Per Mertesacker

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 U21
-		Germany U21	-	4	-
	Germany U20
-		Germany U20	Nov 12, 2003	2	-	Erich Rutemöller	19 years 01 month 14 days

Stats of Per Mertesacker

This snapshot overview displays all of the international games recorded for a particular player in the TM database. Under "Filter by national team", you can filter by appearances for senior national team(s) and appearances for U-xx teams. This will also cause the corresponding information to be shown under "Detailed stats". By clicking on the "Detailed" tab, you can view further details (e.g. substitutions on and off, penalty goals, etc.) for your selected category.

Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			104	4	2	-	4	8	1	-	-	-	2.212'	8.847'
	International Friendlies	44	1	2	-	2	7	1	-	-	-	3.542'	3.542'
	World Cup	19	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.664'
	World Cup qualification	15	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	675'	1.350'
	European Qualifiers	15	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1.271'
	EURO	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	540'
	Confederations Cup	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	480'	480'

International FriendliesWorld CupWorld Cup qualificationEuropean QualifiersEUROConfederations Cup

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.

	Matchday	Club	Venue	Date	Home team		Away team		Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
			Teheran	Oct 9, 2004		Iran		Germany	0:2								81'		9'
			Leipzig	Nov 17, 2004		Germany		Cameroon	3:0	CB									90'
			Kohoku-ku,Yokohama City	Dec 16, 2004		Japan		Germany	0:3	CB									90'
			Busan	Dec 19, 2004		South Korea		Germany	3:1	on the bench
			Bangkok	Dec 21, 2004		Thailand		Germany	1:5	CB									90'
			Düsseldorf	Feb 9, 2005		Germany		Argentina	2:2	CB									90'
			Celje	Mar 26, 2005		Slovenia		Germany	0:1	on the bench
			Belfast	Jun 4, 2005		N. Ireland		Germany	1:4	CB									90'
			Mönchengladbach	Jun 8, 2005		Germany		Russia	2:2	CB									90'
	Confederations Cup 2005
	Group A		Frankfurt (Main)	Jun 15, 2005		Germany		Australia	4:3	CB	1								90'
	Group A		Köln	Jun 18, 2005		Tunisia		Germany	0:3	CB									90'
	Group A		Nürnberg	Jun 21, 2005		Argentina		Germany	2:2	CB									90'
	Semi-Finals		Nürnberg	Jun 25, 2005		Germany		Brazil	2:3	CB									90'
	Third Place Play-Off		Leipzig	Jun 29, 2005		Germany		Mexico	4:3 AET	CB									120'
	International Friendlies
			Rotterdam	Aug 17, 2005		Netherlands		Germany	2:2	CB								66'	66'
				Sep 3, 2005		Slovakia		Germany	2:0	CB									90'
			Bremen	Sep 7, 2005		Germany		South Africa	4:2	CB									90'
			İkitelli / İstanbul	Oct 8, 2005		Türkiye		Germany	2:1	CB									90'
			Hamburg	Oct 12, 2005		Germany		China	1:0	CB								46'	45'
			Saint Denis	Nov 12, 2005		France		Germany	0:0	CB									90'
			Firenze	Mar 1, 2006		Italy		Germany	4:1	CB								46'	45'
			Dortmund	Mar 22, 2006		Germany		USA	4:1	CB									90'
			Freiburg im Breisgau	May 27, 2006		Germany		Luxembourg	7:0	CB							46'		45'
			Leverkusen	May 30, 2006		Germany		Japan	2:2	CB									90'
			Mönchengladbach	Jun 2, 2006		Germany		Colombia	3:0	CB									90'
	World Cup 2006
	Group A		München	Jun 9, 2006		Germany		Costa Rica	4:2	CB									90'
	Group A		Dortmund	Jun 14, 2006		Germany		Poland	1:0	CB									90'
	Group A		Berlin	Jun 20, 2006		Ecuador		Germany	0:3	CB									90'
	Round of 16		München	Jun 24, 2006		Germany		Sweden	2:0	CB									90'
	Quarter-Finals		Berlin	Jun 30, 2006		Germany		Argentina	5:3 on pens	CB									120'
	Semi-Finals		Dortmund	Jul 4, 2006		Germany		Italy	0:2 AET	CB									120'
	Third Place Play-Off		Stuttgart	Jul 8, 2006		Germany		Portugal	3:1	Heel injury
	International Friendlies
			Gelsenkirchen	Aug 16, 2006		Germany		Sweden	3:0	Heel injury
	European Qualifiers
	Group D		Stuttgart	Sep 2, 2006		Germany		Ireland	1:0	Heel injury
	Group D		Serravalle	Sep 6, 2006		San Marino		Germany	0:13	Heel injury
	International Friendlies
			Rostock	Oct 7, 2006		Germany		Georgia	2:0	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group D		Bratislava	Oct 11, 2006		Slovakia		Germany	1:4	Not in squad
	Group D		Nicosia	Nov 15, 2006		Cyprus		Germany	1:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
			Düsseldorf	Feb 7, 2007		Germany		Switzerland	3:1	CB									90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group D		Prag	Mar 24, 2007		Czechia		Germany	1:2	CB									90'
	International Friendlies
			Duisburg	Mar 28, 2007		Germany		Denmark	0:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group D		Nürnberg	Jun 2, 2007		Germany		San Marino	6:0	CB									90'
	Group D		Hamburg	Jun 6, 2007		Germany		Slovakia	2:1	CB									90'
	International Friendlies
			London	Aug 22, 2007		England		Germany	1:2	CB									90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group D		Cardiff	Sep 8, 2007		Wales		Germany	0:2	CB									90'
	International Friendlies
			Köln	Sep 12, 2007		Germany		Romania	3:1	on the bench
	European Qualifiers
	Group D			Oct 13, 2007		Ireland		Germany	0:0	CB									90'
	Group D		München	Oct 17, 2007		Germany		Czechia	0:3	CB									90'
	Group D		Hannover	Nov 17, 2007		Germany		Cyprus	4:0	CB									90'
	Group D		Frankfurt (Main)	Nov 21, 2007		Germany		Wales	0:0	CB									90'
	International Friendlies
			Wien	Feb 6, 2008		Austria		Germany	0:3	CB				77'					90'
			Basel	Mar 26, 2008		Switzerland		Germany	0:4	CB									90'
			Kaiserslautern	May 27, 2008		Germany		Belarus	2:2	CB									90'
			Gelsenkirchen	May 31, 2008		Germany		Serbia	2:1	CB								46'	45'
	EURO 2008
	Group B		Klagenfurt am Wörthersee	Jun 8, 2008		Germany		Poland	2:0	CB									90'
	Group B		Klagenfurt am Wörthersee	Jun 12, 2008		Croatia		Germany	2:1	CB									90'
	Group B		Wien	Jun 16, 2008		Austria		Germany	0:1	CB									90'
	Quarter-Finals		Basel	Jun 19, 2008		Portugal		Germany	2:3	CB									90'
	Semi-Finals		Basel	Jun 25, 2008		Germany		Türkiye	3:2	CB									90'
	Final		Wien	Jun 29, 2008		Germany		Spain	0:1	CB									90'
	International Friendlies
			Nürnberg	Aug 20, 2008		Germany		Belgium	2:0	Meniscus damage
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group D		Vaduz	Sep 6, 2008		Liechtenstein		Germany	0:6	Not in squad
	Group D		Helsinki	Sep 10, 2008		Finland		Germany	3:3	Not in squad
	Group D		Dortmund	Oct 11, 2008		Germany		Russia	2:1	CB									90'
	Group D		Mönchengladbach	Oct 15, 2008		Germany		Wales	1:0	CB									90'
	International Friendlies
			Berlin	Nov 19, 2008		Germany		England	1:2	CB									90'
			Düsseldorf	Feb 11, 2009		Germany		Norway	0:1	CB								46'	45'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group D		Leipzig	Mar 28, 2009		Germany		Liechtenstein	4:0	CB									90'
	Group D		Cardiff	Apr 1, 2009		Wales		Germany	0:2	CB									90'
	International Friendlies
			Shanghai	May 29, 2009		China		Germany	1:1	Torn ankle ligaments
			Dubai	Jun 2, 2009		U. A. E.		Germany	2:7	Torn ankle ligaments
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group D		Baku	Aug 12, 2009		Azerbaijan		Germany	0:2	CB									90'
	International Friendlies
			Leverkusen	Sep 5, 2009		Germany		South Africa	2:0	on the bench
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group D		Hannover	Sep 9, 2009		Germany		Azerbaijan	4:0	CB									90'
	Group D		Moskau	Oct 10, 2009		Russia		Germany	0:1	CB									90'
	Group D		Hamburg	Oct 14, 2009		Germany		Finland	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Gelsenkirchen	Nov 18, 2009		Germany		Ivory Coast	2:2	CB									90'
			München	Mar 3, 2010		Germany		Argentina	0:1	CB									90'
			Aachen	May 13, 2010		Germany		Malta	3:0	Not in squad
			Budapest	May 29, 2010		Hungary		Germany	0:3	CB		2							90'
			Frankfurt (Main)	Jun 3, 2010		Germany		Bosnia	3:1	CB									90'
	World Cup 2010
	Group D		Durban	Jun 13, 2010		Germany		Australia	4:0	CB									90'
	Group D			Jun 18, 2010		Germany		Serbia	0:1	CB									90'
	Group D		Johannesburg	Jun 23, 2010		Ghana		Germany	0:1	CB									90'
	Round of 16		Westdene, Bloemfontein	Jun 27, 2010		Germany		England	4:1	CB									90'
	Quarter-Finals		Kapstadt	Jul 3, 2010		Argentina		Germany	0:4	CB									90'
	Semi-Finals		Durban	Jul 7, 2010		Germany		Spain	0:1	CB									90'
	Third Place Play-Off			Jul 10, 2010		Uruguay		Germany	2:3	CB									90'
	International Friendlies
			København Ø.	Aug 11, 2010		Denmark		Germany	2:2	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group A		Brüssel	Sep 3, 2010		Belgium		Germany	0:1	CB									90'
	Group A		Köln	Sep 7, 2010		Germany		Azerbaijan	6:1	CB								11'	11'
	Group A		Berlin	Oct 8, 2010		Germany		Türkiye	3:0	CB									90'
	Group A		Astana	Oct 12, 2010		Kazakhstan		Germany	0:3	CB									90'
	International Friendlies
			Göteborg	Nov 17, 2010		Sweden		Germany	0:0	on the bench
			Dortmund	Feb 9, 2011		Germany		Italy	1:1	CB									90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group A		Kaiserslautern	Mar 26, 2011		Germany		Kazakhstan	4:0	CB									90'
	International Friendlies
			Mönchengladbach	Mar 29, 2011		Germany		Australia	1:2	on the bench
			Sinsheim	May 29, 2011		Germany		Uruguay	2:1	Heel injury
	European Qualifiers
	Group A		Wien	Jun 3, 2011		Austria		Germany	1:2	Heel injury
	Group A		Baku	Jun 7, 2011		Azerbaijan		Germany	1:3	Heel injury
	International Friendlies
			Stuttgart	Aug 10, 2011		Germany		Brazil	3:2	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group A		Gelsenkirchen	Sep 2, 2011		Germany		Austria	6:2	on the bench
	International Friendlies
			Gdańsk	Sep 6, 2011		Poland		Germany	2:2	CB									90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group A		Şişli/İstanbul	Oct 7, 2011		Türkiye		Germany	1:3	CB									90'
	Group A		Düsseldorf	Oct 11, 2011		Germany		Belgium	3:1	CB									90'
	International Friendlies
			Kiew	Nov 11, 2011		Ukraine		Germany	3:3	on the bench
			Hamburg	Nov 15, 2011		Germany		Netherlands	3:0	CB									90'
			Bremen	Feb 29, 2012		Germany		France	1:2	Ligament injury
			Basel	May 26, 2012		Switzerland		Germany	5:3	CB									90'
			Leipzig	May 31, 2012		Germany		Israel	2:0	CB									90'
	EURO 2012
	Group B		Lviv	Jun 9, 2012		Germany		Portugal	1:0	on the bench
	Group B		Kharkiv	Jun 13, 2012		Netherlands		Germany	1:2	on the bench
	Group B		Lviv	Jun 17, 2012		Denmark		Germany	1:2	on the bench
	Quarter-Finals		Gdańsk	Jun 22, 2012		Germany		Greece	4:2	on the bench
	Semi-Finals		Warszawa	Jun 28, 2012		Germany		Italy	1:2	on the bench
	International Friendlies
			Frankfurt (Main)	Aug 15, 2012		Germany		Argentina	1:3	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group C		Hannover	Sep 7, 2012		Germany		Faroe Islands	3:0	CB									90'
	Group C		Wien	Sep 11, 2012		Austria		Germany	1:2	on the bench
	Group C		Dublin	Oct 12, 2012		Ireland		Germany	1:6	CB									90'
	Group C		Berlin	Oct 16, 2012		Germany		Sweden	4:4	CB	1								90'
	International Friendlies
			Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Nov 14, 2012		Netherlands		Germany	0:0	CB									90'
			Saint Denis	Feb 6, 2013		France		Germany	1:2	CB									90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group C		Astana	Mar 22, 2013		Kazakhstan		Germany	0:3	CB									90'
	Group C		Nürnberg	Mar 26, 2013		Germany		Kazakhstan	4:1	CB									90'
	International Friendlies
			Boca Raton	May 29, 2013		Germany		Ecuador	4:2	CB									90'
			Washington, D.C.	Jun 2, 2013		USA		Germany	4:3	CB								46'	45'
			Kaiserslautern	Aug 14, 2013		Germany		Paraguay	3:3	CB								46'	45'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group C		München	Sep 6, 2013		Germany		Austria	3:0	CB									90'
	Group C		Tórshavn	Sep 10, 2013		Faroe Islands		Germany	0:3	CB	1								90'
	Group C		Köln	Oct 11, 2013		Germany		Ireland	3:0	CB									90'
	Group C		Stockholm	Oct 15, 2013		Sweden		Germany	3:5	on the bench
	International Friendlies
			Milano	Nov 15, 2013		Italy		Germany	1:1	Not in squad
			London	Nov 19, 2013		England		Germany	0:1	CB	1								90'
			Stuttgart	Mar 5, 2014		Germany		Chile	1:0	CB									90'
			Hamburg	May 13, 2014		Germany		Poland	0:0	Not in squad
			Mönchengladbach	Jun 1, 2014		Germany		Cameroon	2:2	CB									90'
			Mainz	Jun 6, 2014		Germany		Armenia	6:1	CB									90'
	World Cup 2014
	Group G		Salvador	Jun 16, 2014		Germany		Portugal	4:0	CB									90'
	Group G		Fortaleza	Jun 21, 2014		Germany		Ghana	2:2	CB									90'
	Group G		Recife	Jun 26, 2014		USA		Germany	0:1	CB									90'
	Round of 16		Porto Alegre (RS)	Jun 30, 2014		Germany		Algeria	2:1 AET	CB									120'
	Quarter-Finals		Rio de Janeiro	Jul 4, 2014		France		Germany	0:1	on the bench
	Semi-Finals		Belo Horizonte	Jul 8, 2014		Brazil		Germany	1:7	CB							46'		45'
	Final		Rio de Janeiro	Jul 13, 2014		Germany		Argentina	1:0 AET								120'		1'
Squad: 121, Starting eleven: 100, Substituted in: 4, On the bench: 17, Suspended: 0, Injured: 11,