Person in history
Per Mertesacker
Per Mertesacker, German footballer
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1984 · September 29
- Age this year
- 42No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- association football player, association football coach. Citizenship: Germany
- Born
- 42nd anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Personal life Mertesacker met his future wife German international handballer Ulrike Stange in 2008 while both were recovering from injury at a rehab clinic in Donaustauf and began a relationship not long after. [ 1 ] They married in June 2013 [ 2 ] and have two sons (born April 2011 and May 2014). [ 1 ] Mertesacker is a Protestant Christian. [ 3 ] In an interview with German newspaper Der Spiegel published in March 2018,
Per Mertesacker is a German football coach and former professional player who played as a centre back.
Early life
Early life The second of three sons, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Mertesacker was raised in Pattensen , a small town on the outskirts of the city of Hanover . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He began playing football alongside his brothers at the local amateur club TSV Pattensen before joining Hannover 96 , where their father was a part-time coach. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ]
Path and career
Awards / honours: Silbernes Lorbeerblatt.
Career statistics Club Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Club Season League National cup [ a ] League cup [ b ] Europe Other Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Hannover 96 2003–04 Bundesliga 13 0 1 0 — — — 14 0 2004–05 Bundesliga 31 2 4 1 — — — 35 3 2005–06 Bundesliga 30 5 3 0 — — — 33 5 Total 74 7 8 1 — — — 82 8 Werder Bremen 2006–07 Bundesliga 25 2 0 0 0 0 10 [ c ]
Why this date
Per Mertesacker appears on our September 29 calendar for 1984 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1984.
- September 5STS-41-D
- October 16Desmond Tutu
- March 14Gerry Adams
- June 22Virgin Atlantic
- October 20Sinking of the Spanish trawler Sonia
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1984Tommy BoweFebruary 22
- 1984Anders LindegaardApril 13
- 1984Brad MaddoxMay 4
- 1984Jacob HoggardJuly 9
- 1984Peter SiddleNovember 25
- 1984Travis OutlawSeptember 18
- 1984Alastair CookDecember 25
- 1984Anthony Gonzalez (politician)September 18
Sources
Cite this page
“Per Mertesacker”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/per-mertesacker, accessed October 26, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Per Mertesacker
When was Per Mertesacker born?
September 29 1984.
How old would Per Mertesacker be today?
42 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on September 29?
Kevin Durant, Josh Farro, Jaden McDaniels and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
Text adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 and from Wikidata (CC0). Images come from Wikimedia Commons; credit and licence are shown with each image. Editorial entries are © What's On This Date. Sources & licensing · How this site works.