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IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Per Mertesacker
- Position: Defender
- Squad number: 17
- Date of birth: 29 September, 1984 (25 years old)
- Height: 6'6" (198cm)
Tournament totals
| Games played | Shots on target | off target |
|---|---|
| 7 Per Mertesacker | 0|0 Per Mertesacker |
| 0 As substitute | 58|34 Total Germany |
| 20 Most shots on target Diego Forlan | |
| 7 Total Germany | 12 Most shots off target Asamoah Gyan, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wesley Sneijder |
| Goals | Assists |
|---|---|
| 0 Per Mertesacker | 0 Per Mertesacker |
| 16 Total Germany | 15 Total Germany |
| 6 Best Diego Forlan | 4 Best Leo Messi, Bastian Schweinsteiger |
| Fouls by | on | Cards yellow | red |
|---|---|
| 2|5 Per Mertesacker | 0|0 Per Mertesacker |
| 64|69 Total Germany | 12|1 Total Germany |
| 20 Most fouls by Mark Van Bommel | 3 Most yellow Victor Caceres, Nigel De Jong, Gregory Van Der Wiel |
| 25 Most fouls on Andres Iniesta |
Germany games played
- Germany 4-0 Australia
Sunday, 13 June Match report - Germany 0-1 Serbia
Friday, 18 June Match report - Ghana 0-1 Germany
Wednesday, 23 June Match report - Germany 4-1 England
Sunday, 27 June Match report - Argentina 0-4 Germany
Saturday, 3 July Match report - Germany 0-1 Spain
Wednesday, 7 July Match report - Uruguay 2-3 Germany
Saturday, 10 July Match report
Player Profile
Standing an imposing 6ft 5ins tall, Mertesacker’s quality is underlined by some impressive statistics – he was statistically the best tackler at the 2006 World Cup, winning 83.3% of his challenges.
As a youth, he was coached by his father Stefan at Hannover 96 and in recent seasons has been a mainstay of Werder Bremen’s defence, helping them to two cup finals last year, the Uefa Cup which they lost and the German Cup, which they won.
He first established himself for Germany at the 2005 Confederations Cup and was close to goalkeeper Robert Enke, carrying a wreath at his funeral after Enke tragically committed suicide in November last year.
Mertesacker worked at a centre for handicapped people during his apprenticeship with Hannover 96 and has since established his own charitable foundation that helps amateur sportsmen and the poor.
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