Mesut Özil

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Özil playing for Real Madrid
Personal information
Full name Mesut Özil
Date of birth 15 October 1988 (1988-10-15) (age 22)
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 8 (2)
National team‡
2006–2007 Germany U19 11 (4)
2007–2009 Germany U21 16 (5)
2009– Germany 21 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2010

Mesut Özil (German pronunciation: [ˈmeːzut ˈøːzil]; born 15 October 1988) is a German [2] footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and for the German national team. Özil has been a youth national team member since 2006, when he debuted for first professional league season and a member of the German national team since 2009.

He gained international attention during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was nominated for the Golden Ball Award which is awarded to the tournament's best player. Following his breakout performance at the World Cup, he was transferred to Real Madrid in August 2010. His nicknames include “der neue Diego” – the new Diego – in reference to the Brazilian playmaker whose role he inherited at Werder Bremen[3] and "German Messi"[4] for his remarkable playmaking and ball handling abilities resembling Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi. Özil is a third-generation Turkish-German[5], who, in reference to his game, concludes, "My technique and feeling for the ball is the Turkish side to my game. The discipline, attitude and always-give-your-all is the German part."[6]
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