Mesut Özil is a German footballer of Turkish origin. He has practiced football since he was 6 years old. He began his football career when still a teenager in Falke Gelsenkirchen and Westfalia 04 Gelsenkirchen clubs. Özil signed his first contract with Rot-Weiss Essen club in 2000 and played there for five years.
In 2005, Mesut began playing for the Gelsenkirchen Schalke 04 youth team where he almost at once became one of the leading players. Despite very high game level Özil did not appear on the pitch frequently and had no chance to score.
In 2008, the 20-year old footballer signed a three-year contract with Werder Bremen and the transfer cost around 4 million euros. Özil secured a spot in the team’s main squad at once and during next two seasons scored 13 goals.
As part of the Germany youth national team he won the final of the UEFA European U21 Championship in 2009.
The same year the young footballer got an official invitation to join the main squad of the Germany national team and made his debut in the main team on February 11 in the match versus the Norway national team. Mesut Özil is one of the young footballers who is meant to become a new leader for the Germany national team.
On August 17, 2010, the footballer joined Real Madrid. The transfer cost more than 15 million euros. Playing for Los Blancos the German turned into a top-class player. During three seasons Ozil featured in 159 matches and scored 27 goals.
However, with the arrival of Isco and Gareth Bale he was forced to leave the club and joined Arsenal on the last day of 2013 transfer window in a deal worth £42.5m.
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