Top Facts You Need to Know About Mario Gotze

Mario Gotze is a German soccer player who plays in the Bundesliga for Borussia Dortmund. While Gotze's favorite position is to play as an attacking midfielder, he has been played as a striker on occasions. From 2009 to 2013, he played for BVB and, won the 2010-2011 Bundesliga trophy and doubled the DFB-Pokal and was a part of the squad that reached the FIFA Champions League Final in 2013.

After Mesut Ozil, an offer from Bayern Munich of €37 million made the player the second-most expensive German footballer to date. He played 3 campaigns with the team and he won three trophies more in the Bundesliga as well as a FIFA Club World Cup and a UEFA Super Cup along with two DFB-Pokal titles. 

In 2016 he came back to Dortmund, where he won a further DFB-Pokal trophy and a DFL-Supercup. The 18-year-old Gotze was picked for Germany's national football team for the first time in 2010. He was a part of the UEFA Euro 2012 side and scored the winning goal of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

In this article, we provide you all the facts you need to know about Mario Gotze's

 wife, religion, salary, personal life, lifestyle, net worth, career, Instagram account

, and much more.

Top facts you need to know about Mario Gotze

Here is a look at the top facts you need to know about Mario Gotze

Gotze has Dortmund in his DNA

Dortmund's link to Mario Gotze is formed from his young age. The German player joined the Youth Academy of Dortmund at age 8 and is one of several young players who began his career as a professional soccer player with BVB.

Gotze had to earn his starting position

Although Gotze's exceptional abilities in the field are all too recognizable to the world, many football fans neglect he had to struggle in his early days. He first played in a goalless draw on 21 November 2009, as an 88th-minute sub against Mainz. In the winter break of that campaign, Jurgen Klopp supported Gotze to become a first-team player due to his great performance in training sessions.

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Gotze will be in the record books forever

Mario Gotze took part in Dortmund's record-setting squad in 2010-11 and 2011-12 with Jurgen Klopp's Dortmund team. Gotze was one of the young stars who beautifully helped the club broke the record for the youngest Bundesliga team of all time to win the Bundesliga trophy. Gotze was a member of another record-breaking team the next season finishing with a then-record 81 points through their strong title defense.

Expensive footballer

Remembering his tragic move to Beyern arouses a myriad of emotions among fans in Dortmund, Gotze's price tag set another milestone. Gotze's €37 million release clause at the time made him the costliest German in history.

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Gotze loves his family

Gotze stayed with his parents as he brightened up the world with his abilities. He lived with his parents from the time he was 10 until he was 20. His transfer to Bayern meant his first true chance to live alone, a change that other people will have when they go to university. Yet Gotze acknowledged that playing soccer indicated university education was not part of his plan.

Gotze's leaving to join Bayern Munich has predictably broken many Dortmund supporters' hearts. He reminded fans and their remarks that embodied their dissatisfaction. However, it was the way it influenced his family that troubled him the most.

His parents were exposed to threatening messages and his brother was challenged at college. He was 20 years old and passionate about the chance to move out of the house of his parents. On the other hand, he was completely overwhelmed by the bitterness and abusive remarks made to members of his family.

His style of play

Mario Gotze can play as both a left-winger or a right-winger, an AMF, and even as a second striker. Gotze was regarded as one of the world's greatest young footballers, having pace, agility, dribbling skills, and scoring skills.

Gotze also played numerous positions in the team's 4-2-3-1 formation during his first spell at Dortmund, under Jurgen Klopp. The manager appointed Gotze to be a central attacking midfielder after Shinji Kagawa left Dortmund to join Manchester United during the 2012–13 campaign. Joachim Low also played him mostly as a false nine. Coach Lucien Favre has also deployed him in that position through recent campaigns with Dortmund.

In 2010 the then-technical director of the German Football Association, Matthias Sammer, portrayed him as "one of Germany's greatest talents ever." Franz Beckenbauer also named him "German Messi" because of his pace and playing style.

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Gotze played under best managers

Gotze had the chance to play under two of the most famous coaches in football, Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola. He credits their enthusiasm as bosses relating to his play on the pitch. He is similarly supportive of the willingness of both managers' passion and strength. Much as he balances his enthusiasm with their intensity for playing, he also matches their desire to be personable and available off the pitch.

Gotze netted winning goal in the World Cup final

Mario Gotze replaced Klose for Germany in the 88th minute of the 2014 World Cup final. The game was goalless just like his debut for Dortmund. Reportedly, German head coach Joachim Low told Gotze, "Show the world that you're better than Messi." Gotze scored the match's only goal in the 113th minute to win the World Cup.

The moment that naturally often comes to mind immediately after thinking about him. Only 7 minutes remaining of a close and stressful 2014 World Cup final where it seemed to be unbreakable.

While many were expecting to see Argentina's six-time Ballon d'Or winner, Gotze made it on the other end of the pitch. Andre Schurrle penetrated an attack from the left flank and produced a cross in the box where Gotze chested the ball down and found the back of the net beautifully. A victory that sealed the fourth World Cup trophy for Germans.

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Suffering Metabolic Disorder

In February 2017, it was confirmed that he has a metabolic disease leading the public to wonder that he could manage to play soccer again. He not only kept playing the game but also remained one of Germany's most entertaining stars to watch at the point when he rejoined Dortmund.

Mario Gotze's Wife

In 2018, Mario Gotze married Ann-Kathrin legally. The pair did not celebrate their marriage at the time due to Gotze's commitment to his club. But since then the two have been able to avoid the publicity and attend a full-scale wedding in Mallorca with their closest friends and relatives. They have been dating for a couple of years, and in June 2016, Mario formally proposed to Ann-Kathrin.

Charity work and causes

Any of his off-field contributions never quite hit the spotlight with all of Gotze's incredible moments on-field. That was indeed his own decision. Gotze has stepped up his participation with a number of charitable organizations since winning the World Cup.

"I'm doing this to help people and not to show off," Gotze stated. Whilst anyone could see and admire Gotze's 10 goals and 9 assists for Bayern in his first campaign, few were aware of the much greater effect that he was having off the pitch, including donating €2 million by selling his World Cup-winning left boot.

His secret charity work, among his many unforgettable moments, is perhaps more deserving of appreciation.

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He's a Hip Hop fan

Although Gotze is a world away from South Central Los Angeles yet the player is a hip hop follower. He names the music he loves as Snoop Dogg's 'Sweat,' though he also enjoys Lil' Wayne's songs. " I can't get enough of Black Eyed Peas," Gotze said. This song is an essential necessity for him ahead of any game.

His personal life

The parents Jurgen and Astrid Gotze gave birth to Mario in Memmingen, Bavaria. Mario's father is a professor at the University of Technology in Dortmund. His older brother Fabian is a free agent now. And Felix who is the younger brother is playing for Augsburg. Since July 2012, Gotze and his wife Ann-Kathrin Brommel who married in May 2018 gave birth to a son in 2020. The player is a Christian. 

In 2017 after Gotze faced a strange disease, doctors confirmed it was a myopathy, a muscle disease that affects muscles' fibers, indicating that they are not functioning properly. Gotze published a post saying, " I'm actually being monitored and I will do anything imaginable to get back into training and support my team to meet our mutual goals as quickly as possible." Gotze completed a sportswear and equipment contract with Nike in 2011.

The first footballer to wear Nike Magista boots in March 2014 was Mario Gotze. He was included in the Galaxy XI ad in a squad headed by German football legend Franz Beckenbauer. Konami revealed on 14 August 2014 that they have placed Gotze on Pro Evolution Soccer 2015's front cover.

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Club Career

In November 2009, Mario Gotze debuted in the Bundesliga. He took the game as Jakub Błaszczykowski 's replacement. He was appointed to the first XI later in the 2009-10 campaign. In the 2010-11 campaign, he showed his productivity and ended the season with 8 goals and 11 assists. Then, in the German Super Cup 2011, he lost the game against Schalke 04. 

Sadly, he was hospitalized with a hip wound the following year when the cartilage of his hip was swollen with tension. A new deal with Borussia Dortmund was agreed in March 2012. In 2013, after the club had activated his €37 million release clause, he left Dortmund to join Bayern Munich. The price tag made him Germany's most valuable player ever in the Bundesliga.

In a game against Viktoria Plzen on the group stage of the Champions League, he netted his first goal for Bavarians and helped his side secure a 5-0 victory. The season ended with 15 goals and a record of 14 assists. He improved the tally with 15 goals at 48 games in his second campaign with Bayern Munich.

He failed to have an influence on the team at the beginning of the 2015-2016 season but later improved his efficiency. In the 2015-16 Champions League, he scored his second goal and led his team to win the match against Olympiacos.

He announced later in the 2016-17 season that he had signed a four-year deal with Borussia Dortmund. He played his first game against the RB Leipzig in September 2016 and was indeed lauded for his comeback to the side. In 16 matches he only scored 2 goals just like the next season in  2017-18 where he netted 2 goals in 32 matches.

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International career

Gotze was called up on 17 November 2010 for his first senior game against Sweden for Germany after the succession of multiple youth squads. On the day, he played his first game, coming in at a scoreless draw in the 78th minute replacing Kevin Grosskreutz and turning into the youngest German international after Uwe Seeler.

In a friendly game against Italy in February 2011 he played the second game for Germany. On 10 August 2011, he scored his first international goal against Brazil. He shared the record as the youngest goalscorer for Germany with Klaus Sturmer at 19 years of age and 68 days.

On 28 May 2012, he was named as one of the UEFA Euro 2012 team. Also In the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, Gotze scored 4 goals. In his first game that he was included in the starting lineup against Portugal, Gotze earned a penalty kick for Germany that Thomas Muller converted.

In the second game against Ghana, he netted the first goal and was voted as the Man of the Match. In the 1–0 victory over the USA, Gotze played only 14 minutes, the next round against Algeria, he played 45 minutes as well as 7 minutes in the quarter-final against France, and he was not involved in the impressive 7-1 win over Brazil.

However,  After 88 minutes, Low replaced Klose with Mario Gotze in the world cup final against Argentina where he scored the only goal of the match giving Germany their 4th World Cup. The then 22-year-old turned into the youngest footballer to score such a goal since 1966. He was named the Man of the Match once again in that game.

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He silenced Jurgen Klopp

The then-Dortmund manager, Klopp, highly damaged due to his leaving after he was invited to BVB sporting director Michael Zorc's office. "We were going to have gone out that night and my wife was ready but I told her I can't. I just could lay on my bed. Klopp knew him in soccer better than anybody. And his favorite asset was gone. Liverpool Manager once mentioned his favorite player stating  "Mario is not worse than he was when he was younger."

Some fast facts about Mario Gotze:

• Real Name

  : Mario Gotze

• Nickname

  : German Messi

• Profession

  : German Professional Footballer

• Height

  : in centimeters- 1.76 m (5’ 9”)

• Weight

  : 64 kg (141 lbs)

• Eye Color

  : Blue

• Hair Color

  : Blonde

• Professional Debut

  : In 2009 for Borussia Dortmund

• Jersey Number

  : 10

• Position

  : Attacking Midfielder

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• Coach

  : Lucien Favre

• Date of Birth

  : 3 June 1992

• Age

  (as in 2020): 28 Years

• Birth Place

  : Memmingen, Bavaria

• Zodiac sign

  : Gemini

• Nationality

  : German

• Father

  : Jurgen Gotze

• Elder brother

  : Fabian Gotze

Younger brother

: Felix Gotze

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• Mario Gotze's religion

  : Christianity

• Ethnicity

  : White German

• Mario Gotze's wife

  : Ann-Kathrin Brommel (since 2012)

• Mario Gotze's salary

  : $7.8 Million

• Mario Gotze's Net Worth

  : $35 Million

• Mario Gotze's hobbies

  : Playing Volleyball, Tennis, Swimming, and Cycling.

• Mario Gotze's Instagram account

  : https://www.instagram.com/mariogotze

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His best friend is Marco Reus

: Gotze and Reus became friends when they were coming together through the Dortmund youth system. Marco Reus missed the 2014 FIFA World Cup because of an injury in training sessions yet after the final win over Argentina Gotze kept up the former jersey and dedicated his goal to his best friend.

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He is now a father

: The birth of a child is among the most unforgettable times of everyone's life, and it's no exception for Gotze and his wife Ann-Kathrin. Italy's everlasting city was not the primary reason for his name, but the significance of naming their child after Italy's capital city appealed to both mother and father.

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