Özil began his youth career playing for different clubs in Gelsenkirchen and five years for Rot-Weiss Essen. In 2005, he moved to the youth department of Schalke 04. He is a midfielder and wears 11 as his squad number. After starting as playmaker and central attacking midfielder in the place of the suspended Lincoln in Ligapokal matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich for Schalke.
On 31 January 2008, he moved to Werder Bremen for a reported fee of Ł4.3 million, signing a contract with the German club until 30 June 2011.[3] He scored his first and only goal in the match against Karlsruher SC on 26 April 2008.
In September 2006, Özil was called up for the Germany U-17 team. Özil has been a member of the German U-21 team since 2007, scoring 4 goals on 11 matches. On 5 February 2009, he was called up to the Germany national football team.[4] Özil was called up by Joachim Löw on 11 February 2009, where he made his debut for Germany in a friendly match against Norway, a 0?1 defeat.
On 29 June 2009, Özil was the catalyst in a 4-0 win over England in the U-21 European Championship Final.
He is the next DIEGO...Bremens next Superstar ! ! !
