Benedikt Höwedes

Benedikt Höwedes (born 29 February 1988 in Haltern) is a German association football defender. He played for FC Schalke 04 and captained the team for six years. He also represented the Germany national football team. He represented Germany in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Benedikt Höwedes
Höwedes with Lokomotiv Moscow in 2018
Personal information
Full name Benedikt Höwedes[1]
Date of birth (1988-02-29) 29 February 1988
Place of birth Haltern, West Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
Germany
(assistant)
Youth career
1994–2000 TuS Haltern
2000–2001 SG Herten-Langenbochum
2001–2007 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Schalke 04 II 15 (0)
2007–2018 Schalke 04 240 (12)
2017–2018Juventus (loan) 3 (1)
2018–2020 Lokomotiv Moscow 35 (3)
Total 293 (16)
National team
2005–2006 Germany U18 3 (0)
2006–2007 Germany U19 16 (0)
2007 Germany U20 1 (0)
2007–2010 Germany U21 22 (3)
2011–2017 Germany 44 (2)
Teams managed
2021– Germany (assistant)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Germany
FIFA World Cup
Winner2014 Brazil
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2012 Poland–Ukraine
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner2009 Sweden
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Höwedes with Schalke in 2011

Ref.:[3]

Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Schalke 04 II 2006–07 Oberliga Westfalen 1010
2007–08 130130
2008–09 Regionalliga West 1010
Total 150150
Schalke 04 2007–08 Bundesliga 60003[lower-alpha 2]090
2008–09 242207[lower-alpha 2]0332
2009–10 33353386
2010–11 3016110[lower-alpha 2]21[lower-alpha 3]0474
2011–12 221308[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 3]0341
2012–13 320308[lower-alpha 2]2432
2013–14 1913110[lower-alpha 2]0322
2014–15 282006[lower-alpha 2]1343
2015–16 151103[lower-alpha 4]0191
2016–17 3114011[lower-alpha 4]1462
Total 240122756662033523
Juventus 2017–18 Serie A 31000031
Lokomotiv Moscow 2018–19 Russian Premier League 173415[lower-alpha 2]000264
2019–20 180006[lower-alpha 2]000240
Total 3534111000504
Career total 293163167762040328
  1. Includes DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia, Russian Cup
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Höwedes with a header that hit the post in the 45th minute of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final against Argentina

Ref.:[4]

Germany
YearApp.Goals
201160
201241
201380
2014131
201510
2016110
201710
Total442
Scores and results lists Germany's goal tally first:[5]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 August 2012Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany Argentina1–31–3Friendly
2.6 June 2014Coface Arena, Mainz, Germany Armenia3–16–1Friendly

Honours

Höwedes (front, third left) celebrates winning the 2014 World Cup with the Germany national team

Schalke 04[6]

Juventus[6]

Lokomotiv Moscow

  • Russian Cup: 2018–19[7]

Germany U21

Germany[6]

Individual

  • Fritz Walter Medal U19 Gold Medal: 2007

Personal life

Höwedes was born in Haltern, North Rhine-Westphalia, and he attended Gesamtschule Berger Feld.

References

  1. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020.
  2. "Benedikt Höwedes - Juventus.com". Archived from the original on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. "Benedikt Höwedes " Club matches". World Football. 4 August 2021.
  4. Benedikt Höwedes at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. "Benedikt Höwedes – Soccerway profile". Soccerway.
  6. Benedikt Höwedes at Soccerway
  7. ""Локомотив" – обладатель ОЛИМП-Суперкубка России". РПЛ. 6 July 2019.


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