Gianluca Korte (born 29 August 1990) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Korte was born in

Speyer Speyer (, older spelling ''Speier'', French: ''Spire,'' historical English: ''Spires''; pfl, Schbaija) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the river Rhine, Speyer li ...

. He joined

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club Eintracht Braunschweig in 2011 from Oberliga Südwest side

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. There he made his professional debut on 12 August 2011, in a 3–1 away win over

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the DF ...

. With Braunschweig, Korte was promoted to the

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in 2013. He made his debut in the first tier on 30 November 2013 against FC Bayern Munich. In January 2015, Korte joined

VfR Aalen Verein für Rasenspiele 1921 Aalen e.V., known simply as VfR Aalen, is a German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg. The football team is part of a larger sports club which also offers its members gymnastics, table tennis, and cheer ...

on a six-months loan deal. At the end of the

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season, his contract with Braunschweig was terminated by mutual consent. After having been without a club for six months, Korte signed with

Regionalliga Südwest The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...

club SV Waldhof Mannheim on 11 January 2016.

Personal life

Korte is the

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brother of Raffael Korte, also a professional footballer.

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* 1990 births Living people People from Speyer Footballers from Rhineland-Palatinate Identical twins Twin sportspeople German twins Association football midfielders German footballers Eintracht Braunschweig players Eintracht Braunschweig II players VfR Aalen players SV Waldhof Mannheim players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players TSV Steinbach Haiger players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Regionalliga players 3. Liga players {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub