Per Mertesacker

Retired
Retired
Last club: Arsenal Retired since: Jul 1, 2018
  • Date of birth/Age: Sep 29, 1984 (39)
  • Place of birth: Germany Hannover
  • Citizenship: Germany Germany
  • Height: 2,00 m
  • Position: Centre-Back
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Academy Manager Club: Arsenal
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National team career

# National team Debut   Coach at debut Age at debut
Germany
17 Germany Oct 9, 2004 104 4 Jürgen Klinsmann 20 years 10 days
Germany
- Germany - 4 -
Germany
- Germany Nov 12, 2003 2 - Erich Rutemöller 19 years 01 month 14 days

Stats of Per Mertesacker

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Total :  104421--8.847'
44121--3.542'
19-----1.664'
152----1.350'
15-----1.271'
6-----540'
51----480'

Detailed stats

This overview shows all of a player's call-ups for the national team selected under "Stats". You can use a filter to limit the selection to major competitions (e.g. world cups), individual competitions (e.g. WC 2014) and to specific time periods. Under "Matches", you can also filter by actual number of matches played or by all matches with goals scored. Under the "Detailed" tab, you can view further details such as the venue and club for which the player was playing at the time of the match.

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  Matchday Date Venue For Opponent Result Pos.            
10/9/04 Germany Iran 0:2 9'
11/17/04 Germany Cameroon 3:0 CB 90'
12/16/04 Germany Japan 0:3 CB 90'
12/19/04 Germany South Korea 3:1 on the bench
12/21/04 Germany Thailand 1:5 CB 90'
2/9/05 Germany Argentina 2:2 CB 90'
3/26/05 Germany Slovenia 0:1 on the bench
6/4/05 Germany Northern Ireland 1:4 CB 90'
6/8/05 Germany Russia 2:2 CB 90'
Group A 6/15/05 Germany Australia 4:3 CB 1 90'
Group A 6/18/05 Germany Tunisia 0:3 CB 90'
Group A 6/21/05 Germany Argentina 2:2 CB 90'
Semi-Finals 6/25/05 Germany Brazil 2:3 CB 90'
Third Place Play-Off 6/29/05 Germany Mexico 4:3 AET CB 120'
8/17/05 Germany Netherlands 2:2 CB 66'
9/3/05 Germany Slovakia 2:0 CB 90'
9/7/05 Germany South Africa 4:2 CB 90'
10/8/05 Germany Türkiye 2:1 CB 90'
10/12/05 Germany China 1:0 CB 45'
11/12/05 Germany France 0:0 CB 90'
3/1/06 Germany Italy 4:1 CB 45'
3/22/06 Germany United States 4:1 CB 90'
5/27/06 Germany Luxembourg 7:0 CB 45'
5/30/06 Germany Japan 2:2 CB 90'
6/2/06 Germany Colombia 3:0 CB 90'
Group A 6/9/06 Germany Costa Rica 4:2 CB 90'
Group A 6/14/06 Germany Poland 1:0 CB 90'
Group A 6/20/06 Germany Ecuador 0:3 CB 90'
Round of 16 6/24/06 Germany Sweden 2:0 CB 90'
Quarter-Finals 6/30/06 Germany Argentina 5:3 on pens CB 120'
Semi-Finals 7/4/06 Germany Italy 0:2 AET CB 120'
Third Place Play-Off 7/8/06 Germany Portugal 3:1  Heel injury
8/16/06 Germany Sweden 3:0  Heel injury
Group D 9/2/06 Germany Republic of Ireland 1:0  Heel injury
Group D 9/6/06 Germany San Marino 0:13  Heel injury
10/7/06 Germany Georgia 2:0 Not in squad
Group D 10/11/06 Germany Slovakia 1:4 Not in squad
Group D 11/15/06 Germany Cyprus 1:1 on the bench
2/7/07 Germany Switzerland 3:1 CB 90'
Group D 3/24/07 Germany Czech Republic 1:2 CB 90'
3/28/07 Germany Denmark 0:1 Not in squad
Group D 6/2/07 Germany San Marino 6:0 CB 90'
Group D 6/6/07 Germany Slovakia 2:1 CB 90'
8/22/07 Germany England 1:2 CB 90'
Group D 9/8/07 Germany Wales 0:2 CB 90'
9/12/07 Germany Romania 3:1 on the bench
Group D 10/13/07 Germany Republic of Ireland 0:0 CB 90'
Group D 10/17/07 Germany Czech Republic 0:3 CB 90'
Group D 11/17/07 Germany Cyprus 4:0 CB 90'
Group D 11/21/07 Germany Wales 0:0 CB 90'
2/6/08 Germany Austria 0:3 CB 77' 90'
3/26/08 Germany Switzerland 0:4 CB 90'
5/27/08 Germany Belarus 2:2 CB 90'
5/31/08 Germany Serbia 2:1 CB 45'
Group B 6/8/08 Germany Poland 2:0 CB 90'
Group B 6/12/08 Germany Croatia 2:1 CB 90'
Group B 6/16/08 Germany Austria 0:1 CB 90'
Quarter-Finals 6/19/08 Germany Portugal 2:3 CB 90'
Semi-Finals 6/25/08 Germany Türkiye 3:2 CB 90'
Final 6/29/08 Germany Spain 0:1 CB 90'
8/20/08 Germany Belgium 2:0  Meniscus damage
Group D 9/6/08 Germany Liechtenstein 0:6 Not in squad
Group D 9/10/08 Germany Finland 3:3 Not in squad
Group D 10/11/08 Germany Russia 2:1 CB 90'
Group D 10/15/08 Germany Wales 1:0 CB 90'
11/19/08 Germany England 1:2 CB 90'
2/11/09 Germany Norway 0:1 CB 45'
Group D 3/28/09 Germany Liechtenstein 4:0 CB 90'
Group D 4/1/09 Germany Wales 0:2 CB 90'
5/29/09 Germany China 1:1  Torn ankle ligaments
6/2/09 Germany United Arab Emirates 2:7  Torn ankle ligaments
Group D 8/12/09 Germany Azerbaijan 0:2 CB 90'
9/5/09 Germany South Africa 2:0 on the bench
Group D 9/9/09 Germany Azerbaijan 4:0 CB 90'
Group D 10/10/09 Germany Russia 0:1 CB 90'
Group D 10/14/09 Germany Finland 1:1 Not in squad
11/18/09 Germany Ivory Coast 2:2 CB 90'
3/3/10 Germany Argentina 0:1 CB 90'
5/13/10 Germany Malta 3:0 Not in squad
5/29/10 Germany Hungary 0:3 CB 2 90'
6/3/10 Germany Bosnia-Herzegovina 3:1 CB 90'
Group D 6/13/10 Germany Australia 4:0 CB 90'
Group D 6/18/10 Germany Serbia 0:1 CB 90'
Group D 6/23/10 Germany Ghana 0:1 CB 90'
Round of 16 6/27/10 Germany England 4:1 CB 90'
Quarter-Finals 7/3/10 Germany Argentina 0:4 CB 90'
Semi-Finals 7/7/10 Germany Spain 0:1 CB 90'
Third Place Play-Off 7/10/10 Germany Uruguay 2:3 CB 90'
8/11/10 Germany Denmark 2:2 Not in squad
Group A 9/3/10 Germany Belgium 0:1 CB 90'
Group A 9/7/10 Germany Azerbaijan 6:1 CB 11'
Group A 10/8/10 Germany Türkiye 3:0 CB 90'
Group A 10/12/10 Germany Kazakhstan 0:3 CB 90'
11/17/10 Germany Sweden 0:0 on the bench
2/9/11 Germany Italy 1:1 CB 90'
Group A 3/26/11 Germany Kazakhstan 4:0 CB 90'
3/29/11 Germany Australia 1:2 on the bench
5/29/11 Germany Uruguay 2:1  Heel injury
Group A 6/3/11 Germany Austria 1:2  Heel injury
Group A 6/7/11 Germany Azerbaijan 1:3  Heel injury
8/10/11 Germany Brazil 3:2 Not in squad
Group A 9/2/11 Germany Austria 6:2 on the bench
9/6/11 Germany Poland 2:2 CB 90'
Group A 10/7/11 Germany Türkiye 1:3 CB 90'
Group A 10/11/11 Germany Belgium 3:1 CB 90'
11/11/11 Germany Ukraine 3:3 on the bench
11/15/11 Germany Netherlands 3:0 CB 90'
2/29/12 Germany France 1:2  Ligament injury
5/26/12 Germany Switzerland 5:3 CB 90'
5/31/12 Germany Israel 2:0 CB 90'
Group B 6/9/12 Germany Portugal 1:0 on the bench
Group B 6/13/12 Germany Netherlands 1:2 on the bench
Group B 6/17/12 Germany Denmark 1:2 on the bench
Quarter-Finals 6/22/12 Germany Greece 4:2 on the bench
Semi-Finals 6/28/12 Germany Italy 1:2 on the bench
8/15/12 Germany Argentina 1:3 Not in squad
Group C 9/7/12 Germany Faroe Islands 3:0 CB 90'
Group C 9/11/12 Germany Austria 1:2 on the bench
Group C 10/12/12 Germany Republic of Ireland 1:6 CB 90'
Group C 10/16/12 Germany Sweden 4:4 CB 1 90'
11/14/12 Germany Netherlands 0:0 CB 90'
2/6/13 Germany France 1:2 CB 90'
Group C 3/22/13 Germany Kazakhstan 0:3 CB 90'
Group C 3/26/13 Germany Kazakhstan 4:1 CB 90'
5/29/13 Germany Ecuador 4:2 CB  90'
6/2/13 Germany United States 4:3 CB 45'
8/14/13 Germany Paraguay 3:3 CB 45'
Group C 9/6/13 Germany Austria 3:0 CB 90'
Group C 9/10/13 Germany Faroe Islands 0:3 CB 1 90'
Group C 10/11/13 Germany Republic of Ireland 3:0 CB 90'
Group C 10/15/13 Germany Sweden 3:5 on the bench
11/15/13 Germany Italy 1:1 Not in squad
11/19/13 Germany England 0:1 CB  1 90'
3/5/14 Germany Chile 1:0 CB 90'
5/13/14 Germany Poland 0:0 Not in squad
6/1/14 Germany Cameroon 2:2 CB  90'
6/6/14 Germany Armenia 6:1 CB 90'
Group G 6/16/14 Germany Portugal 4:0 CB 90'
Group G 6/21/14 Germany Ghana 2:2 CB 90'
Group G 6/26/14 Germany United States 0:1 CB 90'
Round of 16 6/30/14 Germany Algeria 2:1 AET CB 120'
Quarter-Finals 7/4/14 Germany France 0:1 on the bench
Semi-Finals 7/8/14 Germany Brazil 1:7 CB 45'
Final 7/13/14 Germany Argentina 1:0 AET 1'
Squad: 121, Starting eleven: 100, Substituted in: 4, On the bench: 17, Suspended: 0, Injured: 11,
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