José Pierre Vunguidica (born 3 January 1990) is an

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n professional

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who plays for German

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club Eintracht Hohkeppel.

Club career

In November 2010, he made his debut for the first-team of

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side

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as a substitute in a 4–0 defeat against

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. In January 2011, he was loaned out to

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. Vunguidica moved to

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club Wehen Wiesbaden on a free transfer in July 2012.

International career

Vunguidica was born in Angola, but moved to Germany at the age of 2 to avoid a civil war. He is a footballer for the

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since 2009.

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José Pierre Vunguidica
at kicker.de 1990 births Living people Footballers from Luanda Angolan men's footballers Angola men's international footballers Naturalized citizens of Germany German men's footballers Angolan emigrants to Germany German people of Angolan descent Angolan expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards 1. FC Köln players 1. FC Köln II players SC Preußen Münster players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players SV Sandhausen players 1. FC Saarbrücken players SpVgg Unterhaching players FC Rot-Weiß Koblenz players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Germany 21st-century German sportsmen {{Angola-footy-bio-stub