Mario Götze (born 3 June 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays for Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven. He played for Borussia Dortmund between 2009 and 2013, winning the Bundesliga title in 2010–11 and the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double in 2011–12. He was a member of the team which reached the 2013 UEFA Champions League Final. In April 2013, a €37 million bid from Bayern Munich triggered a release clause in his contract, making him the second-most expensive German player to date, behind Mesut Özil. He then returned to Dortmund in 2016, where he added another title and a DFL-Supercup to his name.
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Mario Götze (born 3 June 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays for Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven. He played for Borussia Dortmund between 2009 and 2013, winning the Bundesliga title in 2010–11 and the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double in 2011–12. He was a member of the team which reached the 2013 UEFA Champions League Final. In April 2013, a €37 million bid from Bayern Munich triggered a release clause in his contract, making him the second-most expensive German player to date, behind Mesut Özil. He then returned to Dortmund in 2016, where he added another title and a DFL-Supercup to his name. In 2010, German Football Association’s then technical director Matthias Sammer described Götz as ‘one of the best talents Germany has ever had’ He was included in the squad for UEFA Euro 2012 and, two years later, scored the winning goal in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final. He has also played as a false nine or as an emergency striker. He is a product of Dortmund’s youth academy, first entering the club as an eight-year-old. He made his Bundesliga debut on 21 November 2009 in a scoreless draw against Mainz 05, coming on as a substitute for Jakub Błaszczykowski in the 88th minute. During the winter break of the 2009–10 Bundesliga season, Dortmund manager Jürgen Klopp promoted Götzen to the first team. He finished the 2009-10 season with five appearances. In 2012, he set a Bundesliga record by earning the most points in a season with 81, a record later broken by Bayern Munich in 2012–13.
He spent three seasons with the club where he won a further three league titles, two D FB-Poksal trophies and a winners’ medal in each of the FIFA Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup. In his final season at Dortmund, he formed a formidable partnership with Marco Reus. He also played in the 2013 Champions League final against Bayern Munich at Wembley Stadium, which his side lost 4–1 after a late Arjen Robben goal sealed a 4–3 aggregate score. In 2014, he was ruled out of the final with a thigh injury as he suffered injury against Real Madrid in the second leg of the semi-final, but still progressed to the final through an aggregate score of 4–0. He scored the winner against Werder Bremen in a 2–1 win for Dortmund on the first day of the 2012-13 season. On 19 December, he netted a hat-trick, powering Dortmund to a 5–1 defeat of Hannover 96 in the third round of the DFB. 96 in a 3-0 win over Dortmund in the Champions League quarter-finals. In January 2012, Götse was diagnosed with a hip injury; cartilage in his hip had inflamed under stress. He signed a new contract with Dortmund, keeping him at the club until 2016. On 27 March 2012, Götze signed a deal to stay at Dortmund until 2016, but his contract was triggered by a fixed transfer fee of at least €37million.
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