Christian Gunter is a full-back from the academy of Freiburg, where he has spent all of his footballing career. He’s played left-back for most of his career and occasionally lined up at left wing-back.

Despite his impressive performances atracting interest from other Clubs, he’s never considered leaving Freiburg for another club within the Bundesliga or abroad.

Gunter is an offensive full-back, with his brilliant deliveries into the box and his creativity in attack. For the National team, he’s never really had the chance to play as he was second fiddle to Jonas Hector, Robin Gosens at the European Championships and most likely David Raum this term.

Although he’s lacking in pace, his defensive position helps hide that flaw.

Current season from

Hector has been ever-present for Freiburg this season. The club captain has started all 15 league games for Freiburg this season and has been integral to the form that’s seen them climb to second in the Bundesliga.

He has recorded one assist in the Bundesliga and two in the Europa League this season. He’s created six big chances in all competitions and created two big chances for his team. He’s also completed 75 per cent of successful dribbles per 90.

World Cup history

This will be Gunter’s first world cup for Germany, and he’s yet to make an appearance for the four-time world champions in an international competition.

Gunter has been limited to only five international appearances since he made his debut for Germany in 2014. He was part of their European Championship squad last year and will be hoping to make more appearances than he did then.

Career stats

Gunter is one of the experienced players in this German World Cup team, with 499 appearances for both club and country.

He’s scored 14 times in his Freiburg career and assisted 47 times. The Freiburg captain will be an integral squad player for Germany at the World Cup.