Written by Andriy BrezitskiyKyiv, 2013

Mesut Özil

Mesut Ozil is a German footballer who plays for Premier League club Arsenal and the German national team.

Özil has been a youth national team member since 2006, and a member of the German national team since 2009. He gained international attention during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was nominated for the Golden Ball Award, which is awarded to the tournament's best player. Özil started his senior career at hometown club Schalke in the Bundesliga in 2006, transferred to Werder Bremen in 2008 and transferred to Real Madrid in August 2010 following his breakout performance at the FIFA World Cup with Germany. On transfer deadline day of summer 2013, he moved to Arsenal in a club record of £42.5 million.The transfer makes him the most expensive German football player of all time.

Özil's boots on display at the Santiago Bernabeu museum

Mesut Ozil gave the most assist in Europa