Gianluca Korte

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gianluca Korte

| fullname =

| image = Korte, Gianluca BS 11-12 WP.JPG

| image_size =

| caption = Korte with Eintracht Braunschweig in February 2012

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|8|29}}

| birth_place = Speyer, West Germany

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = VfR Mannheim

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2009

| youthclubs1 = Phönix Schifferstadt

| years1 = 2009–2011

| clubs1 = TuS Mechtersheim

| caps1 = 61

| goals1 = 22

| years2 = 2011–2015

| clubs2 = Eintracht Braunschweig

| caps2 = 17

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2011–2014

| clubs3 = → Eintracht Braunschweig II

| caps3 = 30

| goals3 = 13

| years4 = 2015

| clubs4 = → VfR Aalen (loan)

| caps4 = 3

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2016–2020

| clubs5 = Waldhof Mannheim

| caps5 = 134

| goals5 = 33

| years6 = 2020–2022

| clubs6 = SV Wehen Wiesbaden

| caps6 = 34

| goals6 = 5

| years7 = 2022–2024

| clubs7 = TSV Steinbach

| caps7 = 31

| goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2024–

| clubs8 = VfR Mannheim

| caps8 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| club-update = 18 May 2024

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Gianluca Korte (born 29 August 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for VfR Mannheim.{{Kicker|gianluca-korte}}

Career

Korte was born in Speyer. He joined 2. Bundesliga club Eintracht Braunschweig in 2011 from Oberliga Südwest side TuS Mechtersheim. There he made his professional debut on 12 August 2011, in a 3–1 away win over Karlsruher SC.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/karlsruhe-gegen-braunschweig-2011-bundesliga-1143024/analyse|title=Match report|work=Kicker|access-date=24 June 2013}} With Braunschweig, Korte was promoted to the Bundesliga in 2013. He made his debut in the first tier on 30 November 2013 against FC Bayern Munich.{{cite web|url=https://www.kicker.de/bayern-gegen-braunschweig-2013-bundesliga-1894991/analyse|title=Match report|work=Kicker|access-date=30 November 2013}}

In January 2015, Korte joined VfR Aalen on a six-months loan deal.{{cite web | url = http://www.eintracht.com/aktuelles/neues/eintracht-braunschweig-leiht-gianluca-korte-und-orhan-ademi-aus/ | title = Eintracht Braunschweig leiht Gianluca Korte und Orhan Ademi aus | publisher = eintracht.com | language = German | accessdate = 15 January 2015 | date = 15 January 2015 | archive-date = 23 September 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923234844/http://www.eintracht.com/aktuelles/neues/eintracht-braunschweig-leiht-gianluca-korte-und-orhan-ademi-aus/ | url-status = dead }} At the end of the 2014–15 2. Bundesliga season, his contract with Braunschweig was terminated by mutual consent.{{cite web | url = http://www.eintracht.com/aktuelles/neues/gianluca-korte-kehrt-nicht-zu-den-loewen-zurueck/ | title = Gianluca Korte kehrt nicht zu den Löwen zurück | trans-title = Gianluca Korte will not return to the lions | language = German | publisher = eintracht.com | date = 26 May 2015 | accessdate = 29 May 2015 | archive-date = 23 September 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923235133/http://www.eintracht.com/aktuelles/neues/gianluca-korte-kehrt-nicht-zu-den-loewen-zurueck/ | url-status = dead }}

After having been without a club for six months, Korte signed with Regionalliga Südwest club SV Waldhof Mannheim on 11 January 2016.{{cite web| url = http://www.svw07.de/aktuelles/sv-waldhof-verpflichtet-gianluca-korte| title = SV Waldhof verpflichtet Gianluca Korte| trans-title = SV Waldhof signs Gianluca Korte| language = German| publisher = svw07.de| date = 11 January 2016| accessdate = 11 January 2016| archive-date = 14 April 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160414193716/http://www.svw07.de/aktuelles/sv-waldhof-verpflichtet-gianluca-korte| url-status = dead}}

Personal life

Korte is the identical twin brother of Raffael Korte, also a professional footballer.{{cite web|url=http://www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de/lokales/eintracht-ein-korte-kommt-selten-allein-id369143.html|title=Ein Korte kommt selten allein|work=Braunschweiger Zeitung|accessdate=19 April 2012}}