Benedikt Höwedes

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Benedikt Höwedes
Höwedes with Lokomotiv Moscow in 2018
Personal information
Full name Benedikt Höwedes[1]
Date of birth (1988-02-29) 29 February 1988 (age 36)
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
Winner 2014 Brazil
UEFA European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Poland–Ukraine
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2009 Sweden
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

Höwedes with Schalke in 2011

Ref.:[3]

Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Schalke 04 II 2006–07 Oberliga Westfalen 1 0 1 0
2007–08 13 0 13 0
2008–09 Regionalliga West 1 0 1 0
Total 15 0 15 0
Schalke 04 2007–08 Bundesliga 6 0 0 0 3[b] 0 9 0
2008–09 24 2 2 0 7[b] 0 33 2
2009–10 33 3 5 3 38 6
2010–11 30 1 6 1 10[b] 2 1[c] 0 47 4
2011–12 22 1 3 0 8[d] 0 1[c] 0 34 1
2012–13 32 0 3 0 8[b] 2 43 2
2013–14 19 1 3 1 10[b] 0 32 2
2014–15 28 2 0 0 6[b] 1 34 3
2015–16 15 1 1 0 3[d] 0 19 1
2016–17 31 1 4 0 11[d] 1 46 2
Total 240 12 27 5 66 6 2 0 335 23
Juventus 2017–18 Serie A 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
Lokomotiv Moscow 2018–19 Russian Premier League 17 3 4 1 5[b] 0 0 0 26 4
2019–20 18 0 0 0 6[b] 0 0 0 24 0
Total 35 3 4 1 11 0 0 0 50 4
Career total 293 16 31 6 77 6 2 0 403 28
  1. Includes DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia, Russian Cup
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. 3.0 3.1 Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International[change | change source]

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

Ref.:[4]

Germany
Year App. Goals
2011 6 0
2012 4 1
2013 8 0
2014 13 1
2015 1 0
2016 11 0
2017 1 0
Total 44 2
Scores and results lists Germany's goal tally first:[5]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 August 2012 Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany  Argentina 1–3 1–3 Friendly
2. 6 June 2014 Coface Arena, Mainz, Germany  Armenia 3–1 6–1 Friendly

Honours[change | change source]

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

Schalke 04[6]

Juventus[6]

Lokomotiv Moscow

Germany U21

Germany[6]

Individual

Personal life[change | change source]

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

References[change | change source]

  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. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Benedikt Höwedes at Soccerway
  7. ""Локомотив" – обладатель ОЛИМП-Суперкубка России". РПЛ. 6 July 2019.