'I've had the privilege to be a professional football player for almost 17 years now and I feel incredibly thankful for the opportunity,' Mesut Ozil said in a statement announcing his retirement
Ozil made 645 club and international appearances, in which he scored 114 goals and had 222 assists.
He signed for Real Madrid a month after the World Cup and spent three years in Spain, winning one La Liga title and the Spanish Super Cup. Ozil made 105 La Liga appearances for Real, scoring 19 goals. He also played a starring role for Germany at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, starting all seven of their games as they became the first European team to win the tournament on South American soil.
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