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Ex-Germany playmaker, Mesut Ozil has announced his retirement from football. According to Ozil, he took the decision because of the recent injuries he has.

“After thoughtful consideration, I’m announcing my immediate retirement from professional football,” Ozil tweeted on Wednesday. Ex-Germany playmaker, Mesut Ozil has announced his retirement from football. Ozil announces retirement from football

Mesut Ozil played 254 times for Arsenal and won four FA Cups with the Gunners, while he also made 159 appearances for Real Madrid, winning LaLiga and the ...

They wanted more and 48 hours later they got it, Wenger's "good surprise" materialising in the form of a sensational £42.5m deal for Real Madrid's Mesut Ozil. One to re-sign Mathieu Flamini from AC Milan, the other to bring in Yaya Sanogo, a promising but injury-prone striker from Auxerre. "Maybe we'll have a good surprise for you," he said. It was a familiar story for Ozil, whose final months at Arsenal followed a similar pattern. It was one of just two starts he made for the club after signing from Fenerbahce last summer. "Special thanks must go to my family members and my closest friends.

The former Real Madrid and Arsenal player was a key member of Germany's World Cup-winning side in Brazil in 2014.

“I’m announcing my immediate retirement from professional football. The former Real Madrid and Arsenal footballer was a member of Germany’s World Cup-winning side in Brazil 2014. The former Real Madrid and Arsenal player was a key member of Germany’s World Cup-winning side in Brazil in 2014.

Former Real Madrid and Arsenal star Mesut Ozil has announced his retirement from football at the age of 34. The German midfielder spent eight years at the ...

“Thank you to all my fans who have shown me so much love no matter the circumstances and no matter which club I was representing. “Special thanks must go to my family members and my closest friends. “I’ve had the privilege to be a professional football player for almost 17 years now and I feel incredibly thankful for the opportunity.

Former Real Madrid and Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has announced his retirement from professional football at age 34.

"Special thanks must go to my family members and my closest friends. "I've had the privilege to be a professional football player for almost 17 years now and I feel incredibly thankful for the opportunity. [Germany](/soccer/team?id=481)'s [World Cup](/soccer/league/_/name/FIFA.WORLD)-winning squad in 2014, has spent the past three seasons in the Turkish Super Lig and retires after making four league appearances for Basaksehir, who he joined as a free agent last year.

Ozil won nine trophies during his club career including four FA Cups and the Spanish La Liga title in 2012. He also won 92 caps for Germany and was ...

[follow your team and sign up for notifications](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58516425)in the BBC Sport app to make sure you never miss a moment Ozil was named Germany player of the year five times and was part of the side that reached the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012, as well as winning the 2014 World Cup. [then club record fee of £42.4m](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/23929339) in September 2013, winning back-to-back FA Cups in his first two seasons before being named player of the season in his third, and then winning the cup again in 2017. [retired from international football in 2018,](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44915730) citing the "racism and disrespect" he faced in Germany over his Turkish roots after he was criticised for being photographed with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ozil began his career at Schalke and Werder Bremen before moving to Real Madrid in the summer of 2010, winning La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup. He also won 92 caps for Germany and was part of the team that lifted the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Mesut Özil, the Arsenal and Real Madrid midfielder who won the World Cup with Germany in 2014, has announced his retirement from professional football aged ...

Named Germany’s player of the year on five occasions, Özil played in all his country’s World Cup games in 2010 and 2014, when he was an instrumental part of the team that beat Argentina 1-0 in the 2014 final. He played his final game for the national team at the 2018 World Cup before announcing his international retirement, citing racism and disrespect. He failed to win more silverware in the final two years of his career in Turkey and had limited playing time with Başakşehir due to injury problems. He was also part of the Germany squad at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 World Cups and scored 23 goals in 92 appearances for his country. Starting his club career in Germany with Schalke and Werder Bremen, Özil spent three years at Real Madrid and eight with Arsenal before moving to Turkey to play for Once regarded as one of the best players in the world in his position, Özil won the La Liga title with Real Madrid in 2012 and four FA Cup titles with Arsenal between 2014 and 2020.

Ozil ya fara taka leda a Schalke 04 daga nan ya koma Werder Bremen, sai dai ya taka rawar gani a gasar kofin duniya da aka yi a 2010. A wasan ne ya fito da ...

Ozil ya lashe kofin duniya a tawagar Jamus a 2014, sannan ya yi ritaya a 2018, bayan wasa 92 da ya yi mata. Ozil wadda ya buga wasa tare da Arteta a Arsenal ya koma Fernerbahce a 2021. Mesut Ozil ya sanar da yin ritaya daga buga tamaula

Premier League, FIFA, Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne, and former Crystal Palace star, Yannick Bolasie, have reacted to former Arsenal and Real Madrid.

@YannickBolasie, “What a magician…congrats on a great career, a pleasure to play against you and to watch you ball out for Arsenal. @FIFAcom, “Wishing you all the best for the future, Mesut.” Premier League, FIFA, Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne, and former Crystal Palace star, Yannick Bolasie, have reacted to former Arsenal and Real Madrid playmaker Mesut Ozil’s retirement from football.

As Mesut Ozil announces his retirement from football for Arsenal reflection might allow Mikel Arteta to see the former number ten for the benefit to the ...

[Odegaard is in line to be considered for the Premier League player of the season ](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/arsenal-bukayo-saka-martin-odegaard-26532303)on his current form. [Watch any game that Odegaard plays in](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/players/martin-odegaard-role-against-watford-23305038), be it one of his best or one of his quieter matches, and you’ll notice the 24-year-old sprinting, pressing and inspiring his team with his application. [Although Arteta doesn’t necessarily play with an out-and-out number ten now, there’s a clear figure of creativity in the Arsenal midfield three - Martin Odegaard](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/players/martin-odegaard-shown-exactly-mesut-21567846). The Norwegian has plenty more to give and years still to develop too. “I wanted a high level of participation and commitment in the dressing room. Ozil arguably had a hand in the reason the new club captain of Arteta’s side has been such a success. [Mesut Ozil’s presence](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/mesut-ozil-gives-mikel-arteta-23491469) from 2013 through to 2021 was a necessary and even integral part to getting the Gunners to where they might place come May. Captains are ones who have to keep defending the club, the coach, teammates.” The Spaniard entered the club with rigid principles and chose not to deviate from them. Ozil’s tweet after the 5-0 defeat to Manchester City, who they currently lead by five points this season, appeared to aim a dig toward his former coach. His new mega-money contract began the decline and under Unai Emery, there were periods of absence and friction which did not ease with Arteta’s arrival. After nine long years, the wait for a trophy came to an end by winning the FA Cup that very same season.

BERLIN - Mesut Özil has ended his footballing career with immediate effect, the 2014 World Cup winner for Germany said on Wednesday.

“In his most successful period, he was one of the best footballers in the world. “I’ve had the privilege to be a professional football player for almost 17 years and I feel incredibly thankful for the opportunity. “Special thanks must go to my family members and my closest friends.

Former Arsenal player, Emmanuel Frimpong, has named four Gunners stars in the 'Arsenal Emirates era' who were better than playmaker Mesut Ozil at the.

Former Arsenal player, Emmanuel Frimpong, has named four Gunners stars in the ‘Arsenal Emirates era’ who were better than playmaker Mesut Ozil at the Gunners. When asked about Ozil’s legacy at Arsenal, Frimpong told BettingSites: “Ozil was not the best player of the Arsenal Emirates era. EPL: Emmanuel Frimpong names four Arsenal players better than Ozil

Former Arsenal, Real Madrid and Germany midfielder, Mesut Ozil, has announced his retirement from football at the age of 34.

Ozil was named Germany player of the year five times and was part of the side that reached the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012, as well as winning the 2014 World Cup. He was named man of the match as Germany Under-21s beat England in the European U21 Championship final in June 2009, having already made his debut for the senior side aged 20 earlier that year. He also won 92 caps for Germany and was part of the team that lifted the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Position: Midfielder Games played for Real Madrid: 159. Goals scored: 27. From 2010 to 2013, Madrid fans were treated to the magic of one of the best ...

After his spell at Real Madrid, Özil moved to Arsenal and then played in the Turkish league and continued his career with the German national team (92 appearances and 23 goals), where he was a World Cup winner in 2014. Özil joined our club in the summer of 2010 from Werder Bremen and after shining at the World Cup in South Africa with Germany. A gifted player with an amazing ability to pick out his teammates, Özil played a key role in bringing home three trophies for Real Madrid: 1 league title, 1 Copa del Rey and 1 Spanish Super Cup.

For the majority of their existence, The Wombles were the finest thing to come out of deepest Bulgaria. That is until Mesut Ozil picked up the ball in the ...

And Exhibit A in our argument will forever be his unreal solo winner in deepest Bulgaria. That is until Mesut Ozil picked up the ball in the dying minutes of a Champions League tie in November 2016. But, in this instance, a long pass from Mohammed Elneny was the prelude to genius. They always make the optimal solution. That was Ozil in a nutshell; despite a number of detractors who were reduced to a frothing mess at his laidbackness, the Germany international always possessed the magic in his feet to shut them up. But Ozil deserves to be remembered as one of the leading talents of his generation.