Per Mertesacker's Adidas Predator boots. This special made to measure boots
were prepared for a charity match against a selected team by Philippe Lahm.
Both boots are personalized with "Mertesacker vs Lahm", "20.06.2009 Hannover"
and the flag of Germany. Per Mertesacker's Adidas Predator boots. This special
made to measure boots were prepared for a charity match against a selected
team by Philippe Lahm. Both boots are personalized with "Mertesacker vs Lahm",
"20.06.2009 Hannover" and the flag of Germany. With Werder Bremen,
Mertesacker has won a DFB-Pokal title and finished runner-up in the 2008-09
UEFA Cup. With his quiet but effective game, he established himself as
Germany's first choice centre-back. He has won more than 75 international
caps despite his young age. Prior to playing at senior level, he played at
under-20 and under-21 level. In September 2004, Jürgen Klinsmann,
then-manager of Germany, called Mertesacker up to the 9 October 2004 game
against Iran. He made his debut less than two weeks after his twentieth
birthday when he came on as a second-half substitute for Christian Wörns.
Over the course of his final two seasons at Werder Bremen, the defender
received just one yellow card in 63 league matches. He has participated in the
2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups and UEFA Euro 2008. In 2006, the defender
established the 'Per-Mertesacker-Stiftung', a charitable foundation that helps
support amateur sportsmen and the poor.