Ralph Gunesch

{{short description|German footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ralph Gunesch

| image = 2017-05-09 Ralph Gunesch (re-publica 17) by Sandro Halank.jpg

| caption = Gunesch pictured in 2017

| upright = 0.8

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|09|2}}

| birth_place = Sighişoara, Romania

| height = 1.90 m

| position = Centre-back

| currentclub = FC Ingolstadt 04 II (assistant)

| youthyears1 = 1990–1994

| youthclubs1 = SV 09 Baesweiler

| youthyears2 = 1994–1997

| youthclubs2 = SV Setterich

| youthyears3 = 1997–1999

| youthclubs3 = Germania Teveren

| youthyears4 = 1999–2001

| youthclubs4 = Alemannia Aachen

| years1 = 2001–2003

| clubs1 = Alemannia Aachen

| caps1 = 40

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2003–2006

| clubs2 = FC St. Pauli

| caps2 = 84

| goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2006–2007

| clubs3 = Mainz 05

| caps3 = 9

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2007–2012

| clubs4 = FC St. Pauli

| caps4 = 106

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2012–2015

| clubs5 = FC Ingolstadt 04

| caps5 = 50

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2015

| clubs6 = FC Ingolstadt 04 II

| caps6 = 2

| goals6 = 0

| totalcaps = 291

| totalgoals = 5

| nationalyears1 = 2001

| nationalteam1 = Germany U19

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2002

| nationalteam2 = Germany U20

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2018–

| managerclubs1 = FC Ingolstadt 04 II (assistant)

}}

Ralph Gunesch (born 2 September 1983) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/3liga/vereine/3-liga/2010-11/fc-st-pauli-18/26460/spieler_ralph-gunesch.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121018083046/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/3liga/vereine/3-liga/2010-11/fc-st-pauli-18/26460/spieler_ralph-gunesch.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 18 October 2012 | title = Gunesch, Ralph | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 30 May 2011}}

Career

Gunesch moved to Germany when he was very young. From 2001 to 2003 he played for Alemannia Aachen. In 2003, he was transferred to FC St. Pauli. During the summer of 2006 he moved to Bundesliga side 1. FSV Mainz 05, where he made his first league debut. In June 2007 he transferred back to FC St. Pauli.

Having joined FC Ingolstadt 04 in winter 2012 he left the club at the end of the 2014–15 season.{{cite news|title=Es reicht nicht, sich nur gut zu verstehen|url=http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/neuburg/fc-ingolstadt/Es-reicht-nicht-sich-nur-gut-zu-verstehen-id34166517.html|accessdate=16 January 2016|work=Augsburger Allgemeine|date=21 May 2015|language=German}} He made 50 league appearances during his spell there.{{cite web |title=Ralph Gunesch » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ralph-gunesch/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=23 November 2020}}

Personal life

Gunesch is of German heritage (more specifically Transylvanian Saxon), and one quarter Romanian through his maternal grandfather.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZbRPEJdhjM&t=450s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/8ZbRPEJdhjM |archive-date=13 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Ralph Gunesch über seine Karriere|language=German|work=YouTube|access-date=29 July 2017}}{{cbignore}}

Honours

FC Ingolstadt

References

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