Adrián Horst Gilberto Goransch García (born 25 January 1999) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for German club FC Türk Gücü.

Early life

Born in

Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...

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to a German father and a Mexican mother, his family moved to

Wolfsburg Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller. It lies about east of Hanover and west of Berlin. Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's hea ...

when Adrián was 3 years old. Goransch holds double citizenship and is eligible to play for

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Club career

VfL Wolfsburg II

Goransch moved to

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

in 2007 from VfB Fallersleben and played in the youth ranks until 2018, where he was promoted to the club reserve team,

VfL Wolfsburg II VfL Wolfsburg II was a German association football team from the city of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. It is the reserve team of VfL Wolfsburg. The team's greatest success has been two league championships in the tier four Regionalliga Nord in 2013� ...

. However, he was not able to play any games for the reserve team due to injuries and left the club at the end of 2019.Ein Abgang und ein Neuzugang
vfl-wolfsburg.de, 17 January 2020

Club América

On 22 January 2020, América included Goransch in their official roster for Clausura 2020. Although born in Mexico, he was registered as a footballer ''"Not Formed in Mexico"'' since he never played in the lower tiers of the

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. The following day,

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...

coach

Miguel Herrera Miguel Ernesto Herrera Aguirre (born 18 March 1968), popularly referred to by his nickname "Piojo" (Spanish for "louse"), is a Mexican former professional footballer and current manager. He is the head coach of Liga MX club Tijuana. A former ...

announced that even though Goransch was included in the first team roster, he will be loaned to an

Ascenso MX Ascenso MX was the second tier of professional football in Mexico of the Mexican football league system. The champion of the competition was promoted to Liga MX (top-flight tier). The bottom team was relegated to Liga Premier (the third tier). ...

team due to his status as a non-Mexican under

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statutes. On 30 January, Goransch joined Zacatepec on loan from América for the remainder of the

Clausura 2020 season. On 1 September 2021, América dropped Goransch from their official roster and the player returned to Germany in search for a new club.

Sportfreunde Lotte

On 2 September 2021, Goransch signed with

Sportfreunde Lotte VfL Sportfreunde Lotte is a German association football club from Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia. The football team is part of a sports club with approximately 1400 members and departments for handball, walking, gymnastics, and swimming, as well ...

that plays in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goransch, Adrian 1999 births Living people German men's footballers Mexican people of German descent VfL Wolfsburg players VfL Wolfsburg II players Club América footballers Atlético Zacatepec players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Puebla (city) People from Wolfsburg Footballers from Lower Saxony Mexican men's footballers