Mesut Özil

Retired
Retired
Last club: Basaksehir Most games for: Arsenal Retired since: Mar 22, 2023
  • Date of birth/Age: Oct 15, 1988 (35)
  • Place of birth: Germany Gelsenkirchen
  • Citizenship: Germany Germany
  • Height: 1,80 m
  • Position: Attacking Midfield
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National team career

# National team Debut   Coach at debut Age at debut
Germany
10 Germany Feb 11, 2009 92 23 Joachim Löw 20 years 03 months 27 days
Germany
10 Germany Sep 7, 2007 16 5 Dieter Eilts 18 years 10 months 23 days
Germany
17 Germany Sep 5, 2006 11 4 Frank Engel 17 years 10 months 21 days

Stats of Mesut Özil

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Total :  922340-7284--5326'7.497'
30510-410---1441'2.203'
20910-33---3171'1.539'
1624--81---711'1.421'
15512--51---265'1.326'
1124--22--1504'1.008'

Detailed stats

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  Matchday Club Venue Date Home team Away team Result Pos.                  
SV Werder Bremen Germany Leverkusen Sep 5, 2009 Germany South Africa 2:0 AM 1 90'
Group D SV Werder Bremen South Africa Johannesburg Jun 23, 2010 Ghana Germany 0:1 AM 1 90'
Group A Unknown Germany Berlin Oct 8, 2010 Germany Türkiye 3:0 AM 1 90' 90'
Group A Unknown Azerbaijan Baku Jun 7, 2011 Azerbaijan Germany 1:3 AM 1 1 81' 81'
Group A Unknown Germany Gelsenkirchen Sep 2, 2011 Germany Austria 6:2 AM 2 1 90'
Group A Unknown Germany Düsseldorf Oct 11, 2011 Germany Belgium 3:1 AM 1 1 90'
Unknown Germany Hamburg Nov 15, 2011 Germany Netherlands 3:0 AM 1 1 90'
Semi-Finals Unknown Poland Warszawa Jun 28, 2012 Germany Italy 1:2 RW 1 90'
Group C Unknown Germany Hannover Sep 7, 2012 Germany Faroe Islands 3:0 AM 2 90'
Group C Unknown Austria Wien Sep 11, 2012 Austria Germany 1:2 AM 1 90'
Group C Unknown Ireland Dublin Oct 12, 2012 Republic of Ireland Germany 1:6 AM 1 1 90'
Group C Unknown Germany Berlin Oct 16, 2012 Germany Sweden 4:4 AM 1 90'
Group C Unknown Faroe Islands Tórshavn Sep 10, 2013 Faroe Islands Germany 0:3 AM 1 90'
Group C Unknown Germany Köln Oct 11, 2013 Germany Republic of Ireland 3:0 CF 1 90'
Group C Unknown Sweden Stockholm Oct 15, 2013 Sweden Germany 3:5 RW 1 1 82'  82'
Round of 16 Unknown Brazil Porto Alegre (RS) Jun 30, 2014 Germany Algeria 2:1 AET RW 1 120'
Unknown Germany München Mar 29, 2016 Germany Italy 4:1 CM 1 90'
Quarter-Finals Unknown France Bordeaux Jul 2, 2016 Germany Italy 7:6 on pens AM 1 120'
Unknown Germany Mönchengladbach Aug 31, 2016 Germany Finland 2:0 AM 1 63' 27'
Group C Unknown Germany Stuttgart Sep 4, 2017 Germany Norway 6:0 AM 1 1 90'
Unknown Austria Klagenfurt am Wörthersee Jun 2, 2018 Austria Germany 2:1 AM 1 76' 76'
Squad: 21, Starting eleven: 20, Substituted in: 1, On the bench: 0, Suspended: 0, Injured: 0,