10 Things You Didn’t Know About Mesut Özil

German footballer Mesut Özil who plays for English club Arsenal and the German national team. Özil has been a youth national team member since 2006. Mesut is one of the best players in the world and he also helped Germany to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup. If you thing a lot about Mesut Özil,i bet you need look at the list we have compiled about 10 things you didn’t know about Mesut Özil below.

1. Özil started his senior career at hometown club Schalke in the Bundesliga in 2006.

2. He was deployed a midfielder and wore 17 as his squad number, after starting as a playmaker and central attacking midfielder in the place of the suspended Lincoln in Ligapokal matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich.

3. On making the first team at Schalke, he was described as “the next big thing,” but after declining an offer from Schalke 04, claiming that a yearly salary of €1.5 million would not be enough.

4. On 31 January 2008, Özil moved to Werder Bremen for a reported fee of €5 million, signing a contract with the German club until 30 June 2011.

5. After transferring to Werder Bremen, Özil got the jersey number 11.

6. On 26 April 2008 (30th match day) Özil scored the go-ahead goal in the 33rd minute against Karlsruher SC, to put his team up 2–1.

7. He played in twelve games throughout the second half of the season, six times playing in the starting formation, becoming second with Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga at the end of the 2007–08 season.

8. Özil managed to make a significant impact in most games and came away with a respectable three goals and 15 assists that highlighted his attacking credentials.

9. He helped lead the North German club to the 2009 DFB-Pokal with the winning goal in a 1–0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen in Berlin.

10. In the 2009–10 season, Özil became the key playmaker of Werder Bremen stepping into the shoes of Brazilian Diego who had left for Juventus in the summer for a transfer fee of €24.5 million.