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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 16,202,591 page views. His biography is available in 91 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 88 in 2019). Mesut Özil is the 255th most popular soccer player (down from 230th in 2019), the 1,172nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,306th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 91

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Mesut Özil ranks 255 out of 21,273. Before him are David Villa, Fernando Hierro, Yoshio Okada, Valentin Ivanov, Antoine Griezmann, and Udo Lattek. After him are Dida, Kylian Mbappé, Michel Preud'homme, Raymond Domenech, Patrick Vieira, and Lorenzo Buffon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Mesut Özil ranks 3. Before him are Rihanna, and Robert Lewandowski. After him are Marcelo, Alexis Sánchez, Emma Stone, Sergio Agüero, Ángel Di María, Conor McGregor, Ivan Rakitić, Jérôme Boateng, and Khabib Nurmagomedov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Mesut Özil ranks 1,172 out of 7,253. Before him are Gottfried Benn (1886), Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856), Alfred Krupp (1812), and Johann Elert Bode (1747). After him are Franz Josef Strauss (1915), Horst Tappert (1923), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), and Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Mesut Özil ranks 23. Before him are Günter Netzer (1944), Thomas Tuchel (1973), Michael Ballack (1976), Manuel Neuer (1986), Wolfgang Overath (1943), and Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939). After him are Helmut Haller (1939), Thomas Müller (1989), Jens Lehmann (1969), Uli Stielike (1954), Sepp Piontek (1940), and Dettmar Cramer (1925).

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