Emre Güral

Emre Güral — Biography

Emre Güral is a forward who came up in Germany, reached the Süper Lig in Turkey and also played for the Turkey A2 national team. His breakthrough came with Elversberg, in the German Cup tie that knocked out Bundesliga side Hannover 96; Trabzonspor and Galatasaray were among the clubs he joined in later years. After leaving football he turned to hypnosis coaching.

Born in Offenbach to a Turkish working-class family, Güral started in the Eintracht Frankfurt youth system and also played in Greuther Fürth's. At Jahn Regensburg he was part of the side promoted from the Bayernliga to the Regionalliga in 2006-07, and made his first official Regionalliga appearance on 12 November 2007. At Elversberg, which he joined in 2009, he became an automatic starter. His performance in the cup tie on 14 August 2010 put him on the radar of several Bundesliga clubs, but at the start of 2011-12 he moved to Bucaspor of the 1. Lig. In 2012 he signed a five-year contract with Trabzonspor, and in August 2014 he was one of seven players coach Vahid Halilhodžić left out of the squad. In January 2015 he moved to Eskişehirspor in a deal tied to Aytaç Kara's move to Trabzonspor, and signed his official contract once that transfer went through.

In later years he played for Antalyaspor (from 2016), Galatasaray, Alanyaspor, Eskişehirspor again and MKE Ankaragücü; in 2022 he joined Italian Serie B club Crotone until the end of the season.