Per Mertesacker

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.

Per Mertesacker

Personal information
Full name	Per Mertesacker[1]
Date of birth	(1984-09-29) 29 September 1984 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth	Hanover,[3] West Germany
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[4]
Position(s)	Centre back[5]
Team 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)
International career
2003	Germany U20	2	(0)
2004	Germany U21	3	(0)
2004–2014	Germany	104	(4)
Managerial career
2018–	Arsenal Academy
2019	Arsenal (interim assistant)
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Germany FIFA World Cup Winner 2014 Brazil 2006 Germany 2010 South Africa UEFA European Championship Runner-up 2008 Austria–Switzerland 2012 Poland–Ukraine FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

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. Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

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

Werder Bremen

• DFB-Pokal: 2008–09, runner-up: 2009–10^[9]
• UEFA Cup runner-up: 2008–09

Arsenal

• FA Cup: 2013–14,^[10] 2014–15,^[11] 2016–17^[12]
• FA Community Shield: 2015,^[13] 2017^[14]
• EFL Cup runner-up: 2017–18^[15]

Germany

• FIFA World Cup: 2014^[16]
• UEFA European Championship runner up: 2008

Individual

• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2007–08^[17]