Benedikt Höwedes

German association football player

AI overview

Benedikt Höwedes is a German professional soccer player known for his defensive skills. He has been an important player for major German clubs and represented his country in international competition.

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Film & TV

Haltern, Germany

Known for

Wir Weltmeister. Abenteuer Fußball-WM 2014 — Self2024
V like Victory — Self2021
FARID – Magic Unplugged — Self2018
Meine 11 – Die Playlist der Fußballstars — Self2017
Match 64: The Maracanã — Self - Player Germany2015
The Team — Self2014
Das aktuelle Sportstudio — self1963

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Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Position: Defender
Nationality: Germany

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Benedikt
Gender: male
Citizenship: Germany
Place of birth: Haltern am See
Occupation: association football player
Languages spoken: German
Award: Silbernes Lorbeerblatt
Participant in: UEFA Euro 2016
Sport: association football
Member of team: FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Position played: centre-back
League: Bundesliga
Country for sport: Germany
Mass: 82
Image: Benedikt Höwedes 2018.jpg
Height: 187
Work location: Gelsenkirchen

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sport number: 5
Commons category: Benedikt Höwedes
date of birth: 1988-02-29
start of work period: 2007-00-00
name in native language: Benedikt Höwedes

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Encyclopedic overview

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Benedikt Höwedes (born 29 February 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent the majority of his playing career for Schalke 04, which he captained for six seasons, and represented the Germany national football team from 2011 to 2017. At international level, Höwedes won the World Cup with Germany in 2014, and was one of only three players to play every single minute of the tournament. Höwedes described himself as a 'multi-functional player' in the defence, who can play in the centre or as both a left or right-sided full back.

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