Benedikt Höwedes

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Benedikt Höwedes
Personal information
Full name	Benedikt Höwedes
Date of birth	29 February 1988 (1988-02-29) (age 20)
Place of birth	Haltern, West Germany
Height	1.87 m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Schalke 04
Number	23
Youth clubs
1994–2000 2000–2001 2001–2007	TuS Haltern SG Herten-Langenbochum Schalke 04
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007–	Schalke 04	6 0(0)
National team2
2007–	Germany U-21	4 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 17, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Benedikt Höwedes (born February 29, 1988 in Haltern) is a German football player who plays for FC Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga.

[edit] Career

Höwedes started playing football in youth teams of his hometown club TuS Haltern. After one year with SG Herten-Langenbochum he joined Schalke 04 in 2001. In 2005 he became captain of Schalke's Under-19 team, and as a member of that team he won the 2006 German youth championship. In January 2007, he signed a professional contract, which is valid until the end of the 2009/10 season, and joined Schalke's Bundesliga squad in July. Until October of this year, however, he only played for Schalke's second team in the Oberliga (4th division).

Höwedes' first professional match was in the Champions League on October 3, 2007. Without having had any appearance in the Bundesliga he was in the starting lineup for Schalke's away match at Rosenborg Trondheim after regular left back Christian Pander had been injured.^[1]

Höwedes played for Germany national youth teams Under-18 and Under-19 and appeared in all matches up to and including the semi-final at the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. On September 5, 2007, he had his first U-20 national team appearance.^[2]

In September 2007, the German Football Association (DFB) honored Höwedes with the Fritz-Walter-medal as best player of his age-group in the 2006/07 season.^[3]

[edit] External links

• Benedikt Höwedes' profile at FC Schalke 04

http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/hoewedesbenedikt/

[edit] References

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Persondata
NAME	Höwedes, Benedikt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	29 February 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH	Haltern, Germany
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH