Former soccer player Mesut Özil and his wife Amine have become parents of a daughter. The 31-year-old said on Instagram. “Thank you, God, that our daughter Eda was born healthy,” wrote the 2014 World Champion in Turkish.
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The picture shows him with his wife Amine and the baby. Özil had married his partner last June. The professional from Arsenal and the former Miss Turkey have been a couple since 2017, according to media reports, they have been engaged since January 2019.
Özil had recently drawn attention primarily to political statements. A critical statement to suppress the Uighurs in China brought his club a temporary broadcast boycott on Chinese state television. Özil was also removed from the Chinese version of a video game. (Read more about Mesut Özil’s political statements here.)
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