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Mesut \u00d6zil

\u00d6zil in 2019

Personal information

Full name

\nMesut \u00d6zil^[1]

Date of birth

\n15 October 1988 (age 36)^[2]

Place of birth

\nGelsenkirchen, West Germany

Height

\n1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)^[3]

Position(s)

\nAttacking midfielder

Youth career

1995\u20131998

\nWestfalia 04 Gelsenkirchen

1998\u20131999

\nTeutonia Schalke-Nord

1999\u20132000

\nFalke Gelsenkirchen

2000\u20132005

\nRot-Weiss Essen

2005\u20132006

\nSchalke 04

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

2005

\nSchalke 04 II

\n1

\n(0)

2006\u20132008

\nSchalke 04

\n30

\n(0)

2008\u20132010

\nWerder Bremen

\n71

\n(13)

2010\u20132013

\nReal Madrid

\n105

\n(19)

2013\u20132021

\nArsenal

\n184

\n(33)

2021\u20132022

\nFenerbah\u00e7e

\n32

\n(8)

2022\u20132023

\n\u0130stanbul Ba\u015fak\u015fehir

\n4

\n(0)

Total

\n427

\n(73)

International career

2006\u20132007

\nGermany U19

\n11

\n(4)

2007\u20132009

\nGermany U21

\n16

\n(5)

2009\u20132018

\nGermany

\n92

\n(23)

Medal record

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Men's football\n
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Representing $\"\"$ Germany\n
FIFA World Cup\n
Winner	2014 Brazil	Team\n
$\"Third$	2010 South Africa	Team\n
UEFA European Championship\n
$\"Third$	2012 Poland-Ukraine	Team\n
UEFA European Under-21 Championship\n
Winner	2009 Sweden	Team\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mesut \u00d6zil (German pronunciation: [\u02c8me\u02d0zut \u02c8\u00f8\u02d0zil], Turkish: [me\u02c8sut \u0153\u02c8zil]; born 15 October 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Known for his ball control, technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders and playmakers of his generation.^[4]^[5]^[6] He could also play as a wide midfielder.\n

Born and raised in Gelsenkirchen, \u00d6zil 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.^[7] There, he helped the club win a La Liga title, and ranked first in league assists for three straight seasons.^[8] In 2013, \u00d6zil signed for Arsenal in a transfer worth up to \u00a342.5 million (\u20ac50 million), becoming the most expensive German player ever at the time. It was also a club-record transfer fee for Arsenal until 2017.^[9] In England, he won four 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, \u00d6zil joined Fenerbah\u00e7e on a free transfer; after his contract with the club was terminated in 2022, he signed with \u0130stanbul Ba\u015fak\u015fehir, before retiring in 2023.\n

A German international for over nine years,^[10] \u00d6zil holds the record for the most German National Team Player of the Year awards (five). He made his senior debut for the Germany national team in 2009 at age 20, and appeared in five major tournaments. He was the top assist provider at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012, where he helped Germany twice reach the semi-final. \u00d6zil helped Germany win the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but retired from international competition in 2018, alleging discrimination and disrespect by the German Football Association (DFB) and the German media.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Schalke 04 II\n	2005\u201306\n	Oberliga\n	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	1	0\n
Schalke 04\n	2006\u201307\n	Bundesliga\n	19	0	1	0	2	0	1^[c]	0	\u2014	23	0\n
2007\u201308\n	Bundesliga\n	11	0	1	1	0	0	4^[d]	0	\u2014	16	1\n
Total\n	30	0	2	1	2	0	5	0	\u2014	39	1\n
Werder Bremen\n	2007\u201308\n	Bundesliga\n	12	1	\u2014	\u2014	2^[c]	0	\u2014	14	1\n
2008\u201309\n	Bundesliga\n	28	3	5	2	\u2014	14^[e]	0	\u2014	47	5\n
2009\u201310\n	Bundesliga\n	31	9	5	0	\u2014	10^[f]	2	\u2014	46	11\n
2010\u201311\n	Bundesliga\n	\u2014	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	1	0\n
Total\n	71	13	11	2	\u2014	26	2	\u2014	108	17\n
Real Madrid\n	2010\u201311\n	La Liga	36	6	6	3	\u2014	11^[d]	1	\u2014	53	10\n
2011\u201312\n	La Liga\n	35	4	5	0	\u2014	10^[d]	2	2^[g]	1	52	7\n
2012\u201313\n	La Liga\n	32	9	8	0	\u2014	10^[d]	1	2^[g]	0	52	10\n
2013\u201314\n	La Liga\n	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	2	0\n
Total\n	105	19	19	3	\u2014	31	4	4	1	159	27\n
Arsenal\n	2013\u201314\n	Premier League\n	26	5	5	1	1	0	8^[d]	1	\u2014	40	7\n
2014\u201315\n	Premier League\n	22	4	5	1	0	0	5^[d]	0	0	0	32	5\n
2015\u201316\n	Premier League\n	35	6	1	0	0	0	8^[d]	2	1^[h]	0	45	8\n
2016\u201317\n	Premier League\n	33	8	3	0	0	0	8^[d]	4	\u2014	44	12\n
2017\u201318\n	Premier League\n	26	4	0	0	2	0	7^[f]	1	0	0	35	5\n
2018\u201319\n	Premier League\n	24	5	1	0	0	0	10^[f]	1	\u2014	35	6\n
2019\u201320\n	Premier League\n	18	1	1	0	2	0	2^[f]	0	\u2014	23	1\n
2020\u201321\n	Premier League\n	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0\n
Total\n	184	33	16	2	5	0	48	9	1	0	254	44\n
Fenerbah\u00e7e\n	2020\u201321\n	S\u00fcper Lig\n	10	0	1	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	11	0\n
2021\u201322\n	S\u00fcper Lig\n	22	8	0	0	\u2014	4^[f]	1	\u2014	26	9\n
Total\n	32	8	1	0	\u2014	4	1	\u2014	37	9\n
\u0130stanbul Ba\u015fak\u015fehir\n	2022\u201323\n	S\u00fcper Lig\n	4	0	1	0	\u2014	2^[i]	0	\u2014	7	0\n
Career total\n	427	73	50	8	7	0	116	16	5	1	605	98\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Germany\n	2009	7	1\n
2010	14	2\n
2011	9	5\n
2012	13	6\n
2013	9	3\n
2014	10	1\n
2015	8	0\n
2016	13	3\n
2017	5	1\n
2018	4	1\n
Total	92	23\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1	5 September 2009	BayArena, Leverkusen, Germany	$\"\"$ South Africa	2\u20130	2\u20130	Friendly\n
2	23 June 2010	Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa	$\"\"$ Ghana	1\u20130	1\u20130	2010 FIFA World Cup\n
3	8 October 2010	Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany	$\"\"$ Turkey	2\u20130	3\u20130	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification\n
4	7 June 2011	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan	$\"\"$ Azerbaijan	1\u20130	3\u20131\n	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification\n
5	2 September 2011	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	$\"\"$ Austria	2\u20130	6\u20132\n	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification\n
6	4\u20131\n
7	11 October 2011	Esprit Arena, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany	$\"\"$ Belgium	1\u20130	3\u20131\n	UEFA Euro 2012 qualification\n
8	15 November 2011	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany	$\"\"$ Netherlands	3\u20130	3\u20130	Friendly\n
9	28 June 2012	National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland	$\"\"$ Italy	1\u20132	1\u20132	UEFA Euro 2012\n
10	7 September 2012	AWD-Arena, Hanover, Germany	$\"\"$ Faroe Islands	2\u20130	3\u20130	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
11	3\u20130\n
12	11 September 2012	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	$\"\"$ Austria	2\u20130	2\u20131\n	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
13	12 October 2012	Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland	$\"\"$ Republic of Ireland	3\u20130	6\u20131\n	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
14	16 October 2012	Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany	$\"\"$ Sweden	4\u20130	4\u20134\n	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
15	10 September 2013	T\u00f3rsv\u00f8llur, T\u00f3rshavn, Faroe Islands	$\"\"$ Faroe Islands	2\u20130	3\u20130\n	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
16	11 October 2013	Rhein-Energie Stadion, Cologne, Germany	$\"\"$ Republic of Ireland	3\u20130	3\u20130\n	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
17	15 October 2013	Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden	$\"\"$ Sweden	1\u20132	5\u20133\n	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
18	30 June 2014	Est\u00e1dio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil	$\"\"$ Algeria	2\u20130	2\u20131	2014 FIFA World Cup\n
19	29 March 2016	Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany	$\"\"$ Italy	4\u20130	4\u20131	Friendly\n
20	2 July 2016	Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France	$\"\"$ Italy	1\u20130	1\u20131	UEFA Euro 2016\n
21	31 August 2016	Borussia-Park, M\u00f6nchengladbach, Germany	$\"\"$ Finland	2\u20130	2\u20130	Friendly\n
22	4 September 2017	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany	$\"\"$ Norway	1\u20130	6\u20130	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
23	2 June 2018	W\u00f6rtherseestadion, Klagenfurt, Austria	$\"\"$ Austria	1\u20130	1\u20132	Friendly\n

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Early life

Club career

Schalke 04

Werder Bremen

Real Madrid

2010\u201311: Debut season, European assist leader

2011\u201312: La Liga win

2012\u201313: Third straight La Liga assist leader

Arsenal

2013\u201314: Ending the trophy drought

2014\u201315: Second FA Cup victory

2015\u201316: Premier League assist leader

2016\u201317: Third FA Cup win

2017\u201319: Contract extension, UEFA Europa League runner-up

2019\u201321: Limited gametime, squad exclusion

Fenerbah\u00e7e

\u0130stanbul Ba\u015fak\u015fehir and retirement

International career

2010 FIFA World Cup

UEFA Euro 2012

2014 FIFA World Cup

UEFA Euro 2016

2018 FIFA World Cup

Retirement

Player profile

Style of play

Reception

Outside football

Personal life

Philanthropy

Activism and advocacy

Media and sponsorships

Business ventures

Controversies

Allegations of tax fraud

Alleged support for far-right organization

Israel\u2013Palestine conflict

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

References

External links

Mesut Özil - German association footballer

Mesut Özil - German association footballer