Mesut Özil

Retired
Last club: Basaksehir Most games for: Arsenal Retired since: Mar 22, 2023

Date of birth/Age: Oct 15, 1988 (35)
Place of birth: Gelsenkirchen
Citizenship: Germany

Height: 1,80 m
Position: Attacking Midfield

Former International: Germany
Caps/Goals: 92 / 23

Injury history

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Compact

Detailed

Season	Injury	from	until	Days	Games missed
07/08	Torn ankle ligaments	Oct 18, 2007	Nov 1, 2007	14 days	4
07/08	Ligament stretching	Nov 8, 2007	Nov 12, 2007	4 days	1
08/09	Capsular injury	Mar 5, 2009	Mar 12, 2009	7 days	2
08/09	Knee problems	Apr 16, 2009	Apr 20, 2009	4 days	2
08/09	Knee problems	Apr 30, 2009	May 4, 2009	4 days	2
09/10	Knee problems	Sep 17, 2009	Sep 24, 2009	7 days	3
09/10	influenza	Dec 3, 2009	Dec 7, 2009	4 days	2
09/10	Back problems	Mar 11, 2010	Mar 18, 2010	7 days	4
13/14	Shoulder injury	Dec 30, 2013	Jan 2, 2014	3 days	1
13/14	Dead leg	Feb 20, 2014	Feb 27, 2014	7 days	1
13/14	Hamstring injury	Mar 13, 2014	Apr 14, 2014	32 days	6
14/15	Torn lateral knee ligament	Oct 6, 2014	Jan 5, 2015	91 days	32
15/16	Patellar tendon problems	Aug 27, 2015	Aug 31, 2015	4 days	1
15/16	Foot injury	Jan 14, 2016	Jan 21, 2016	7 days	1
15/16	Ankle problems	Mar 21, 2016	Mar 24, 2016	3 days	-

Total

Season	Days	Injuries	Games missed
22/23	191 days	5	23
21/22	78 days	5	17
20/21	127 days	7	27
19/20	17 days	2	3
18/19	61 days	4	14
17/18	53 days	4	10
16/17	28 days	3	6
15/16	14 days	3	2
14/15	91 days	1	32
13/14	42 days	3	8
09/10	18 days	3	9
08/09	15 days	3	6
07/08	18 days	2	5