surprise came after Saudi Arabia defeated Argentina in the 2022 World Cup! In the opening match of Group E, Japan defeated Germany 2-1 in the match which fell back 1-0.
Ilkay Gundogan in Germany, which started the World Cup with the defeat of Japan, made statements at the end of the match.
Here are the statements of Ilkay Gundogan;
We've made things very easy for Japan. Especially the second goal, I don't know if a simpler goal has been scored in a World Cup. We're at the World Cup, it shouldn't be like this. Neuer saved us once in the second half. We had incredible opportunities at the front, but we couldn't score the second goal. There was insecurity about possession. We relied a lot on long balls. It was felt that no one wanted to get the ball in front of them. We lost the ball too often and easily.