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Per Mertesacker

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German association football player

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Per Mertesacker is a German male association football player and coach. Born in Hanover in 1984, he played as a centre-back and defender for clubs including Hannover 96, SV Werder Bremen, and Arsenal F.C. He also represented the Germany national under-20 football team. Mertesacker participated in the 2006, 2010, and 2014 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 2008. He is a citizen of Germany and speaks German.

Mertesacker has received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt award. He is married to Ulrike Stange. His professional career includes playing in the Premier League. He has authored works, including a title listed as BFG.

Synthesized by Vinony from 43 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Firecrawl, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • BFG

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Film & TV

Acting · Hannover, Germany

Per Mertesacker is a German former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He was born on September 29, 1984, in Hanover, West Germany. He began his professional career with Hannover 96 before moving to Werder Bremen in 2006. In 2011, he joined Arsenal, where he made over 200 appearances and won the FA Cup in the 2013–14, 2014–15, and 2016–17 seasons. At international level,…

Known for

  • Mesut Özil – Zu Gast bei Freunden — Self2026
  • Mission Sommermärchen - Deutschlands Weg zur WM 2006 — Self2026
  • The Last Taboo — Self2025
  • Wir Weltmeister. Abenteuer Fußball-WM 2014 — Self2024
  • Inside Hale End — Self2022
  • The Fabric Of Football: Arsenal — Himself2019
  • Match 64: The Maracanã — Self - Player Germany2015
  • The Team — Self2014
  • Arsenal: Season Review 2013/14 — Self2014
  • Inas Nacht — Self2007

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
SE
Active from
1959-01-12

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
16
Total plays
84

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Per+Mertesacker">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,423x

  2. The ERA5 global reanalysis

    · 2020 · cited 24,136x

  3. <b>lmerTest</b> Package: Tests in Linear Mixed Effects Models

    · 2017 · cited 20,747x

  4. Tissue-based map of the human proteome

    · 2015 · cited 14,092x

  5. Molecular portraits of human breast tumours

    · 2000 · cited 12,719x

via Crossref · CC0

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
Arsenal U21
Position
Manager
Nationality
Germany

via TheSportsDB

Official website

PerMertesacker - Druck & Design Experten - Druck, Design und professionelle Werbematerialien

Druck und Design, die wirklich wirken. Hier findest du alles, was du brauchst, um deine Marke sichtbar zu machen – von der ersten Idee bis zum fertigen Druckprodukt, das Eindruck hinterlässt.

permertesacker.de

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Per
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Hanover
Languages spoken
German
Participant in
UEFA Euro 2012
Position played
defender
Country for sport
Germany
Official website
www.permertesacker.de
Image
FIFA WC-qualification 2014 - Austria vs. Germany 2012-09-11 - Per Mertesacker 01 (cropped).JPG
Height
200
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Commons category
Per Mertesacker
date of birth
1984-00-00
name in native language
Per Mertesacker
social media followers
1505492
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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Per Mertesacker ( German pronunciation: [ˈpeːɐ̯ ˈmɛɐ̯təsʔakɐ]; born 29 September 1984) is a German football coach and former professional player who played as a centre back. He is set to step down as manager of the Arsenal Academy.

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