Selim Gündüz (born 16 May 1994) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

On 31 August 2018, the last day of the 2018 summer transfer window, Gündüz joined 2. Bundesliga side

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from league rivals

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having agreed a season-long contract. His one-year contract was not extended after relegation in spring 2019. Gündüz then received a contract valid until June 2020 at

KFC Uerdingen 05 KFC Uerdingen 05 was a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The former Bundesliga side, which had its greatest successes in the 1980s, plays in the fourth-level Regionalliga. In 2025, th ...

. Until matchday 11, he was regularly utilised in midfield and on the right wing, but was then demoted to the bench until the end of the season. The club did not renew his expiring contract. For the following season, Gündüz remained in the

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and signed a one-year contract with

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, which was then terminated in mid-March 2021 for personal reasons. On 22 December 2021, Gündüz joined

Alemannia Aachen Aachener Turn- und Sportverein Alemannia 1900 e. V., short Alemannia Aachen (), is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long-term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three- ...

on a free transfer after nearly a month of training with the club.

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* * 1994 births Footballers from Siegen German sportspeople of Turkish descent Living people German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders VfL Bochum players VfL Bochum II players SV Darmstadt 98 players KFC Uerdingen 05 players Hallescher FC players Alemannia Aachen players Ankara Keçiörengücü S.K. footballers Regionalliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey German expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century German sportsmen {{germany-footy-forward-1990s-stub