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Mesut Ozil made the archetypal of his 92 appearances for Germany successful 2009Former Arsenal, Real Madrid and Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil has retired from shot astatine the property of 34.
Ozil won 9 trophies during his nine vocation including 4 FA Cups and the Spanish La Liga rubric successful 2012.
He besides won 92 caps for Germany and was portion of the squad that lifted the 2014 World Cup successful Brazil.
"It has been an astonishing travel filled with unforgettable moments and emotions," Ozil said successful a connection connected social media.
"I've had the privilege to beryllium a nonrecreational shot subordinate for astir 17 years present and I consciousness incredibly thankful for the opportunity.
"But successful caller weeks and months, having besides suffered immoderate injuries, it's go much and much wide that it's clip to permission the large signifier of football."
Ozil began his vocation astatine Schalke and Werder Bremen earlier moving to Real Madrid successful the summertime of 2010, winning La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup.
He joined Arsenal for a then nine grounds interest of £42.4m successful September 2013, winning back-to-back FA Cups successful his archetypal 2 seasons earlier being named subordinate of the play successful his third.
The playmaker became the highest-paid subordinate successful the club's past successful January 2018, signing a three-and-a-half-year woody connected astir £350,000 a week earlier tax, but fell retired of favour nether caller Arsenal brag Unai Emery.
After Emery's dismissal successful December 2019 Ozil returned to the broadside nether interim brag Freddie Ljungberg and kept his spot nether Mikel Arteta earlier the coronavirus pandemic forced a three-month suspension of the apical formation successful March 2020.
Ozil did not play for the nine erstwhile shot resumed successful June, though helium would assertion a 3rd FA Cup winners medal erstwhile the Gunners bushed Chelsea successful the 2020 final.
He joined Fenerbahce connected a escaped transfer successful January 2021 but had his declaration cancelled by communal consent successful July 2022 erstwhile helium joined Istanbul Basaksehir, wherever injuries constricted him to conscionable 8 appearances.
Mesut Ozil and Germany won the World Cup successful 2014Ozil could person played for Germany oregon Turkey astatine planetary level but chose to play for the state of his birth.
He was named antheral of the lucifer arsenic Germany Under-21s bushed England successful the European U21 Championship last successful June 2009, having already made his debut for the elder broadside aged 20 earlier that year.
Ozil was named Germany subordinate of the twelvemonth 5 times and was portion of the broadside that reached the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012, arsenic good arsenic winning the 2014 World Cup.
However, helium retired from planetary shot successful 2018, citing the "racism and disrespect" helium faced successful Germany implicit his Turkish roots aft being criticised for being photographed with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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