Midfielder

Description

Mesut Ozil was born on October 15, 1988. He was born in Gelsenkirchen, but has Turkish roots. Ozil himself once said: "Technique and sense of the ball are the Turkish side of my game, and discipline, attitude and dedication are German." Mesut is a believer, even if, due to the specifics of his profession, he cannot always strictly observe Ramadan. Once, during a match, Atlético fans threw bread at Ozil. The football player picked it up, brought it to his forehead and put it behind the sideline. The fact is that Mesut's religion does not allow him to throw away bread.

Ozil began his professional career at Schalke. Even then, the midfielder declared his talent, although he failed to stay in the “cobalt” team. In January 2008, Mesut moved to Werder Bremen. There he quickly took on leading roles and began to delight the fans with a bright game in attack. In his first full season at the Bremen club, Ozil scored 3 goals and made 15 assists. In the following football year, Mesut became a key Werder player after Diego left the team. During the season in the Bundesliga, the midfielder scored 9 goals and 17 assists.

An excellent performance at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa allowed Ozil to move to Real Madrid. The football player said that he was in no hurry to leave Werder Bremen, but could not refuse such an offer famous club. As part of the “creamy” Mesut adapted instantly. In the 2010/11 season football fans and the media admired the performance of the German playmaker, who managed 25 assists in all competitions.

The following year, Ozil continued to shine, only now with a "ten" on his back. The German made 17 assists in La Liga to help Real Madrid regain the league title. Mesut continued to consistently show football high level, however, in 2013, he nevertheless left the Madrid club and joined Arsenal. Arsene Wenger played an important role in this transfer. In addition, Ozil did not feel the confidence of the then Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti, as the footballer himself said.

At Arsenal, Özil's most productive season was 2015/16, when he chalked up 6 goals and 15 assists in the Premier League. The rest of the time the German midfielder was not very stable. Mesut has often been criticized for melting into the pitch, especially in big games. Many were sure that at the end of the contract from 2018, Ozil would say goodbye to the Gunners. However, the club managed to keep Mesut by signing a new agreement with him.

In 2009, Ozil won the European Championship with the German youth team. A few months before that, Mesut was lucky enough to make his debut in national team in a test match against Norway. Ozil was an important Bundestim figure at the World Cup in South Africa (goal and 3 assists), Euro 2012 (goal and 3 assists), the triumphant World Cup in Brazil (goal and assist) and the European Championship 2016 (goal and assist) .

You can admire Ozil not only for his technical equipment and ability to make an effective pass. Mesut also has good personal qualities and is actively involved in charity work. For example, Ozil donated his bonuses for winning the 2014 World Cup for operations on 23 sick children in Brazil. So the midfielder thanked the Brazilians for their hospitality.

Mesut Ozil was born on October 15, 1988. He was born in Gelsenkirchen, but has Turkish roots. Ozil himself once said: "Technique and sense of the ball are the Turkish side of my game, and discipline, attitude and dedication are German." Mesut is a believer, even if, due to the specifics of his profession, he cannot always strictly observe Ramadan. Once, during a match, Atlético fans threw bread at Ozil. The football player picked it up, brought it to his forehead and put it behind the sideline. The fact is that Mesut's religion does not allow him to throw away bread.

Ozil began his professional career at Schalke. Even then, the midfielder declared his talent, although he failed to stay in the “cobalt” team. In January 2008, Mesut moved to Werder Bremen. There he quickly took on leading roles and began to delight the fans with a bright game in attack. In his first full season at the Bremen club, Ozil scored 3 goals and made 15 assists. In the following football year, Mesut became a key Werder player after Diego left the team. During the season in the Bundesliga, the midfielder scored 9 goals and 17 assists.

An excellent performance at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa allowed Ozil to move to Real Madrid. The football player said that he was in no hurry to leave Werder Bremen, but could not refuse the offer of such a famous club. As part of the “creamy” Mesut adapted instantly. In the 2010/11 season football fans and the media admired the performance of the German playmaker, who managed 25 assists in all competitions.

The following year, Ozil continued to shine, only now with a "ten" on his back. The German made 17 assists in La Liga to help Real Madrid regain the league title. Mesut continued to consistently show high-level football, but in 2013 he nevertheless left the Madrid club and joined Arsenal. Arsene Wenger played an important role in this transfer. In addition, Ozil did not feel the confidence of the then Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti, as the footballer himself said.

At Arsenal, Özil's most productive season was 2015/16, when he chalked up 6 goals and 15 assists in the Premier League. The rest of the time the German midfielder was not very stable. Mesut has often been criticized for melting into the pitch, especially in big games. Many were sure that at the end of the contract from 2018, Ozil would say goodbye to the Gunners. However, the club managed to keep Mesut by signing a new agreement with him.

In 2009, Ozil won the European Championship with the German youth team. A few months earlier, Mesut was lucky enough to make his debut in the national team in a test match against Norway. Ozil was an important Bundestim figure at the World Cup in South Africa (goal and 3 assists), Euro 2012 (goal and 3 assists), the triumphant World Cup in Brazil (goal and assist) and the European Championship 2016 (goal and assist) .

You can admire Ozil not only for his technical equipment and ability to make an effective pass. Mesut also has good personal qualities and is actively involved in charity work. For example, Ozil donated his bonuses for winning the 2014 World Cup for operations on 23 sick children in Brazil. So the midfielder thanked the Brazilians for their hospitality.

Mesut Ozil is a real gem German football. An athlete with Turkish roots quickly reached the heights in his career thanks to the talent and help of his father, who early discerned bright abilities in the heir. Mesut, upon entering the Premier League, quickly proved his superiority in creating scoring chances and assists.

Childhood and youth

Mesut was born in 1988 to a Turkish immigrant family. Parents went to look for a better life in Germany, where they settled in the town of Gelsenkirchen. The country was in an industrial crisis, 70% of migrants were unemployed, and hard work was paid a penny.

The Ozil family vegetated in poverty, barely making ends meet. Mesut recalls that her mother had to work as a cleaner in two places, so the children hardly saw her. The family settled in an old apartment building. The boy was embarrassed by the squalid housing and at school called a different house number for the bus driver.

Mesut became interested in football with early childhood, for days on end chasing the ball with the kids living in the neighborhood. The boys chose the great football player as their idol and tried to learn his technique. The father noticed his son's passion for playing on the grass and, when the child was 6 years old, took him to sports school, which in the future football star changed a lot.

The fact is that dad Mustafa Ozil was confident in the talent of the heir, therefore, with any suspicion of the unprofessionalism of the coach, he changed schools. Mesut managed to play in Westphalia 04, Teutonia Schalke-Nord, Falke, and in 2000 received the first contract with Rot-Weiss Essen.

modest youth team it was then that she managed to get into the second German division. The bright game of the Turk was noticed by football professionals, showering him with offers. Representatives of the Schalke 04 club showed great perseverance, of which Ozil became a member, starting his professional career.

Football

At the age of 17, Mesut Ozil was already playing in the League Cup in the first team of Schalke, who were proud the strongest players. The newcomer did not disappoint, he managed to replace midfielder Cassio de Souza Soares, known under the pseudonym Lincoln. Mesut surprised with his ability to work - in two seasons he managed to play 37 matches. The Schalke management hoped that the talented athlete would be the heart of the team, but in 2008 he refused to sign a contract. The Turk was not tempted by a salary increase of up to €1 million a year, so the club said that it was calmly saying goodbye to him.

Famous clubs turned out to be among the applicants for the services of a football player, even the English Arsenal wanted to get Mesut. During this period, the young man faced a difficult choice - he was offered to play under the flag of his historical homeland. But he refused, taking German citizenship, which caused a storm of negative emotions on the part of his compatriots.

In the end, the young man, as a midfielder, joined the ranks of the leader of German football, Werder Bremen, who laid out € 4.3 million for a contract. He showed his abilities brilliantly, he was especially remembered for the matches against Bayern, which lost with a score of 2: 5, and Hoffenhzaim, who lost one goal to Werder Bremen.

Mesut Ozil managed to quickly become the leader of the team. 2009 turned out to be a happy year for Bremen: the club finished third in the Champions League, got to the UEFA Cup games (although they lost), and won the German Cup. The next season was not so successful, but Ozil was on the list of two dozen players who were honored to defend Germany at the World Cup.

In 2010, Mesut changed clubs. At the end of August, the player was bought by Real Madrid, and in the autumn he already scored the first goal in his composition. That season, the team with Ozil was able to strengthen its leadership in the sports arena by winning the Spanish Cup. In the future, the German midfielder made a huge contribution to the Real Madrid championship - thanks to his goals, the club won the Spanish Super Cup twice in very difficult matches.

The next breakthrough in football biography was an admission to the legendary English Arsenal. Mesut Ozil cost the club a lot - € 45 million, the football player was called at that time the most expensive transfer in the history of playing on grass. However, the German athlete did not justify the hopes in the first season. Although the team took another trophy in the form of the FA Cup, Mesut did not shine with performance.

The following year, the footballer scored the winning goal against Liverpool, thereby obtaining another English Cup for the team. Prior to this, Ozil was away due to an injury. long time on vacation, but in a short period he managed to get in good shape. This helped in the next season to beat the champion Chelsea, pulling out the English Super Cup. By the end of 2016, the Turk was the title of the best assistant in the Premier League and Arsenal player.

Mesut Ozil also played for the German national team. At the 2010 World Cup, the merits of the football player were noted by the nomination for the Golden Ball. Mesut helped the team take third place at the European Championship in 2012, take gold at the World Cup, which took place two years later in Brazil, and at the European Championship 2016, the team, although they did not manage to return home with a victory, but the footballer was named best player one of the meetings.

Personal life

The German footballer is not deprived of the attention of the beautiful half of humanity. The press discussed a long affair with model Anna-Maria Lagerblom, the sister of singer Sarah Connor. The girl, even for the sake of her beloved, converted to Islam and sacrificed her profession, ceasing to act in candid photo shoots, but she never became a wife.

The tender feelings of the football player were associated with the German beauty vocalist Mandy Grace Capristo, with top models Claudia Galanti and Aida Yespika.

In the summer of 2017, they started talking about Mesut's serious romance with Miss Turkey 2014, model and actress Amine Gulshe. Rumors have spread that the footballer is finally going to say goodbye to his bachelor life, but the couple has not yet confirmed their intention.

The athlete does not differ in impressive dimensions, with a height of 183 cm Ozil weighs only 76 kg. The football player is known as a man with a calm disposition, modest and stingy with words. Mesut is very religious - he prays before each exit to the field. In addition to football, in the list of hobbies young man there is swimming and ping-pong, loves to sing and performs hip-hop masterfully.

Mesut Ozil now

At the end of 2017, Ozil surprised fans and football representatives with exorbitant appetites. The man said he would only renew his contract with Arsenal if the club could pay €395,000 a week, an astronomical sum for Premier League members. Mesut was immediately accused of blackmail and even fraud, and English experts did not see a tragedy for the club in the possible departure of the athlete.

However, at the beginning of 2018, the news spread around the world that the Turk remained at Arsenal, the contract was extended for three years, and the player would be paid €340,000 for seven days. Thus, Mesut Ozil became the highest paid player in the London club.

In early April, Arsenal fans rejoiced - in the Europa League, the team victoriously fought against CSKA Moscow. Mesut was the author of three assists.

Awards

• 2008/09 - German Cup
• 2010/11 - Spanish Cup
• 2012 - Spanish Super Cup
• 2010 - bronze at the World Championships
• 2009 - European champion among youth teams
• 2012 - bronze at the European Championship
• 2014 - gold at the World Championships
• 2014, 2015, 2017 - FA Cup
• 2014, 2015, 2017 - FA Super Cup

Player Childhood

Mesut Ozil, a first-class German footballer, was born on October 15, 1988. In the city of Gelsenkirchen, Münster district, western Germany. The boy grew up in a family with Turkish roots, the footballer's parents were from Turkey. Ozil loved football since childhood, and at the first opportunity he tried to run to the football field. Even then, in the game with peers, Mesut favorably differed from other players. Noticing his son's talent, Mustafa's father set out to educate professional football player. The father of the future football player knew how to handle the ball well, and spent his free time training his son. "Trick" and many other tricks Mesut was able to teach his father.

The beginning of the club career of football player Mesut Ozil

From the age of six, the boy began training at the local Westfalia-04 club. The father still continues to devote time to his son, I demand more and more achievements from the coaches. Then he continued his studies at Teutonia Schalke-Nord and Falka. After young football player Mesut Özil continued his football training with the Essen youth team Rot-Weiss for five years.

Thanks to the efforts of his father and the experience gained, the seventeen-year-old football player Mesut signed an agreement with the Schalke 04 club. Mesut Ozil immediately took the position of a leading player and went through a “baptism of fire” in the League Cup match, participated in the second leg of the UEFA Cup. During his entire stay with the team, Ozil played twenty-one matches.

After three years, refusing to renew the contract with Schalke, Mesut Ozil chooses Werder Bremen, bypassing the offers of the Munich "", the player takes an honorable position in the first team. Over the next couple of seasons, Ozil scored thirteen goals.

In 2010, a contract was signed with the Spanish club "". Thanks to successful, sharp passes, Mesut became one of the best assistants in the Champions League. Having become the best passer, thanks to seventeen effective passes, Mesut Ozil, together with the Real Madrid team, celebrated the victory in the Example. After the end of the tournament, having broken more than one record, Real Madrid became the absolute winner. Mesut Ozil made an indispensable share in the leadership of the team. For four seasons (2010-2014), the midfielder played 158 matches and scored 27 goals.

In the winter of 2012, Mesut was awarded the title of the best player of the year in Germany.

In September 2013, the footballer Mesut Ozil moved to the London Arsenal. Initially, the footballer did not plan to leave Real Madrid, but a conversation with the coach of the London team forced the midfielder to make his choice in favor of Arsenal for a period of five years. A couple of days before the transfer window closed, the player was bought for 45 million euros plus 5 million bonus. During the game period football club Arsenal Ozil Mesut appeared 103 times, scoring 18 goals and providing 38 assists, 16 of which were assists. As part of Arsenal, football player Mesut Ozil celebrated the possession of the FA Cup (season 2013-2015) and the FA Super Cup (2014,2015).

The player joined the youth team in 2008 and took part in the final match of Euro 2008 in 2008. Faced with a choice for the honor of which team to play in the adult national team - Germany or Turkey, he gave his choice to Germany, which upset the Turkish football coach.

The 2012 European Championship began disappointingly for footballer Ozil. On the debut of the match against Portugal, he was sent off as a substitute in the eighty-seventh minute. But this did not stop the Germans from winning, and Mesut Ozil from becoming the best player of the match. In the match against the Netherlands, Mesut Ozil was substituted in the 81st minute and the Germans advanced from the group, becoming the only team at the Euro to score nine points.

Personal life of Mesut Ozil

Since Ozil is a Muslim, he reads the Quran and preaches Islam. Before matches, you can see how a football player reads a prayer, raising his hands up. Despite his behavior on the field and his stellar significance, Ozil is modest and not talkative. He enjoys swimming, hip-hop and ping-pong.

Midfielder

Description

Mesut Ozil was born on October 15, 1988. He was born in Gelsenkirchen, but has Turkish roots. Ozil himself once said: "Technique and sense of the ball are the Turkish side of my game, and discipline, attitude and dedication are German." Mesut is a believer, even if, due to the specifics of his profession, he cannot always strictly observe Ramadan. Once, during a match, Atlético fans threw bread at Ozil. The football player picked it up, brought it to his forehead and put it behind the sideline. The fact is that Mesut's religion does not allow him to throw away bread.

Ozil began his professional career at Schalke. Even then, the midfielder declared his talent, although he failed to stay in the “cobalt” team. In January 2008, Mesut moved to Werder Bremen. There he quickly took on leading roles and began to delight the fans with a bright game in attack. In his first full season at the Bremen club, Ozil scored 3 goals and made 15 assists. In the following football year, Mesut became a key Werder player after Diego left the team. During the season in the Bundesliga, the midfielder scored 9 goals and 17 assists.

An excellent performance at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa allowed Ozil to move to Real Madrid. The football player said that he was in no hurry to leave Werder Bremen, but could not refuse the offer of such a famous club. As part of the “creamy” Mesut adapted instantly. In the 2010/11 season football fans and the media admired the performance of the German playmaker, who managed 25 assists in all competitions.

The following year, Ozil continued to shine, only now with a "ten" on his back. The German made 17 assists in La Liga to help Real Madrid regain the league title. Mesut continued to consistently show high-level football, but in 2013 he nevertheless left the Madrid club and joined Arsenal. Arsene Wenger played an important role in this transfer. In addition, Ozil did not feel the confidence of the then Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti, as the footballer himself said.

At Arsenal, Özil's most productive season was 2015/16, when he chalked up 6 goals and 15 assists in the Premier League. The rest of the time the German midfielder was not very stable. Mesut has often been criticized for melting into the pitch, especially in big games. Many were sure that at the end of the contract from 2018, Ozil would say goodbye to the Gunners. However, the club managed to keep Mesut by signing a new agreement with him.

In 2009, Ozil won the European Championship with the German youth team. A few months earlier, Mesut was lucky enough to make his debut in the national team in a test match against Norway. Ozil was an important Bundestim figure at the World Cup in South Africa (goal and 3 assists), Euro 2012 (goal and 3 assists), the triumphant World Cup in Brazil (goal and assist) and the European Championship 2016 (goal and assist) .

You can admire Ozil not only for his technical equipment and ability to make an effective pass. Mesut also has good personal qualities and is actively involved in charity work. For example, Ozil donated his bonuses for winning the 2014 World Cup for operations on 23 sick children in Brazil. So the midfielder thanked the Brazilians for their hospitality.