Full name --------- Mesut Özil
Date of birth ----- 15 October 1988 (1988-10-15) (age 21)
Place of birth ---- Gelsenkirchen, West Germany
Height ------------ 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position -- Attacking midfielder
Current club ------ Werder Bremen
Number ------------ 11
Youth career
1995–1998 Westfalia 04 Gelsenkirchen
1998–1999 Teutonia Schalke-Nord
1999–2000 Falke Gelsenkirchen
2000–2005 Rot-Weiss Essen
2005–2006 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006–2008 Schalke 04 30 (0)
2008– Werder Bremen 71 (13)
National team‡
2006–2007 Germany U19 11 (4)
2007– Germany U21 16 (5)
2009– Germany 15 (2)
* Date of Birth: 15 October 1988
* Height: 182 cm
* Shirt number: 8
* Position: Midfielder
* Current club: Werder Bremen (GER)
* International Caps: 15
* International Goals: 2
* First international: Germany - Norway (11 February 2009)
* Schalke 04 (GER): From 2006 to 2008
