Arsenal player Mesut Özil has launched his own esports organization in collaboration with esports consulting agency eSports Reputation.

eSports Reputation manages a number of FIFA pros as well as League of Legends pro Tristan “Power of Evil” Schrage.

The team will focus on recruiting FIFA pros from around the world, similar to the esports brand Christian Fuchs, another German player in the Premier League.

German professional soccer player and Arsenal midfielder Mesut Özil has launched an esports team focused on FIFA 18 . Özil announced on Twitter that he has teamed up with German esports consulting agency eSports Reputation. In addition to representing several FIFA pros, eSports Reputation represents League Of Legends pro player Tristan “Power of Evil” Schrage.

According to his tweet, Özil’s team will look to recruit “players around the world who will represent #teamozil in all major national and international [Electronic Arts] FIFA competitions.”

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The organization represents a number of FIFA pros, some of whom currently play for professional soccer clubs. Last year, The Esports Observer spoke with eSports Reputation advisor and former Bundesliga coach Robin Dutt, who explained that the company takes an active management approach in training its players both for competition and personal brand management. eSports Reputation even launched its own online training service for aspiring FIFA players called eSports High School.

Özil is the second Premier League player to strike out on his own in the esports space. In June, Leicester City defender Christian Fuchs launched an esports team under the name of his lifestyle fashion brand “No Fuchs Given.” As with most soccer clubs who branch out into esports, both players have begun their esports initiatives with an exclusive focus on FIFA. However, Fuchs has stated that he has an interest in both Fortnite and Overwatch esports.