
Benedikt Höwedes
b. 1988
German association football player
- Born
- 29 Feb 1988 · Haltern am See
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 29 Feb 1988BornBorn in Haltern am See
- 2005 – 2006TeamGermany national under-18 football team
- 2006 – 2007TeamGermany national under-19 football team
- 2007 – 2009TeamFC Schalke 04 II
- 2007TeamGermany national under-20 football team
- 2007 – 2010TeamGermany national under-21 football team
- 2007 – 2018TeamSchalke 04
- 2011 – 2017TeamGermany men's national association football team
- 2014Took part2014 FIFA World Cup
- 2017 – 2018TeamJuventus FC
- 2018 – 2020TeamFC Lokomotiv Moscow
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1988 – today).
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
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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