Mesut Özil

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Mesut Özil
Personal information
Full name	Mesut Özil
Date of birth	15 October 1988 (1988-10-15)
Place of birth	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder, Winger
Youth clubs
1995–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2005 2005–2007	Westfalia 04 Gelsenkirchen Teutonia Schalke-Nord Falke Gelsenkirchen Rot-Weiss Essen FC Schalke 04
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2008–2008 2008–2010 2010–2013 2013–2021 2021–2022 2022–2023 Total	Schalke 04 Werder Bremen Real Madrid Arsenal Fenerbahçe İstanbul Başakşehir	030 00(0) 071 0(13) 105 0(19) 184 0(33) 032 00(8) 004 00(0) 427 0(73)
National team
2006–2007 2007–2009 2009–2018	Germany U19 Germany U21 Germany	011 00(4) 016 00(5) 092 0(23)

Mesut Özil (born 15 October 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Özil is known for his technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision. He could also play as a wide midfielder.

Born and raised in Gelsenkirchen, Özil began his senior club career playing for hometown club Schalke 04, before signing with Werder Bremen in 2008, aged 19. After winning the DFB-Pokal in his first season, his individual performances led to a move to Real Madrid in 2010. There, he helped the club win a La Liga title, and ranked first in league assists for three straight seasons. In 2013, Özil was the subject of a then-club record association football transfer when he signed for Arsenal in a transfer worth up to £42.5 million (€50 million), becoming the most expensive German player ever at the time. In England, Özil won three FA Cups and helped end Arsenal's nine-year trophy drought, while recording the second most assists ever (19) in a Premier League season. In 2021, he joined Fenerbahçe on a free transfer.

Honours

Club

Werder Bremen

• DFB-Pokal: 2008–09

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 2011–12
• Copa del Rey: 2010–11
• Supercopa de España: 2012

Arsenal

• FA Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016-17
• FA Community Shield: 2015
• EFL Cup runner-up: 2017–18
• UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2018–19

International

Germany U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2009

Germany

• FIFA World Cup: 2014
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2009

Individual

• Bambi Award: 2010
• 2009 UEFA European U-21 Championship Final – Man of the match.
• Bundesliga Top assists 2009–10 (17)
• 2010 FIFA World Cup Man of the Match: vs. Ghana
• 2010 FIFA World Cup – Most assists (3, shared with Thomas Müller, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Kaká, and Dirk Kuyt)
• 2011–12 La Liga Most assists (17)
• UEFA Euro 2012 – Most assists (3, shared with Steven Gerrard, Andrei Arshavin, and David Silva)
• UEFA Euro 2012 – Man of the match: Germany vs Portugal, Germany vs Greece
• 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C: Highest goalscorer (8 goals)
• UEFA Best Player in Europe Award 2012 (10th place)
• UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2012
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2012, 2013

External links

• Arsenal official profile
• Profile at Premier League
• Mesut Özil at kicker.de
• ESPN Profile
• BDFutbol profile
• 2010 FIFA World Cup profile
• Mesut Özil at National-Football-Teams.com
• Mesut Özil FIFA competition record

Germany – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Third place

1. Neuer 2. Jansen 3. Friedrich 4. Aogo 5. Tasci 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Kießling 10. Podolski 11. Klose 12. Wiese 13. Müller 14. Badstuber 15. Trochowski 16. Lahm 17. Mertesacker 18. Kroos 19. Cacau 20. Boateng 21. Marin 22. Butt 23. Gómez Manager:   Joachim Löw

Germany – UEFA Euro 2012 – Semi-Final

1. Neuer 2. Gündoğan 3. Schmelzer 4. Höwedes 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Schürrle 10. Podolski 11. Klose 12. Wiese 13. Müller 14. Badstuber 15. L. Bender 16. Lahm 17. Mertesacker 18. Kroos 19. Götze 20. Boateng 21. Reus 22. Zieler 23. Gómez Manager:   Joachim Löw

Germany – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Winner

1. Neuer 2. Großkreutz 3. Ginter 4. Höwedes 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Schürrle 10. Podolski 11. Klose 12. Zieler 13. Müller 14. Draxler 15. Durm 16. Lahm (c) 17. Mertesacker 18. Kroos 19. Götze 20. Boateng 21. Mustafi 22. Weidenfeller 23. Kramer Manager:   Joachim Löw

Germany – UEFA Euro 2016 – Semi-Final

1. Neuer 2. Mustafi 3. Hector 4. Höwedes 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Schweinsteiger 8. Özil 9. Schürrle 10. Podolski 11. Draxler 12. Leno 13. Müller 14. Can 15. Weigl 16. Rüdiger 17. Boateng 18. Kroos 19. Götze 20. Sané 21. Kimmich 22. Ter Stegen 23. Gómez Manager:   Joachim Löw

Germany – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Group stage

1. Neuer (c) 2. Plattenhardt 3. Hector 4. Ginter 5. Hummels 6. Khedira 7. Draxler 8. Kroos 9. Werner 10. Özil 11. Reus 12. Trapp 13. Müller 14. Goretzka 15. Süle 16. Rüdiger 17. Boateng 18. Kimmich 19. Rudy 20. Brandt 21. Gündoğan 22. Ter Stegen 23. Gómez Manager:   Joachim Löw