Ali Mehmet Güneş (born 23 November 1978) is a former professional

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who played as a

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. Born in West Germany, he represented

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at international level.

Club career

Güneş was born in

Donaueschingen Donaueschingen (; Low Alemannic: ''Eschinge'') is a German town in the Black Forest in the southwest of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg in the Schwarzwald-Baar '' Kreis''. It stands near the confluence of the two sources of the river Da ...

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. He started his career with SC Freiburg in 1997 and in 2002 he was signed by Turkish club Fenerbahçe where he stayed until 2004. The defender was then signed on by rivals

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, but returned to his first club

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in 2007 where he was released from on 15 June 2009. On 13 July 2009, he signed with Kasımpaşa.

International career

Güneş has one cap for

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* * * 1978 births Living people German sportspeople of Turkish descent People from Donaueschingen Footballers from Freiburg (region) Turkish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Turkey men's international footballers Turkey men's B international footballers Turkey men's under-21 international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Süper Lig players SC Freiburg players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers Bucaspor footballers {{Turkey-footy-defender-stub