German football star and Turkish footballer Mesut Ozil paid a visit to Aspetar today, where he toured the hospital and learned about the cutting-edge facilities and services provided to elite athletes from a range of sports.

Welcomed by Aspetar CEO, Dr Abulaziz Jaham al Kuwari, the former Real Madrid and Arsenal player got a full picture of the comprehensive services Aspetar provides to footballers and was given a glimpse of the world-leading hospital’s vision for the future.  

Ozil noted he was proud to see Qatar organising the World Cup 2022 and expressed his great admiration for Aspetar’s facilities, commenting: 

It’s the first time I’m seeing a concept like this.  It’s showing that it has been thought through from A to Z, which makes it unique and important for all the sports clubs.  Such kind of facilities should be available across the world. Usually in the clubs, in case of injury, the players are treated at specialised hospitals, if you have knee injury you go to a specialised hospital, if you have a mental injury you go to a mental hospital, but here I see that Aspetar has everything under one roof, really, it’s one of the best facilities I’ve ever seen.

About Aspetar:

Aspetar is a world leading specialised orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital, and the first of its kind in the Middle East. Since 2007, with a world expert team, the hospital has provided top-level comprehensive medical treatment to all athletes in a state-of-the-art facility that sets new standards internationally.

In 2009, Aspetar was accredited as a “FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence” by F-MARC. In 2013, Aspetar was adopted as a reference collaborator centre by the Gulf Countries Council (GCC) Health Ministers Council and “IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health” in 2014. 

In 2015, Aspetar has been recognised as the “IHF Reference Centre for Athlete and Referee Health”. In the same year, the hospital also achieved the obtained-on December 15 the Accreditation Canada International (ACI) “Platinum Level”. 

Aspetar is a member–organisation of Aspire Zone Foundation, Qatar’s innovative sports and healthy lifestyle destination.