Ralph Gunesch (born 2 September 1983) is a German former professional
footballer
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who played as a
centre-back
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Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...
.
Career
Gunesch moved to Germany when he was very young. From 2001 to 2003 he played for
Alemannia Aachen
Aachener Turn- und Sportverein Alemannia 1900 e. V., short Alemannia Aachen (), is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long-term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three- ...
. In 2003, he was transferred to
FC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St. Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St. Pauli (), is a German professional association football, football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg. The team plays in the Bundesliga from the 2024–25 Bundesli ...
. During the summer of 2006 he moved to Bundesliga side
1. FSV Mainz 05
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, where he made his first league debut. In June 2007 he transferred back to FC St. Pauli.
Having joined
FC Ingolstadt 04
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in winter 2012 he left the club at the end of the 2014–15 season. He made 50 league appearances during his spell there.
Personal life
Gunesch is of German heritage (more specifically
Transylvanian Saxon
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), and one quarter
Romanian
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**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
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through his maternal grandfather.
Honours
FC Ingolstadt
*
2. Bundesliga:
2014–15
References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Sighișoara
German people of German-Romanian descent
Transylvanian Saxon people
Footballers from Mureș County
German men's footballers
Romanian men's footballers
Men's association football central defenders
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Alemannia Aachen players
FC St. Pauli players
1. FSV Mainz 05 players
FC Ingolstadt 04 players
FC Ingolstadt 04 II players
Romanian expatriate men's footballers
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
21st-century German sportsmen
21st-century Romanian sportsmen