Mesut Özil

For me, Mesut Özil is the closest football came to a magician with a passing range. Born in Gelsenkirchen to a Turkish family, he used a slight 180 cm frame and an almost telepathic vision to thread one pass that could teleport a teammate in front of goal. He was, at his peak, among the finest playmakers of his generation, the rare number ten who created rather than scored. The Bambi and UEFA Team of the Year nods are nice, but I love the quiet of the moment he lifted his head and released the ball. That stillness was his genius.

Name (English)

Mesut Özil

Name (Japanese)

メスト・エジル

Reading

めすと・えじる

Born

October 15, 1988 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dragon

Origin

Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Height

180 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

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

• Official sitehttps://www.mesutoezil.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/m10_official/
• Xhttps://x.com/MesutOzil1088
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesut%20%C3%96zil
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83488

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.