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Mesut Özil

Turkish-German association football player

  • Fame72.3
  • Momentum19.2
  • Germany rank#153
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  • Fame72.3
  • Momentum19.2
  • Germany rank#153
  • Footballers rank#112
  • Wikipedia263.7K
Born 1988 · age 38Germany
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  • Wikipedia
    95 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Germany
    #153
    Footballers
  • Age
    38
    Born 1988
  • Known for
    The Team
    2014
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

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.

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Teams

Low confidence
  • İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.
    2022–2023
  • Fenerbahçe Istanbul
    2021–2022
  • Arsenal F.C.
    2013–2021
  • Germany men's national association football team
    2009–2018
  • Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
    2009–2013
  • SV Werder Bremen
    2008–2010
  • Germany national under-21 football team
    2007–2009
  • Schalke 04
    2006–2008
  • Germany national under-19 football team
    2006–2007
20062023
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Season stats

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2022–202340
2021–2022328
2013–202118433
2009–20189223
2009–201310527
2008–20107113
2007–2009165
2006–2008300
2006–2007114
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Awards

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  • Footballer of the month
  • Silbernes Lorbeerblatt
  • Bambi Award
  • UEFA Team of the Year
By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Rising
72.3
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum19.2
Historical33.5
Now attention66.4
Source confidence85.0
Completeness90.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#153
Category rank
#112
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