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.

### Club

Ref.:

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National cup|colspan=2|Europe|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|Schalke 04 II|2006–07|rowspan=2|Oberliga Westfalen|1|0|—|—|—|1|0||||
|2007–08|13|0|—|—|—|13|0||||||||
|2008–09|Regionalliga West|1|0|—|—|—|1|0|||||||
|rowspan=11|Schalke 04|2007–08|rowspan=10|Bundesliga|6|0|0|0|3|0|—|9|0||
|2008–09|24|2|2|0|7|0|—|33|2||||||
|2009–10|33|3|5|3|—|—|38|6|||||||
|2010–11|30|1|6|1|10|2|1|0|47|4|||||
|2011–12|22|1|3|0|8|0|1|0|34|1|||||
|2012–13|32|0|3|0|8|2|—|43|2||||||
|2013–14|19|1|3|1|10|0|—|32|2||||||
|2014–15|28|2|0|0|6|1|—|34|3||||||
|2015–16|15|1|1|0|3|0|—|19|1||||||
|2016–17|31|1|4|0|11|1|—|46|2||||||
|Juventus|2017–18|Serie A|3|1|0|0|0|0|—|3|1||||
|rowspan=3|Lokomotiv Moscow|2018–19|rowspan=2|Russian Premier League|17|3|4|1|5|0|0|0|26|4|
|2019–20|18|0|0|0|6|0|0|0|24|0|||||

### International

Ref.:

|Year||Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|colspan=3|Germany||
|2011|6|0|
|2012|4|1|
|2013|8|0|
|2014|13|1|
|2015|1|0|
|2016|11|0|
|2017|1|0|

- _Scores and results lists Germany's goal tally first:_
|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|15 August 2012|Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany||**1**–3|1–3|Friendly|
|2.|6 June 2014|Coface Arena, Mainz, Germany||**3**–1|6–1|Friendly|

## Honours

**Schalke 04**
- DFB-Pokal: 2010–11
- DFL-Supercup: 2011

**Juventus**
- Serie A: 2017–18
- Coppa Italia: 2017–18

**Lokomotiv Moscow**
- Russian Cup: 2018–19

**Germany U21**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2009

**Germany**
- FIFA World Cup: 2014

**Individual**
- Fritz Walter Medal U19 Gold Medal: 2007

## Personal life

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

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Benedikt Höwedes
- **image**: Benedikt Höwedes 2018.jpg
- **caption**: Höwedes with FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow in 2018
- **full name**: Benedikt Höwedes
- **birth place**: Haltern, West Germany
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **currentclub**: Germany national football team, Germany
(assistant)
- **youthyears1**: 1994–2000
- **youthclubs1**: TuS Haltern
- **youthyears2**: 2000–2001
- **youthclubs2**: SG Herten-Langenbochum
- **youthyears3**: 2001–2007
- **youthclubs3**: FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04
- **years1**: 2007–2009
- **clubs1**: FC Schalke 04 II, Schalke 04 II
- **caps1**: 15
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2007–2018
- **clubs2**: FC Schalke 04, Schalke 04
- **caps2**: 240
- **goals2**: 12
- **years3**: 2017–2018
- **clubs3**: → Juventus F.C., Juventus (loan)
- **caps3**: 3
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2018–2020
- **clubs4**: FC Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow
- **caps4**: 35
- **goals4**: 3
- **totalcaps**: 293
- **totalgoals**: 16
- **nationalyears1**: 2005–2006
- **nationalteam1**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2006–2007
- **nationalteam2**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 16
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2007
- **nationalteam3**: Germany national youth football team, Germany U20
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2007–2010
- **nationalteam4**: Germany national under-21 football team, Germany U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 22
- **nationalgoals4**: 3
- **nationalyears5**: 2011–2017
- **nationalteam5**: Germany national football team, Germany
- **nationalcaps5**: 44
- **nationalgoals5**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 2021–
- **managerclubs1**: Germany national football team, Germany (assistant)