Mario Gotze was born on 3 June 1992 and is a German professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.
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49 Facts About Mario Götze
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Mario Gotze spent three seasons with the club where he won a further three league titles, two DFB-Pokal trophies and a winners' medal in each of the FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup.
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Mario Gotze then returned to Dortmund in 2016, where he added another DFB-Pokal title and a DFL-Supercup to his name.
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Mario Gotze was first selected for the Germany national football team in 2010, at the age of 18.
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Mario Gotze was included in the squad for UEFA Euro 2012 and, two years later, scored the winning goal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final.
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Mario Gotze is a product of Dortmund's youth academy, first entering the club as an eight-year-old.
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Mario Gotze made his Bundesliga debut on 21 November 2009 in a scoreless draw against Mainz 05, coming on as a substitute for Jakub Blaszczykowski in the 88th minute.
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In January 2012, Mario Gotze was diagnosed with a hip injury; cartilage in Mario Gotze's hip had inflamed under stress.
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On 27 March 2012, Mario Gotze signed a new contract with Borussia Dortmund, keeping him at Dortmund until 2016.
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Mario Gotze's contract contained a release clause from the club, triggered by a fixed transfer fee of at least €37 million.
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Mario Gotze played his first game since his hip injury when he came on as a substitute against Borussia Monchengladbach.
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Mario Gotze won the DFB-Pokal with Dortmund against rivals Bayern Munich in 2012.
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Mario Gotze kicked off his season by losing the 2012 German Super Cup.
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On 23 April 2013, it was announced that Mario Gotze was moving on 1 July 2013 to rivals Bayern Munich after the team had triggered Mario Gotze's release clause of €37 million.
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Klopp admitted his annoyance at the timing of the announcement of Mario Gotze's move, as it was barely 36 hours before Dortmund's Champions League semi-final with Real Madrid.
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On 11 August 2013, Mario Gotze made his Bayern Munich debut, coming on as a substitute for Mitchell Weiser in the 60th minute.
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Mario Gotze made his league debut for the club in a Bundesliga home match against 1.
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On 28 October, FIFA announced that Mario Gotze is included in the 23-man shortlist for 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or.
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On 21 July 2016, Mario Gotze confirmed his return to Dortmund, on a four-year contract.
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Mario Gotze stated that he regretted his decision to join Bayern Munich three years before.
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In February 2017, Mario Gotze was dropped from the Dortmund team with a mystery illness, identified in media reports as myopathy, a metabolic disease which can cause fatigue and weight gain.
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On 6 October 2020, Mario Gotze joined PSV on a free transfer, signing a two-year deal.
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On 21 July 2021, Mario Gotze scored twice against Galatasaray in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League second qualifying round tie.
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On 6 September 2021, Mario Gotze signed a new contract with PSV, keeping him at the club until 2024.
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On 21 June 2022, Mario Gotze signed a three-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt.
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Mario Gotze made his debut that day, coming on in the 78th minute in a goalless draw, substituting for his Dortmund teammate Kevin Großkreutz and becoming the youngest German international since Uwe Seeler.
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Mario Gotze and Andre Schurrle, who came on simultaneously, are the first two Germany players to be born in reunified Germany.
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Mario Gotze made his second appearance for the national team in a friendly match against Italy on 9 February 2011.
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Mario Gotze was included in the 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2012 on 28 May 2012.
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Mario Gotze contributed four goals in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying, and was named in Germany's squad for the tournament finals.
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Mario Gotze was named in the starting line-up against Portugal in the team's opening match, winning the penalty kick for Germany's opening goal on his World Cup debut.
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Mario Gotze became the first substitute to score a World Cup winning goal, and the youngest player to score in a World Cup Final since fellow German Wolfgang Weber in 1966, who was 22.
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Mario Gotze featured at UEFA Euro 2016, appearing in four matches of Germany's semifinalists campaign.
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Mario Gotze is capable of playing as either a left or right winger, attacking midfielder and as a "false 9".
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Mario Gotze was considered to be one of the best young players in the world, possessing speed, technique, dribbling skills and playmaking capabilities.
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For Germany, Mario Gotze's talent has been used by German coach Joachim Low in the "false 9" role.
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However, Mario Gotze's pace deteriorated before the peak age of an average professional footballer, and this was seen as one of the reasons for his second departure from Borussia Dortmund.
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Mario Gotze was born in Memmingen, Bavaria to parents Jurgen and Astrid Mario Gotze.
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Mario Gotze's father is a professor at the Dortmund University of Technology.
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Mario Gotze has been in a relationship with German lingerie model Ann-Kathrin Brommel since July 2012.
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In 2011, Mario Gotze signed a sponsorship kit deal with sportswear and equipment supplier Nike.
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Mario Gotze appeared in an advert for the Nike Green Speed II alongside Eden Hazard, Theo Walcott, Raheem Sterling, Christian Eriksen and Stephan El Shaarawy in November 2012.
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In March 2014, Mario Gotze was one of the first players to wear Nike Magista boots.
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Mario Gotze appeared as part of a Galaxy XI in an advertisement for South Korean company Samsung alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, Radamel Falcao and Iker Casillas in a team managed by German football legend Franz Beckenbauer.
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