Mesut Özil
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mesut Özil | ||
| Date of birth | 15 October 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Gelsenkirchen, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Real Madrid | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| 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)† |
| 2006–2008 | Schalke 04 | 30 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Werder Bremen | 71 | (13) |
| 2010– | Real Madrid | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Germany U19 | 11 | (4) |
| 2007– | Germany U21 | 16 | (5) |
| 2009– | Germany | 17 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:02, 29 August 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Mesut Özil (German pronunciation: [ˈmeːzut ˈøːzil]; born 15 October 1988 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and for the German national team.
Özil, who has been a junior national team member since 2006 (his first professional league season) and a member of the German national team since 2009, gained international attention during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was nominated for the Golden Ball Award.
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Club career
Gelsenkirchen and Rot-Weiss Essen
Özil began his youth career playing for different clubs in Gelsenkirchen and five years for Rot-Weiss Essen.
Schalke 04
In 2005, he moved to the youth department of FC Schalke 04. He was a midfielder and wore 11 as his squad number, after starting as play-maker and central attacking midfielder in the place of the suspended Lincoln in Ligapokal matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich for Schalke.[2]
Werder Bremen
On 31 January 2008, he moved to Werder Bremen for a reported fee of €4.3 million, signing a contract with the German club until 30 June 2011.[3]
Real Madrid
On 17 August 2010 Werder Bremen announced that they had reached an agreement with Real Madrid.[4] The transfer fee is believed to be in the region of €15m.[5] He made his debut on 22 August in a friendly match against Hércules, which Real Madrid won 3-1.[6] He then made his La Liga debut for Real Madrid as a substitute for Ángel di María in the 62nd minute against Mallorca, which Real Madrid drew 0–0.[7]
International career
In September 2006, Özil was called up for the Germany U-17 team. Özil has been a member of the German U-21 team since 2007. On 29 June 2009, Özil was the catalyst in a 4–0 win over England during the U-21 European Championship final.
He made his debut for the Germany national football team during a friendly match against Norway on 11 February 2009. He scored his first goal for the senior team in his third appearance, another friendly, against South Africa on 5 September in Leverkusen.
2010 World Cup
He was selected for the Germany national squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, starting in the team's first four games. He scored a left-footed half-volley from the edge of the 18 yard box against Ghana in the final group game, ensuring Germany progressed to the second round as group winners.[8] On 27 June 2010, he played in Germany's win over England in the last 16 match, setting up the fourth goal with a cross to Thomas Müller as Germany triumphed 4–1.[9] During the quarter-final match against Argentina he assisted the second goal for Miroslav Klose with a low cross to make it 4-0 to the Germans. Germany went on to win the match 4–0. FIFA announced him as one of the ten nominations for the Golden Ball.
International goals
| # | 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 | |||||
| Correct as of 28 June 2010 | |||||||||||
Career statistics
As of 30 August 2010[update][10]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2006–07 | Schalke | Bundesliga | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2007–08 | Werder Bremen | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| 2008–09 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 47 | 5 | ||
| 2009–10 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 46 | 11 | ||
| 2010–11 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2010–11 | Real Madrid | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Germany | 101 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 145 | 18 | |
| Total | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 102 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 145 | 18 | ||
Honours
Club
- DFB-Pokal: 2009
Country
- FIFA World Cup: Third place - Bronze medal (2010)
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2009
Personal life
Özil's brother Mutlu is also a footballer who is playing for Heßler 06 in Gelsenkirchen.[11]
Özil is a third-generation member of the Turkish community in Germany.[12] His ancestors are from from Devrek, Zonguldak in Northern Turkey.[13]
Özil recites Qur'an verses before all his matches to help him focus. Talking to the Berlin-based daily Der Tagesspiegel, Özil said, "I always do that before I go out (on the pitch). I pray and my team-mates know that they cannot talk to me during this brief period." [14]
References
- ↑ "Biography for Mesut Özil". http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/35664/oezil-mesut/profil.html.
- ↑ Jean-Julien Beer (27 July 2006). "Ein 17-Jähriger soll Lincoln ersetzen" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/artikel/352932. Retrieved 13 November 2007.
- ↑ "Mesut Özil". Transfermarkt. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/spieler/35664/mesut-oezil/profil.html. Retrieved 14 May 2009.
- ↑ "Mesut Özil to Play for Real Madrid". realmadrid.com. http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330010084519/noticia/Noticia/Mesut_Ozil_to_play_for_Real_Madrid.htm. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ↑ "Real Madrid confirm signing of Germany star Mesut Ozil". BBC sport. 17 August 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8921836.stm. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ↑ Madden, Paul (22 August 2010). "Hercules 1-3 Real Madrid: Benzema Brace Seals Friendly Triumph". Goal.com. http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2010/08/22/2082959/hercules-1-3-real-madrid-benzema-brace-seals-friendly. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ↑ "Report: The Whites make their debut in the 2010/11 edition of La Liga". http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1330012984541/noticia/Cronica/1330012984541.htm.
- ↑ "Ghana 0-1 Germany". BBC Sport. 23 June 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_39/default.stm. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ↑ "Germany 4–1 England". BBC Sport. 27 June 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_51. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ↑ "Özil, Mesut" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2009-10/werder-bremen-4/40577/spieler_mesut-oezil.html. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ↑ "Der eine ist Schiedsrichter, der andere kickt bei Heßler 06 [One is a refereee, the other kicks for Heßler 06]" (in German). reviersport.de. 18 June 2007. http://www.reviersport.de/29083---schalker-brueder-marcel-neuer-mesut-oezil.html. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ↑ White, Duncan (12 June 2010). "Germany v Australia: Mesut Ozil at head of the vanguard for new generation". Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/teams/germany/7823376/Germany-v-Australia-Mesut-Ozil-at-head-of-the-vanguard-for-new-generation.html. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ↑ "Mesut Özil'in hayali Barça" (in Turkish). Sabah. 27 June 2010. http://www.sabah.com.tr/Spor/2010/06/27/mesut_ozilin_hayali_barca. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ↑ "Germany's Mesut Ozil recites Holy Quran before World Cup matches". twocircles.net. 3 July 2010. http://twocircles.net/2010jul03/germanys_mesut_ozil_recites_holy_quran_world_cup_matches.html. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
External links
- Official website (German) (Turkish)
- Profile at Kicker.de (German)
- Career stats at Fussballdaten.de (German)
- Profile at Transfermarkt.de (German)
- The Polite Boy with the Faux-Hawk
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