Mesut Özil
Özil in 2011, photo by Photo Works/Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Gelsenkirchen, West Germany (now Germany)
Date of Birth: 15 October, 1988
Ethnicity: Turkish
Mesut Özil is a German professional footballer. An attacking midfielder, he played for Schalke 04 II, Schalke 04, Werder Bremen, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Fenerbahçe, and İstanbul Başakşehir, and the German national team.
He has been described as a “third-generation immigrant.” His family is from Devrek, Zonguldak, Turkey. He has said, “My technique and feeling for the ball is the Turkish side to my game. The discipline, attitude and always-give-your-all is the German part.”
Mesut is married to Amine Gülşe, who was Miss Turkey 2014. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was a witness in their wedding ceremony. Mesut and Amine have two children.
Mesut has been described as having Kurdish ancestry. It is not clear if this is accurate.
He is a Muslim.
He has married Miss Turkey 2014. President Erdogan was his best man. In fact, the 92 times Germany-capped Mesut Ozil has broken all the ties to his country of birth after the dissappointing 2018 FIFA WC: in short he claimed “when we win I am German, when we lose I am Turkish”.
He’s a mongoloid type of Turk (who came from the East). He’s not a Mediterranean/Caucasian Turk. A
His soccer mate, Benzema, who is Berber/Algerian, looks more quintessentially Turkish than he does.
He himself claims to be of ethnic Turkish descent-not Kurdish.
Some people make rumors he is Kurdish because he made the decision to play for Germany instead of Turkey. His family has been living in Germany for generations.
for generations?
he is the first born generation in germany…
his parents were born in turkey
He’s third generation actually.
“Özil is different. He is a third-generation immigrant who feels himself a blend of both cultures.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/germany/7823376/Germany-v-Australia-Mesut-Ozil-at-head-of-the-vanguard-for-new-generation.html
Multiple sources say it. Not just this one.
trust me, his grandparents and father were born in turkey.
I live in Germany and we do know the soccer national player really good.
he stated himself in several TV interviews that his parents were born in zonguldak/turkey. his father, is known, immigrated to germany when he was 2 years old.
turkish people started to immigrate to germany in 1970s.
Okay fair enough.
But i do know of Turks who are not only first generation.
He’s not ethnically Kurdish…Some people think he’s Kurdish because he refused to play for the Turkish team, he preferred to play for the German team…So some think he’s a traitor so he can’t be Turkish..
Actually, he is of Turkish descent.
So ugly.
Anyways could pass as an ethnic German from South Germany.
what?
lols… seems that you’ve never been to south germany. I live in germany and have lived in south germany for about 2 years.
he looks like what he is… turkish/kurd/anatolian/mongolian… what every.
this may sound weird but he kind of looks like hitler? dark hair, round protruding eyes..
He’s not that ugly,this is bad picture of him,he is kinda weird,but he has a nice body and nice smile
He is ugly as hell.
he is a billionaire soccer world champion, he doesnt give a fuck