international
International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations".
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Music Albums
* ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011
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rugby union
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player, playing for the
TV Pforzheim
The TV Pforzheim is a German rugby union club from Pforzheim, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga, having won promotion to the league in 2011.
Apart from rugby, ''TVP'' offers other sports like gymnastics, volleyball and track and field.
...
in the
Rugby-Bundesliga
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The league is predominantly amateur, with only one club in the league being officially a professional outfit, t ...
and the
German national rugby union team
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. He is a former captain of the German Sevens and German XV team. He made his debut for Germany in a game against Sweden in 2003.
Biography
Güngör, born in Aachen of Turkish descent, began playing rugby when he was nine years old in 1990. By his own admission, he plays rugby because he is not good enough to play Bundesliga football.
He originated from the youth department of the
RC Aachen
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Belgian
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team RC Visé in 2004. He then joined RG Heidelberg, playing for the club until 2011. With Heidelberg, he won two German championships, in 2006 and 2007 and made a losing appearance in the 2008 final against
SC 1880 Frankfurt
The Sport-Club Frankfurt 1880 e.V. (or SC 1880 Frankfurt) is a German sports club from Frankfurt am Main. The club is mainly known for its rugby union team, which currently plays in the Rugby-Bundesliga, the highest level of the league system for ...
. His greatest success as a national team player was the promotion to Division 1 of the European Nations Cup in 2008.
He was part of the German Sevens side at the
World Games 2005
The 2005 World Games (german: Weltspiele 2005), the seventh World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Duisburg, Germany from 14 July 2005 until 24 July 2005. Three other cities, namely Bottrop, Mülheim an der Ruhr, and Oberhau ...
in
Duisburg
Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ...
, where Germany finished 8th.
He captained Germany at the
2008 Hannover Sevens
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event where he came fifth in the point scoring ranking. He has also been selected to play for the '' Wild Titans'', a selection made up partly of players of the Wild Rugby Academy, in an international tournament in
Hong Kong
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in March 2009. He was part of the German team at the
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, and the 2009 Hannover Sevens. He was not selected for the qualifying tournaments of the 2010 European sevens Championship but captained the German team again in 2011, when it won promotion to the 7s Grand Prix Series for 2012.
Güngör became the new captain of Germany's XV on 8 December 2009, after the retirement of the previous captain
Jens Schmidt
Jens Schmidt (born 18 February 1981) is a German List of Germany national rugby union players, international rugby union player, playing for the TSV Handschuhsheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He was, until 20 ...
, and played his first game in this position four days later, against
Hong Kong
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. He was replaced in this position in the second half of 2010 by Alexander Widiker.
After a lengthy career with RG Heidelberg, Güngör decided to leave the club at the end of the 2010–11 season but has not signed for a new club yet, with
TV Pforzheim
The TV Pforzheim is a German rugby union club from Pforzheim, currently playing in the Rugby-Bundesliga, having won promotion to the league in 2011.
Apart from rugby, ''TVP'' offers other sports like gymnastics, volleyball and track and field.
...
and
SC 1880 Frankfurt
The Sport-Club Frankfurt 1880 e.V. (or SC 1880 Frankfurt) is a German sports club from Frankfurt am Main. The club is mainly known for its rugby union team, which currently plays in the Rugby-Bundesliga, the highest level of the league system for ...
being the most likely candidates for his services. Güngör decided to join TV Pforzheim after the opening round of the 2011–12 season.
With seven and thirteen tries, he was his club's best try scorer in the 2008–09 and 2010–11 seasons.
Güngör was one of four German rugby players, together with Fabian Heimpel,
Raphael Pyrasch
Rafael Pyrasch (born 6 August 1986) accessed: 17 March 2010 is a German
and Bastian Himmer, who were promised by the ''DRV'' that they could join the ''Sportkompanie'' of the
Bundeswehr
The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...
, a special sports unit within the German Army. This was however not the case, with no places available in the unit for male rugby players until 2012. This led to great resentment by the players towards the ''DRV'' and its then-chairman Claus-Peter Bach because all four had turned down other options in favour of the promised place in the ''Sportkompanie''.
After finishing his time in the German Army's ''Sportfördergruppe'' at the end of 2012 Güngör announced in January 2013 that he would retire from international rugby but continue to play club rugby.Mustafa Güngör gibt Rücktritt bekannt totalrugby.de, published: 7 January 2013, accessed: 9 January 203
2008
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* Europcar Cup, a European Tour golf tournament
* European Nations Cup (golf), a European Ladies Tour golf tournament
* European Nations Cup (fi ...
– Division 2
** Champions:
2008
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World Games 2005
The 2005 World Games (german: Weltspiele 2005), the seventh World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Duisburg, Germany from 14 July 2005 until 24 July 2005. Three other cities, namely Bottrop, Mülheim an der Ruhr, and Oberhau ...