{"id":8768,"date":"2023-03-23T01:07:54","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T01:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/?p=8768"},"modified":"2023-03-23T01:07:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T01:07:55","slug":"former-real-madrid-and-arsenal-midfielder-mesut-ozil-retires-from-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/23\/former-real-madrid-and-arsenal-midfielder-mesut-ozil-retires-from-football\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Former Real Madrid and Arsenal midfielder Mesut \u00d6zil retires from football<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ozil2-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8769\" 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goals in 92 appearances for his country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve had the privilege to be a professional football player for almost 17 years now and I feel incredible thankful for the opportunity,\u201d \u00d6zil wrote on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut in recent weeks and months, having also suffered some injuries, it\u2019s become more and more clear that it\u2019s time to leave the big stage of football.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting his club career in Germany with Schalke and Werder Bremen, \u00d6zil spent three years at Real Madrid and eight with Arsenal before moving to Turkey to play for Fenerbah\u00e7e and, most recently, \u0130stanbul Ba\u015fak\u015fehir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He developed a reputation as a superb passer and playmaker, recording at least 20 assists in each of his three seasons with Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery 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arrived in North London for a then club-record fee of $54.8 million, \u00d6zil scored 44 goals in 254 appearances for Arsenal but was frozen out of Mikel Arteta\u2019s squad in his final season, despite reportedly being one of the team\u2019s highest-paid earners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"989\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ozil3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ozil3.jpg 989w, https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ozil3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ozil3-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He failed to win more silverware in the final two years of his career in Turkey and had limited playing time with Ba\u015fak\u015fehir due to injury problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Named Germany\u2019s player of the year on five occasions, \u00d6zil played in all his country\u2019s World Cup games in 2010 and 2014, when he was an instrumental part of the team that beat Argentina 1-0 in the 2014 final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He played his final game for the national team at the 2018 World Cup before announcing his international retirement, citing racism and disrespect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a lengthy statement explaining the decision, \u00d6zil, who is of Turkish descent, said he felt \u201cGerman when we win\u201d but like \u201can immigrant when we lose,\u201d with the German Football Federation saying it was \u201cregrettable that Mesut \u00d6zil felt that he had not been sufficiently protected as a target of racist slogans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Writing on social media on Wednesday, \u00d6zil thanked fans, his friends and his 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