İlkay Gündoğan (born 24 October 1990 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Barcelona and the German national team. After his youth in Bochum and the move to Nuremberg, on 5 May 2011 he signed a four-year contract with Borussia Dortmund, a team with which he won a German championship and a German cup. On 2 June 2016, his permanent transfer to Manchester City was made official, of which he became captain starting from the 2022-2023 season. Gündoğan is among the main protagonists of the Treble victory by the group led by Pep Guardiola: first, contributing to the victory of another championship; then, scoring a decisive double in the FA Cup final against Manchester Utd; finally, participating in the victory of the first UEFA Champions League in the history of the English club, which came following the 1-0 success over Inter in the final. On 26 June 2023, Gündoğan was officially signed by Barcelona.