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Mesut Özil
Özil in 2019
Personal information
Full name Mesut Özil[1]
Date of birth (1988-10-15) 15 October 1988 (age 36)[2]
Place of birth Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1995–1998 Westfalia 04 Gelsenkirchen
1998–1999 Teutonia Schalke-Nord
1999–2000 Falke Gelsenkirchen
2000–2005 Rot-Weiss Essen
2005–2006 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Schalke 04 II 1 (0)
2006–2008 Schalke 04 30 (0)
2008–2010 Werder Bremen 71 (13)
2010–2013 Real Madrid 105 (19)
2013–2021 Arsenal 184 (33)
2021–2022 Fenerbahçe 32 (8)
2022–2023 İstanbul Başakşehir 4 (0)
Total 427 (73)
National team
2006–2007 Germany U19 11 (4)
2007–2009 Germany U21 16 (5)
2009–2018 Germany 92 (23)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Germany
FIFA World Cup
Third place 2010 South Africa Team
Winner 2014 Brazil Team
UEFA European Championship
Third place 2012 Poland-Ukraine Team
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2009 Sweden Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mesut Özil (German pronunciation: [ˈmeːzut ˈøːzil], Turkish: [meˈsut œˈzil]; born 15 October 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Özil is often praised for his skill at being an attacking midfielder. He is known for making lots of assists. In 2011, he made the second most assists with Real Madrid in La Liga with 17 and the most assists in major European competitions with 25.

Club career

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Schalke 04

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In 2005, he went to the youth department of FC Schalke 04. He was a midfielder, and his number was 17. He soon played in the Ligapokal, against teams such as FC Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen. He was thought to be the "next big thing," but soon left the club.

Werder Bremen

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In 2008, Mesut Özil moved to Werder Bremen for a reported amount of €4.3 million, signing a contract with the German club until June 30, 2011. He soon became popular in the club, leading them to the 2009 DFB-Pokal final with the winning goal against Bayer Leverkusen. He helped the team make it to the UEFA Cup, but lost to Shakhtar Donetsk.

Real Madrid

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Mesut Özil playing for Real Madrid.

Because of his impressive performance in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he made his place as one of the best young football athletes in Europe. Teams such as FC Barcelona, Manchester United. and Arsenal wanted him in their squad. Werder Bremen made an agreement with Real Madrid. The transfer amount was believed to be near €15 million. After signing, Özil said, "When the offer came in to join Real Madrid, there is no decision to make. Let's be honest – you don't refuse this club. I was in no rush to leave Werder Bremen, but this is one club you say yes to. They are an institution, a club with a fantastic history, stadium and squad full of world-class players. The prospect of performing at the Bernabeu is so awesome you jump straight in."

His first game was against Hércules, which the team won the game 3-1. His first goal was against Deportivo de La Coruña, which the team won 6-1.

Mesut Özil performed many assists, and in the 2011-12 season he was nominated for the FIFA Ballon d'Or award. Real Madrid maintained its success, and finished in 1st place in the 2011-12 La Liga.

Arsenal

Ozil joined Arsenal in September 2013 at a transfer fee believed to be around €50 million. His first game for Arsenal was against Sunderland in which the team won 3-1, with him making an assist. He was a top performer in his first season, however his form has went down since then.

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4][5][6]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Schalke 04 II 2005–06 Oberliga 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Schalke 04 2006–07 Bundesliga 19 0 1 0 2 0 1[c] 0 — 23 0
2007–08 Bundesliga 11 0 1 1 0 0 4[d] 0 — 16 1
Total 30 0 2 1 2 0 5 0 — 39 1
Werder Bremen 2007–08 Bundesliga 12 1 — — 2[c] 0 — 14 1
2008–09 Bundesliga 28 3 5 2 — 14[e] 0 — 47 5
2009–10 Bundesliga 31 9 5 0 — 10[f] 2 — 46 11
2010–11 Bundesliga — 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 71 13 11 2 — 26 2 — 108 17
Real Madrid 2010–11 La Liga 36 6 6 3 — 11[d] 1 — 53 10
2011–12 La Liga 35 4 5 0 — 10[d] 2 2[g] 1 52 7
2012–13 La Liga 32 9 8 0 — 10[d] 1 2[g] 0 52 10
2013–14 La Liga 2 0 — — — — 2 0
Total 105 19 19 3 — 31 4 4 1 159 27
Arsenal 2013–14 Premier League 26 5 5 1 1 0 8[d] 1 — 40 7
2014–15 Premier League 22 4 5 1 0 0 5[d] 0 0 0 32 5
2015–16 Premier League 35 6 1 0 0 0 8[d] 2 1[h] 0 45 8
2016–17 Premier League 33 8 3 0 0 0 8[d] 4 — 44 12
2017–18 Premier League 26 4 0 0 2 0 7[f] 1 0 0 35 5
2018–19 Premier League 24 5 1 0 0 0 10[f] 1 — 35 6
2019–20 Premier League 18 1 1 0 2 0 2[f] 0 — 23 1
2020–21 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 184 33 16 2 5 0 48 9 1 0 254 44
Fenerbahçe 2020–21 Süper Lig 10 0 1 0 — — — 11 0
2021–22 Süper Lig 22 8 0 0 — 4[f] 1 — 26 9
Total 32 8 1 0 — 4 1 — 37 9
İstanbul Başakşehir 2022–23 Süper Lig 4 0 1 0 — 2[i] 0 — 7 0
Career total 427 73 50 8 7 0 116 16 5 1 605 98
  1. ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal, Copa del Rey, FA Cup, Turkish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes DFL-Ligapokal, Football League/EFL Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Cup
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Appearances in Supercopa de España
  8. ↑ Appearance in FA Community Shield
  9. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2009 7 1
2010 14 2
2011 9 5
2012 13 6
2013 9 3
2014 10 1
2015 8 0
2016 13 3
2017 5 1
2018 4 1
Total 92 23
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Özil goal.[7]
List of international goals scored by Mesut Özil
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 September 2009 BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany  South Africa 2–0 2–0 Friendly
2 23 June 2010 Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa  Ghana 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup
3 8 October 2010 Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany  Turkey 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
4 7 June 2011 Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan 1–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
5 2 September 2011 Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany  Austria 2–0 6–2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
6 4–1
7 11 October 2011 Esprit Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany  Belgium 1–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
8 15 November 2011 Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany  Netherlands 3–0 3–0 Friendly
9 28 June 2012 National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland  Italy 1–2 1–2 UEFA Euro 2012
10 7 September 2012 AWD-Arena, Hanover, Germany  Faroe Islands 2–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 3–0
12 11 September 2012 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria  Austria 2–0 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
13 12 October 2012 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland  Republic of Ireland 3–0 6–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
14 16 October 2012 Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany  Sweden 4–0 4–4 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
15 10 September 2013 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Faroe Islands 2–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
16 11 October 2013 Rhein-Energie Stadion, Cologne, Germany  Republic of Ireland 3–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
17 15 October 2013 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Sweden 1–2 5–3 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
18 30 June 2014 Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil  Algeria 2–0 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup
19 29 March 2016 Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany  Italy 4–0 4–1 Friendly
20 2 July 2016 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France  Italy 1–0 1–1 UEFA Euro 2016
21 31 August 2016 Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach, Germany  Finland 2–0 2–0 Friendly
22 4 September 2017 Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany  Norway 1–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
23 2 June 2018 Wörtherseestadion, Klagenfurt, Austria  Austria 1–0 1–2 Friendly

Honours

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Werder Bremen

Real Madrid

Arsenal

Germany U21

Germany

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Mesut Özil: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mesut Özil". Arsenal F.C. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Mesut Özil". kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "M. Özil: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Germany - Mesut Özil". Besoccer. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Mesut Özil". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0:1 Werder Bremen: Takt. aufstellung" [Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0:1 Werder Bremen: Tactical lineup]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "Werder Bremen 0:4 Bayern München: Takt. aufstellung" [Werder Bremen 0:4 Bayern München: Tactical lineup]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "2008/09, Final: Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 Bremen: Overview". UEFA. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "Real Madrid 2011–12: Statistics". BDFutbol. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  12. ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 20 de abril de 2011, en Valencia" [Minutes of the Match held on 20 April 2011, in Valencia] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 17 de mayo de 2013, en Madrid" [Minutes of the Match held on 17 May 2013, in Madrid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  14. ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 23 de agosto de 2012, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 23 August 2012, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
    "Acta del Partido celebrado el 29 de agosto de 2012, en Madrid" [Minutes of the Match held on 29 August 2012, in Madrid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  15. ↑ McNulty, Phil (17 May 2014). "Arsenal 3–2 Hull City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  16. ↑ McNulty, Phil (30 May 2015). "Arsenal 4–0 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  17. ↑ McNulty, Phil (27 May 2017). "Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  18. ↑ Cryer, Andy (2 August 2015). "Arsenal 1–0 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  19. ↑ McNulty, Phil (25 February 2018). "Arsenal 0–3 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  20. ↑ Bevan, Chris (29 May 2019). "Chelsea 4–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  21. ↑ "Final: Germany 4–0 England: Line-ups". UEFA. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  22. ↑ "Match report: Germany – Argentina". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019.
  23. ↑ "Match report: Uruguay – Germany". FIFA. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
  24. ↑ "Team-of-the-Season-1" (PDF). Historical Lineups. p. 13. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  25. ↑ "Lahm zieht an Robben vorbei". kicker Online (in German). 7 June 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  26. ↑ "Premier League Player Stats - Assists". premierleague.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022. Select season in the "Filter by season" drop-down menu.
  27. ↑ "Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil wins Germany player of the year award". The Guardian. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  28. ↑ "Mesut Ozil: Arsenal midfielder wins Germany's Player of the Year for fifth time". BBC Sport. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  29. ↑ "UEFA EURO 2012 Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  30. ↑ "UEFA.com users' Team of the Year 2012". UEFA. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  31. ↑ "UEFA.com users' Team of the Year 2013 revealed". UEFA. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  32. ↑ "Ozil wins Laureus Sports award". Kick Off.com.[permanent dead link]
  33. ↑ "Mesut Ozil receives honourary prize". Arsenal F.C. 28 May 2023.
  34. ↑ "Ozil named PFA Fans' Player of the Month". Arsenal F.C. 28 May 2023.
  35. ↑ "Ozil wins PFA Fans' award". Sky Sports.
  36. ↑ "Mesut Özil: Winner of the German Football Ambassador Public Award". DW. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021 – via YouTube.
  37. ↑ "Player of the Season – the winner is..." Arsenal Football Club. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  38. ↑ "Arsenal's Mesut Özil voted 'Best German Abroad' by Kicker Magazine". 101 Great Goals.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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