However, he was chosen as the left back for the UEFA Team of the Year 2006 and came second in the same election next year, losing only by less than 1% of the given votes to the winner Éric Abidal.
Georg Philipp Telemann | Philipp Melanchthon | Philipp Marx | Karl Philipp von Wrede | Philipp Franz von Siebold | Philipp | Philipp Meyer | Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar | Philipp von Ferrary | Philipp Forchheimer | Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg | Johann Philipp Reis | Frank P. Lahm | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Philipp Nicolai | Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf | Philipp Lenard | Philipp Hainhofer | Philipp August Böckh | Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher | Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler | Jan Philipp Reemtsma | Isidor Philipp | Emanuel L. Philipp | Robert Philipp | Philipp Wilhelm Wirtgen | Philipp von Zesen | Philipp von Stosch | Philipp Veit | Philipp Rösler |
Since 2007 the foundation has organised yearly charity football matches which has featured Mertesacker's national and club teammates Philipp Lahm, Lukas Podolski and Tomáš Rosický as well as comedian Oliver Pocher, Fury in the Slaughterhouse member Rainer Schumann and German ice hockey legend Uwe Krupp.