Maurice Pluntke

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Maurice Pluntke
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-23) 23 January 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Mönchengladbach, Germany
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Wegberg-Beeck
Number 5
Youth career
0000–2012 SC Rheindahlen
2002–2012 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2014 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 5 (0)
2014–2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 (0)
2014–2015 Fortuna Düsseldorf II 28 (0)
2016–2017 Orange County SC 28 (0)
2017–2018 Alemannia Aachen 38 (1)
2018–2020 Wacker Nordhausen 32 (2)
2020–2021 Kickers Offenbach 1 (0)
2021–2022 1. FC Bocholt 17 (2)
2022– Wegberg-Beeck 12 (0)
International career
2009 Germany U15 1 (0)
2009–2010 Germany U16 4 (0)
2010 Germany U17 3 (0)
2012 Germany U18 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2022

Maurice Pluntke (born 23 January 1994) is a German footballer who plays for as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Wegberg-Beeck.

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Career

Pluntke began his career at SC Rheindahlen and joined the youth team at Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2002. He went through all youth teams and promoted to the reserve team for the 2013–14 season. On 17 May 2014, he made his debut in a 2–2 draw against Sportfreunde Lotte in Regionalliga West.

Pluntke moved to Fortuna Düsseldorf for the 2014–15 season, whose second team also played in the Regionalliga West. On 25 April 2015, he was in the first team's squad for the first time in a league game against 1860 Munich. On 8 May 2015, he made his debut in the 2–0 defeat in a home game against VfR Aalen in the 2. Bundesliga.

In mid-January 2016, Pluntke terminated his contract in Düsseldorf, and joined American third-tier side Orange County SC in Irvine, California in April 2016. [1] [2]

In mid-January 2017 Pluntke returned to Germany and joined the Regionalliga team Alemannia Aachen. For the 2018–19 season he moved to FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen. Pluntke joined Kickers Offenbach in January 2020, signing a deal until June 2021. [3]

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References

  1. Stefan Loyda (20 February 2016). "Ex-Fortuna-Kicker Pluntke wechselt in die USA". derwesten.de (in German). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. "» More New Signings for OC Blues FC". Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. KICKERS VERPFLICHTEN DUO FÜR DIE INNENVERTEIDIGUNG, ofc.de, 11 January 2020