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Mesut Özil: German Pronunciation: Turkish

Mesut Özil is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal. He began his career with Schalke 04 in Germany before joining Werder Bremen and then Real Madrid, where he won trophies. Özil relocated to Arsenal in 2013 in a then club-record transfer worth £42.5 million, making him the most expensive German player of all time.

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Mesut Özil: German Pronunciation: Turkish

Mesut Özil is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal. He began his career with Schalke 04 in Germany before joining Werder Bremen and then Real Madrid, where he won trophies. Özil relocated to Arsenal in 2013 in a then club-record transfer worth £42.5 million, making him the most expensive German player of all time.

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Mesut Özil[2] (German pronunciation: [ˈmeːzut ˈøːzil], Turkish: [meˈsut œˈzil]; born 15 October 1988)

[3]
 is a German professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Arsenal as an attacking
midfielder, but can also be deployed as a winger. He is renowned for his technical skills and
creativity; due to his agility, finesse and versatility as an attacking midfielder.[4]
Özil began his senior career as a member of his hometown club Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga,
departing two seasons later to join Werder Bremen for €5 million. He garnered break-out
attention in the 2009–10 season, being ranked first in assists in major European and domestic
competitions, with 25 which garnered him a €15 million transfer to La Liga club Real Madrid.[5] At
the club, Özil won the Copa del Rey in his first season, before registering a league high 17
assists in a league winning season.[6] Following a second-place La Liga finish to
rivals Barcelona in the 2012–13 season, Özil relocated to England to join Premier
League club Arsenal in a then club-record deal worth £42.5 million (€50 million),[7] making him
the most expensive German player of al

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