Mesut Özil
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| Mesut Özil | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Mesut Özil | |
| Date of birth | October 15, 1988 (age 18) | |
| Place of birth | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | |
| Height | 1.80m | |
| Playing position | Central attacking midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | FC Schalke 04 | |
| Number | 17 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1995–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2005 |
DJK Westfalia 04 Gelsenkirchen DJK Teutonia Schalke-Nord DJK Falke Gelsenkirchen Rot-Weiss Essen |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2006-present | Schalke 04 | 1 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Mesut Özil (born October 15, 1988) is a young Turkish-German footballer currently playing for FC Schalke 04. Standing at 180 cm and weighing 70 kg, he has previously played for Rot-Weiss Essen (2000-05), DJK Falke Gelsenkirchen (1999/00), DJK Teutonia Schalke-Nord (1998/99), and DJK Westfalia 04 Gelsenkirchen (1995-98). He is a midfielder and wears 17 as his squad number. He has been called up to the U-19 German national team after starting as playmaker and central attacking midfielder in the place of the suspended Lincoln in Liga Pokal matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich. [1] [2]
| FC Schalke 04 - Current Squad |
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3 Kobiashvili | 5 Bordon | 6 Hamit Altıntop | 7 Varela | 8 Ernst | 9 Larsen | 10 Lincoln | 11 Løvenkrands | 14 Asamoah | 16 Rodríguez | 17 Özil | 18 Rafinha | 19 Halil Altıntop | 20 Krstajić | 22 Kurányi | 24 Pander | 25 Bajramović | 26 Bungert | 27 Hoogland | 29 Neuer | 31 Boenisch | 33 Laumann |
