Goal efficiency
How clinical and direct the player was in front of goal — volume, accuracy, and conversion.
FA Cup · Defender · #0 · Germany · 37 yrs
P. Mertesacker is a defender. P. Mertesacker is a German international, 37 years old, defender. P. Mertesacker was born in Hannover, Germany on 1984-09-29. P. Mertesacker is 198 cm cm tall and weighs 90 kg kg. P. Mertesacker's Sportra profile tracks season statistics across FA Cup, Premier League, UEFA Europa League, League Cup, and other leagues. P. Mertesacker's page brings together career clubs, trophies, injury history, multi-competition stats, and related news headlines. On Sportra you can explore P. Mertesacker season statistics, transfer history, trophies, injury updates, and related news across every competition tracked in the profile.
Defender · #0
| Date | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-08-31 | € 11.3M |  Werder Bremen WER |  Arsenal ARS |
| 2006-07-01 | € 4.7M |  Hannover 96 HAN | Werder Bremen WER |
Season intelligence
Profile as Defender: finisher, high usage. Archetype: Clinical forward. Season rating 6.9.
Scaled 0–99 from season output — map to fantasy, comparisons, or scouting cards.
Per-90 rates, efficiency ratios, and Sportra indices from season totals.
How clinical and direct the player was in front of goal — volume, accuracy, and conversion.
Playmaking output: assists, key passes, and custom chance-creation signals.
Isolation threat and progressive carrying — volume plus success rate.
How often they draw fouls and stay out of trouble with cards.
Tackles, duels, and off-ball defensive contribution.
Minutes, availability, and how central they were to the team.
Every tracked category for this league and season, grouped by Sportra.
ISAAN KHAN: With a new hierarchy in place headed up by Per Mertesacker's replacement Pascal de Maesschalck, the Gunners are looking to reassert their status as an academy goldmine.
Josh Kroenke has revealed how during a low point in the summer of 2019 Arsenal went looking for their own Virgil van Dijk - prompting former academy director Per Mertesacker to push for William Saliba's arrival
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