# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mesut-ozil
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:34:33.840Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mesut-ozil"
name: "Mesut Özil"
slug: "mesut-ozil"
description: "Mesut Özil is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Known for his ball control, technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders and playmakers of his generation. He could also play as a wide midfielder."
tagline: "Turkish-German association football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mesut_%C3%96zil_at_Baku_before_2019_UEFA_Europe_League_Final.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1988-10-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           72.34
  momentum:             19.21231362994427
  historical:           33.491904
  currentAttention:     66.42857142857143
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  153
  category: 112
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MesutOzil1088"
    handle:    "MesutOzil1088"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/m10_official/"
    handle:    "m10_official"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3932946/"
    handle:    "nm3932946"
  - platform:  "TWITCH"
    url:       "https://www.twitch.tv/mesutozil"
    handle:    "mesutozil"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mesutoezil.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مسعود أوزيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مسعود اؤزیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Месут Йозил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "মেসুত ওজিল"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مەسعوود ئۆزیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mesut Özil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mesut Özil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesut_%C3%96zil"
    title: "Mesut Özil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Μεσούτ Εζίλ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mesut Özil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mesut Özil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mesut Özil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mesut Özil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mesut Özil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "مسعود اوزیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mesut Özil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill