Daniel Ginczek (born 13 April 1991) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for club

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

Club career

Borussia Dortmund

In the 2007–08 season, he was the best scorer in the U-17 league. In 25 games he scored 26 goals. In the U-18 national team, Ginczek scored three goals in six games, he also took part in seven matches of the U-19 national team, scoring on one occasion. Since the 2008–09 season he was playing for the reserves of Borussia Dortmund. He made his debut in professional football on 28 July 2009 at a 0–0 draw against the reserve team of

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

. In 2010, Ginczek was promoted to the

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...

first team. On 10 June 2011, Ginczek joined

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seas ...

on loan until the end of the 2011–12 season. He scored his first goal in a 1–0 win over

FSV Frankfurt Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successfu ...

on 22 July 2011. In June 2012, Ginczek joined

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on loan until the end of the 2012–13 season. He scored his first goal in the 77th minute at a 3–0 away win over

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in the

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, on 18 August 2012. He became a key player for the Hamburg side, scoring 18 goals in 31 matches.

Later clubs

3 June 2013 saw the announcement of Ginczek having agreed to join

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side 1. FC Nürnberg for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year contract. For the 2014–15 season he moved to

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

. In May 2016 Ginczek extended his contract with Stuttgart until June 2020. On 29 January 2022, Ginczek signed with

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

until 30 June 2024. He left Düsseldorf on 8 January 2024. On the same day, he joined

Personal life

Ginczek's paternal grandparents are from

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Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ginczek, Daniel Living people 1991 births German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers VfB Stuttgart players VfB Stuttgart II players Borussia Dortmund II players Borussia Dortmund players 1. FC Nürnberg players 1. FC Nürnberg II players VfL Bochum players FC St. Pauli players VfL Wolfsburg players VfL Wolfsburg II players Fortuna Düsseldorf players Fortuna Düsseldorf II players MSV Duisburg players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players People from Arnsberg Footballers from Arnsberg (region) German people of Polish descent