İlkay Gündoğan
İlkay Gündoğan
Gündoğan made his debut for the Germany national team in 2011, after previously being capped) by the under-18, under-19, under-20, and under-21 teams. He was in Germany's squads for the UEFA European Championship in (/wiki/UEFAEuro2012), (/wiki/UEFAEuro2020), and (/wiki/UEFAEuro2024) (for which he was captain), and the FIFA World Cup in (/wiki/2018FIFAWorldCup) and (/wiki/2022FIFAWorldCup).
Early life
Gündoğan was born on 24 October 1990 in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, to Turkish parents. His grandfather on his father's side was a guest worker who moved from Balıkesir, Turkey, to the Ruhr region of Germany to work as a miner. Meanwhile, his wife stayed in Turkey with their children where they grew up and went to school.
Early career
!Gündoğan with [1. FC Nürnberg in 2010](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/IlkayG%C3%BCndogan2010.jpg/250px-IlkayG%C3%BCndogan2010.jpg)
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