Selim Gündüz

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Selim Gündüz

| image =

| caption =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|5|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Siegen, Germany

| height = 1.71 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Türkspor Dortmund

| clubnumber = 11

| youthyears1 = 1999–2007

| youthclubs1 = TuS Deuz

| youthyears2 = 2007–2009

| youthclubs2 = Sportfreunde Siegen

| youthyears3 = 2009–2012

| youthclubs3 = VfL Bochum

| years1 = 2011–2014

| clubs1 = VfL Bochum II

| caps1 = 38

| goals1 = 3

| years2 = 2011–2018

| clubs2 = VfL Bochum

| caps2 = 52

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2018–2019

| clubs3 = Darmstadt 98

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2019–2020

| clubs4 = Uerdingen 05

| caps4 = 10

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2020–2021

| clubs5 = Hallescher FC

| caps5 = 4

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2021–2022

| clubs6 = Alemannia Aachen

| caps6 = 16

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2022–2023

| clubs7 = Ankara Keçiörengücü

| caps7 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2024

| clubs8 = Berliner AK 07

| caps8 = 9

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2024–

| clubs9 = Türkspor Dortmund

| caps9 = 2

| goals9 = 0

| club-update = 7 October 2024

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Selim Gündüz (born 16 May 1994) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Türkspor Dortmund.{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2-bundesliga/2017-18/vfl-bochum-8/72477/spieler_guenduez-selim.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170720165222/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2-bundesliga/2017-18/vfl-bochum-8/72477/spieler_guenduez-selim.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 20 July 2017 | title = Selim Gündüz | language = German | publisher = kicker | accessdate = 1 July 2017}}

Career

On 31 August 2018, the last day of the 2018 summer transfer window, Gündüz joined 2. Bundesliga side Darmstadt 98 from league rivals VfL Bochum having agreed a season-long contract.{{cite news |title="Flexibel einsetzbar": Darmstadt holt Gündüz |url=https://www.kicker.de/flexibel-einsetzbar_darmstadt-holt-guenduez-730771/artikel |access-date=31 August 2018 |work=kicker Online |date=31 August 2018 |language=German}} His one-year contract was not extended after relegation in spring 2019.{{cite web |title=Wege von Sirigu und Lilien trennen sich zum Saisonende |url=https://www.sv98.de/home/lilien/aktuelles/details/news/wege-von-sirigu-und-lilien-trennen-sich-zum-saisonende/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=af17f9bf448d466db20919f068489e6f |website=sv98.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811061013/https://www.sv98.de/index.php?id=1954 |archive-date=11 August 2020 |language=de |date=14 May 2019}}

Gündüz then received a contract valid until June 2020 at KFC Uerdingen 05.{{cite web |title=Selim Gündüz kommt aus Darmstadt |url=https://www.kfc-uerdingen.de/artikel/2019-06-17-selim-guenduez-kommt-aus-darmstadt/ |website=KFC Uerdingen 05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617101326/https://www.kfc-uerdingen.de/artikel/2019-06-17-selim-guenduez-kommt-aus-darmstadt/ |archive-date=17 June 2019 |language=de |date=17 June 2019}} Until matchday 11, he was regularly utilised in midfield and on the right wing, but was then demoted to the bench until the end of the season. The club did not renew his expiring contract.{{cite web |title=KFC stellt erste Weichen für die neue Saison |url=https://www.kfc-uerdingen.de/2020/06/30/kfc-stellt-erste-weichen-fuer-die-neue-saison/ |website=KFC Uerdingen 05 |language=de-DE |date=30 June 2020}} For the following season, Gündüz remained in the 3. Liga and signed a one-year contract with Hallescher FC,{{cite web |title=HFC verpflichtet Julian Derstroff und Selim Gündüz - Hallescher FC e.V. Hallescher Fußball Club, Halle Fussball 3. Liga Sachsen-Anhalt |url=https://www.hallescherfc.de/2020/08/14/hfc-verpflichtet-julian-derstroff-und-selim-guenduez/ |website=Hallescher FC e.V. |language=de-DE |date=2020-08-14}} which was then terminated in mid-March 2021 for personal reasons.{{cite news |title=Hallescher FC und Selim Gündüz beenden Arbeitsverhätnis |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/fussball-halle-saale-hallescher-fc-und-selim-guenduez-beenden-arbeitsverhaetnis-dpa.urn-newsml-dpa-com-20090101-210316-99-842266 |work=Süddeutsche.de |date=16 March 2021 |language=de}}

On 22 December 2021, Gündüz joined Alemannia Aachen on a free transfer after nearly a month of training with the club.{{cite web|url=https://www.alemannia-aachen.de/aktuelles/nachrichten/details/Alemannia-verpflichtet-Selim-Guenduez-25641C/|title=ALEMANNIA VERPFLICHTET SELIM GÜNDÜZ|publisher=Alemannia Aachen|date=22 December 2021|accessdate=23 December 2021|language=German}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division\|\|Apps\|\|Goals\|\|Apps\|\|Goals\|\|Apps\|\|Goals
rowspan="4"\|VfL Bochum II	2012–13	rowspan="3"\|Regionalliga West	10	0	colspan="2"\|—	10	0
2013–14	19	2	colspan="2"\|—	19	2
2014–15	9	1	colspan="2"\|—	9	1
colspan="2"\|Total !38\|\|3\|\|0\|\|0\|\|38\|\|3
rowspan="5"\|VfL Bochum	2014–15	rowspan="4"\|2. Bundesliga	15	1	0	0	15	1
2015–16	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016–17	20	3	0	0	20	3
2017–18	17	0	1	0	0	0
colspan="2"\|Total !52\|\|4\|\|1\|\|0\|\|53\|\|4
colspan="3"\|Career total !90\|\|7\|\|1\|\|0\|\|91\|\|7