1988 - Today
Mesut Özil (German pronunciation: [ˈmeːzut ˈøːzil], Turkish: [meˈsut œˈzil]; born 15 October 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Known for his technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders and playmakers of his generation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mesut Özil has received more than 15,419,202 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia. Mesut Özil is the 230th most popular soccer player (up from 553rd in 2019), the 1,306th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,966th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Mesut Özil ranks 230 out of 16,880. Before him are Ramón Díaz, Rui Costa, Toshio Iwatani, Javier Clemente, Akira Kitaguchi, and Johnny Rep. After him are Abedi Pele, Peter Shilton, Tameo Ide, Yasuo Takamori, Gusztáv Sebes, and Michel Preud'homme.
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 224
1972 - Present
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 225
1925 - 1970
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 226
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 227
1935 - Present
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 228
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 229
1988 - Present
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 230
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 231
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 232
1908 - 1998
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 233
1934 - 2016
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 234
1906 - 1986
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 235
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 236
Among people born in 1988, Mesut Özil ranks 3. Before him are Rihanna and Robert Lewandowski. After him are Emma Stone, Sergio Agüero, Marcelo, Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Jérôme Boateng, Sergio Busquets, Rupert Grint, and Ana de Armas.
1988 - Present
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 1
1988 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 2
1988 - Present
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 3
1988 - Present
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 4
1988 - Present
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 5
1988 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 6
1988 - Present
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 7
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 8
1988 - Present
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 9
1988 - Present
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 10
1988 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 11
1988 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Mesut Özil ranks 1,306 out of 6,142. Before him are Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1784), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Bert Sakmann (1942), Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), Princess Margaretha of Saxony (1840), and Reinhard Genzel (1952). After him are Ludwig Quidde (1858), Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785), Karl Löwith (1897), Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria (1849), W. G. Sebald (1944), and Rudolf Caracciola (1901).
1784 - 1849
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 1,300
1759 - 1824
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 1,301
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 1,302
1817 - 1852
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 1,303
1840 - 1858
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,304
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,305
1988 - Present
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,306
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 1,307
1785 - 1851
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,308
1897 - 1973
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,309
1849 - 1893
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,310
1944 - 2001
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,311
1901 - 1959
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,312
Among soccer players born in Germany, Mesut Özil ranks 20. Before him are Wolfgang Overath (1943), Harald Schumacher (1954), Helmut Schön (1915), Michael Ballack (1976), Helmut Rahn (1929), and Manuel Neuer (1986). After him are Helmut Haller (1939), Bert Trautmann (1923), Andreas Brehme (1960), Thomas Tuchel (1973), Jupp Derwall (1927), and Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939).
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 14
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 15
1915 - 1996
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 16
1976 - Present
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 17
1929 - 2003
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 18
1986 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 19
1988 - Present
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 20
1939 - 2012
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 21
1923 - 2013
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 22
1960 - 2024
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 23
1973 - Present
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 24
1927 - 2007
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 25
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 26