Mesut Özil (born October 15, 1988) is a young German footballer of Turkish descent currently playing for FC Schalke 04. He is a midfielder and wears 17 as his squad number. He has been called up to the German U21 National Team after starting as playmaker and central attacking midfielder in the place of the suspended Lincoln in Ligapokal matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich.[1]
Mesut has declared that he is a Fenerbahçe SK fan and he will play for Fenerbahçe SK one day.[2] Ozil has turned down an extension to his current contract fuelling speculation that he is about to move to Arsenal fc.