Benedikt Höwedes
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Höwedes with Germany in 2012
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| Date of birth | 29 February 1988 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Haltern, West Germany | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||
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Current team
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Schalke 04 | |||||||||||
| Number | 4 | |||||||||||
| 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– | Schalke 04 | 224 | (11) | |||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Germany U18 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Germany U19 | 16 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Germany U20 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Germany U21 | 23 | (3) | |||||||||
| 2011– | Germany | 43 | (2) | |||||||||
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Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:30, 22 January 2017 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:30, 22 January 2017 (UTC).
Benedikt "Benni" Höwedes (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛnədɪkt ˈhøːvɛdɛs]; born 29 February 1988) is a German professional footballer and Captain of FC Schalke 04. Höwedes is a defender for the Germany national football team winning the World Cup with them in 2014. He was one of three players to play every single minute of the tournament.
Höwedes started playing football for his hometown club TuS Haltern in 1994. In 2001 he was transferred to the youth teams of FC Schalke 04. In 2003 he became captain of Schalke's under-19 team and as a member of that team he won the Under 19 Bundesliga in 2006.
In September 2007, the German Football Association honoured Höwedes with the Fritz Walter Medal as the best player of his age-group for the 2006–07 season.
In January 2007, he signed a professional contract with Schalke, which ran until 30 June 2010, he then joined Schalke's Bundesliga squad in July. Until October 2007, however, he only played for Schalke's second team in the Oberliga (fourth division).
Höwedes' first professional match was in the Champions League on 3 October 2007.
On 10 December 2008, Höwedes extended his contract which will keep him at the club until 30 June 2014.
On 23 July 2011, Höwedes became captain of Schalke.
On 9 March 2013, Höwedes extended his contract with Schalke, until 30 June 2017.
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