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                                                 The Young Legend Mario Götze

It all started June 3, 1992 in Memmingen Germany. The birth of a future soccer legend Mario Götze. Mario would start playing soccer at a young age where he would find his gift and passion for the sport. At three years old Mario started to play for FC Ronsberg. Mario played there for just three years before going to his next club at age six to FC Eintracht Hombruch. Götze played there for another three years before moving to his final club in his youth career Borussia Dortmund. Mario played there from 2001 to 2009. Mario was one of the top players in the league and was the best player on his team by far. At that time he could play almost anywhere on the field and still be one of the best players. This would end Mario's youth soccer career where he was amazing from the start.

Mario’s professional career would start in 2009 when Borussia Dortmund’s professional team would buy Mario. Mario would be a starter for the club as a rookie, and would immediately find great success with the club. The German club had great synergy and would be able to create the mold for Mario’s great future. He would stay with the club for another four years. In 2013 Mario would then be bought by the great German giants Bayern Munich. Bayern was a team made up of mostly German players. Here Mario would be turned into one of the best German players, and one of the top players in the world.

Mario had been training with the German national team for a year and would end up starting for the team in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The German national looked to be a great powerhouse in the World Cup. Mario helped lead the team to a first place in groups going undefeated. Next they moved to the round of sixteen where he played phenomenal in the upcoming games to lead them to the World Cup championship. After a stalemate in regular play of Argentina versus Germany the game was forced into overtime. Argentina was looking confident while Germany was looking lackluster. Mario Götze was calling for the ball in the hundredth and thirteenth minute of overtime, when he got an amazing cross from Schrürrle. The ball was placed perfectly on his chest, and Mario used all his skill and willpower to trap the ball and volleyed it in the back of the net winning the World Cup for his homeland. Mario Götze is a legend and still has more give to his team country this is only the start for the young legend.