Per Mertesacker

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Per Mertesacker
Personal information
Full name Per Mertesacker[1]
Date of birth (1984-09-29) 29 September 1984 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth Hanover,[3] West Germany
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[4]
Position(s) Centre back[5]
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal Academy (manager)
Youth career
1988–1995 TSV Pattensen
1995–2003 Hannover 96
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Hannover 96 II 16 (1)
2003–2006 Hannover 96 74 (7)
2006–2011 Werder Bremen 147 (12)
2011–2018 Arsenal 156 (6)
Total 393 (26)
National team
2003 Germany U20 2 (0)
2004 Germany U21 3 (0)
2004–2014 Germany 104 (4)
Teams managed
2018– Arsenal Academy
2019 Arsenal (interim assistant)
Honours
Men's Football
Representing  Germany
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2014 Brazil
Third place 2006 Germany
Third place 2010 South Africa
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 2008 Austria–Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Poland–Ukraine
FIFA Confederations Cup
Third place 2005 Germany
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Per Mertesacker (born 29 September 1984 in Hanover, West Germany) is a German former football player. He played for Hannover 96 II, Hannover 96, Werder Bremen, and Arsenal. He also played for the German national team.

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6][7]
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hannover 96 2003–04 Bundesliga 13 0 1 0 — — — 14 0
2004–05 Bundesliga 31 2 4 1 — — — 35 3
2005–06 Bundesliga 30 5 3 0 — — — 33 5
Total 74 7 8 1 — — — 82 8
Werder Bremen 2006–07 Bundesliga 25 2 0 0 0 0 10 2 — 35 4
2007–08 Bundesliga 32 1 3 0 1 0 11 0 — 47 1
2008–09 Bundesliga 23 2 3 1 — 13 1 — 39 4
2009–10 Bundesliga 33 5 6 0 — 12 0 — 51 5
2010–11 Bundesliga 30 2 2 0 — 7 0 — 39 2
2011–12 Bundesliga 4 0 0 0 — — — 4 0
Total 147 12 14 1 1 0 53 3 — 215 16
Arsenal 2011–12 Premier League 21 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 — 27 0
2012–13 Premier League 34 3 3 0 1 0 6 0 — 44 3
2013–14 Premier League 35 2 6 1 1 0 10 0 — 52 3
2014–15 Premier League 35 0 4 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 48 2
2015–16 Premier League 24 0 3 0 2 0 6 0 1[c] 0 36 0
2016–17 Premier League 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
2017–18 Premier League 6 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 1[c] 0 12 2
Total 156 6 19 4 5 0 39 0 2 0 221 10
Career total 377 25 41 6 6 0 92 3 2 0 518 34
  1. ↑ Includes DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes DFL-Ligapokal, League/EFL Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearance in FA Community Shield

International[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[8]
National team Year Apps Goals
Germany 2004 4 0
2005 14 1
2006 11 0
2007 10 0
2008 13 0
2009 7 0
2010 14 0
2011 6 0
2012 6 1
2013 10 2
2014 9 0
Total 104 4
Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Mertesacker goal.[source?]
List of international goals scored by Per Mertesacker
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 June 2005 Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany  Australia 2–1 4–3 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
2 16 October 2012 Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany  Sweden 3–0 4–4 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 10 September 2013 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands  Faroe Islands 1–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 19 November 2013 Wembley Stadium, London, England  England 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Honours[change | change source]

Werder Bremen

Arsenal

Germany

Individual

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Per Mertesacker". ESPN. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Per Mertesacker". Eurosport. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Per Mertesacker: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Per Mertesacker". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  6. ↑ "Per Mertesacker » Club matches". Worldfootball.
  7. ↑ "P. Mertesacker". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Mertesacker, Per". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "DFB-Pokal 2009/10, Finale in Berlin: Werder Bremen 0:4 Bayern München: Takt. aufstellung" [DFB-Pokal 2009/10, Final in Berlin: Werder Bremen 0:4 Bayern Munich: Tactical lineup]. kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  10. ↑ McNulty, Phil (17 May 2014). "Arsenal 3–2 Hull City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  11. ↑ McNulty, Phil (30 May 2015). "Arsenal 4–0 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  12. ↑ McNulty, Phil (27 May 2017). "Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  13. ↑ Cryer, Andy (2 August 2015). "Arsenal 1–0 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  14. ↑ Rostance, Tom (6 August 2017). "Arsenal 1–1 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  15. ↑ McNulty, Phil (25 February 2018). "Arsenal 0–3 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  16. ↑ "Germany 1–0 Argentina". FIFA. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  17. ↑ "Bundesliga Historie 2007/08" (in German). kicker.



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