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Mesut Özil

1988 - Today

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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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  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 88

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Mesut Özil ranks 230 out of 16,880Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Mesut Özil ranks 3Before 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.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Mesut Özil ranks 1,306 out of 6,142Before 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).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Mesut Özil ranks 20Before 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).

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