Sönke Günther

German association football player

Sönke Günther (born 18 June 2001) is a German football goalkeeper.

Sönke Günther
Sönke Günther FC Schalke 04 (2017)
Personal information
Full name Sönke Günther
Date of birth (2001-06-18) 18 June 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Anklam
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2008–2012 TSV Oberbrüden
2012–2014 FSV Waiblingen
2014–2016 VfB Stuttgart
2016–2018 FC Schalke 04
2018–2019 SC Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Chemnitzer FC 19 (0)
2020–2021 Hamburger SV 0 (0)
National team
2015–2016 Germany U15 1 (0)
2016–2017 Germany U16 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:19, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:36, 4th December 2021 (UTC)

Career

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Günther started his football career at TSV Oberbrüden, later joined FSV Waiblingen and in 2014 moved to the talent center academy of VfB Stuttgart. For the 2016/17 season, he moved to the B2 Juniors (U16) of FC Schalke 04, before moving up to the B1 Juniors for the 2017/18 season, with whom he played under Frank Fahrenhorst in the B-Junioren-Bundesliga. For the 2018/19 season, Günther moved to the A Juniors of SC Freiburg (U19).

In June 2019, Günther signed his first professional contract with third league team Chemnitzer FC with a term until 30 June 2022.[1] Even after the season interruption from March to May due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chemnitzer FC did not manage to leave the relegation places and the club was relegated to the Regionalliga Nord/Ost.

After only one season with the Saxons, Günther moved on a free transfer to Hamburger SV in October 2020.[2] The season was also interrupted due to rising infection levels caused by the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of October. After a month-long break, the 2020–21 season was ended early.

National team

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Günther was first invited to join the German U15 national team by Michael Feichtenbeiner in 2015.[3]

References

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  1. "Die offizielle Homepage des Chemnitzer FC e.V.: Chemnitzer FC verpflichtet Sönke Günther". www.chemnitzerfc.de. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  2. Heiden, Niklas (1 October 2020). "HSV II: Nächster neuer U21-Keeper aus Chemnitz". Amateur Fußball Hamburg (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  3. "Feichtenbeiner beruft 27 Spieler zum ersten U 15-Lehrgang der Saison". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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