Mesut Ozil voted Germany's best player of 2013

Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has been voted as Germany's national Player of the Year 2013.

In an online fans' poll conducted by the German Football Federation, the 25-year-old came first with more than 30% of the votes, with Philipp Lahm and Thomas Muller finishing second and third respectively.

"This award makes me proud and happy, above all, because [the vote] was carried out by the fans," he told Dfb.de.

This is the third year in a row that Ozil has won the award.