How old is Mesut Özil?

Mesut Özil is a famous international soccer player of Turkish origin, who has German citizenship and played for the German National Team for almost a decade. He was born in 1988, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. In 2005 he joined youth team of Schalke 04 and became a revelation for his coaches. Two years later he was promoted to the senior team, but despite very good performance, he was soon transferred to SV Bremen. In 2009 he joined German National Junior team and managed to demonstrate his best at 2010 U-21 European Championship. That helped Mesut to become a player of Real Madrid, where he stayed for 3 wonderful years, making a great duo with Christiano Ronaldo. After his transfer to FC Arsenal, where he is playing now, Mesut helped this British team to be back to the elite of the world's soccer. One of his most striking performances as German National Team player was in 2014 during FIFA World Cup in Brazil, when his team managed to win 7-1 in semi-finals against Brazil. Known as a philanthropist, Mesut Özil sent his earnings from that World Cup (about $500,000) to Brazilian children. He is married to an actress Amine Gulse Ozil, and is known as a devoted Muslim. In summer 2018, he announced his leaving the German National Team after a scandal linked to him making a photo with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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