Koray Günter

Koray Günter (2014)

Koray Günter (born 16 August 1994 Hoexter ) is a German -Turkish footballer who is currently under contract at Galatasaray Istanbul.

Career

Clubs

Koray Günter began playing football in 2001 in the F- youth of the SV Hoexter. As Altgang in the D- Youth 2006 he changed to SpVg Brakel. In a tournament selection of Westphalia in 2008, he is a Scout Borussia Dortmund particularly caught your eye, the same lured him after the tournament to BVB. As a 13 -year-old, he moved at that time the youngest ever player in the youth academy of Dortmund. The former offensive player was retrained to central defender and completed just three seasons with the A- juniors of BVB, he came as a young vintage of B youth on his first appearances in the higher age group. In November 2011 he was elected Athlete of the Year of the Hoexter.

In the summer of 2012, he made ​​the jump to the squad of the second team, which had risen in the third league. On August 28, 2012, the seventh round of the 2012/13 season, he came to his debut in professional football when he was in the starting in the home match against Karlsruher SC (0:3). The preparation for the 2012/13 season, however, he completed due to the many missing EM- driver in the pros, where he first stood in the squad on November 27, 2012 at the home game against Fortuna Dusseldorf. However, he did not play.

Günter changed on January 30, 2014 for a transfer fee of 2.5 million euros to the Turkish club Galatasaray tradition. His contract runs until the summer of 2018 and Borussia Dortmund has Günter for a right of repurchase, which is valid for the 2015/16 season and includes a fixed fee of seven million euros. The debut for his new club he was in the Cup meeting on 5 February, 2014 the third division Tokatspor.

National

After Günter had played four times for the Turkish U-16 national team, he decided aground in the future for selected teams of the DFB. His debut game for the German U- 17 national team, he completed on September 4, 2010 at the international match in Hagen against Azerbaijan. In 2011, he was first vice - European champion in the U-17 Football Championship in Serbia and one month later he was with the U-17 third in the U-17 World Cup in Mexico. At the World Cup, he scored in the group stage match against Burkina Faso, a hit, also in the second round against the USA ( 4-0) and the match for third place against Brazil ( 4-3 ). On April 17, 2012, he completed his international debut for the U-19 national team in the 0-0 draw against the Czech Republic. On September 6, 2013 Günter first played for the U-20 national team, which ( with Italy, Poland and Switzerland ) defeated Poland 2-0 in the selection Pfullendorf as part of an "International round ".

Others

Günter visited the Leibniz -Gymnasium in Dortmund.

Achievements

• European vice-champion in the U-17 European Football Championships 2011
• Third place in the U-17 FIFA World Cup 2011
• Sportsman of the year 2011, the Hoexter