 Khedira lining up for Germany in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sami Khedira[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 April 1987[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Stuttgart, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1995 | TV Oeffingen | ||
| 1995–2004 | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2006 | VfB Stuttgart II | 21 | (1) |
| 2006–2010 | VfB Stuttgart | 98 | (14) |
| 2010–2015 | Real Madrid | 102 | (6) |
| 2015–2021 | Juventus | 99 | (21) |
| 2021 | Hertha BSC | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 329 | (42) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2004 | Germany U17 | 10 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Germany U21 | 15 | (5) |
| 2009–2018 | Germany | 77 | (7) |
Medal record | |||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2018 | |||
Sami Khedira (German pronunciation: [ˈsaːmiː xeˈdiːʁaː]; Arabic: سامي خضيرة; born 4 April 1987) is a German former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.[4]
He began his career at VfB Stuttgart, winning the Bundesliga in 2007, before moving to Real Madrid in 2010. In his five seasons in Spain, he won seven domestic and international trophies, including the UEFA Champions League in 2014. In 2015, he moved to Italian side Juventus on a free transfer, and won the Serie A title and Coppa Italia in his first three seasons with the club, followed by two more league titles and a Supercoppa Italiana.
A full international for Germany since 2009, Khedira earned 77 caps for the national team.[5] He has taken part at three FIFA World Cups and two UEFA European Championships with Germany, and was part of their squads which reached the semi-finals at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, as well as the 2012 and 2016 UEFA European Football Championships; he also won the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
- ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 07 de marzo de 2015, en Bilbao" [Minutes of the Match held on 7 March 2015, in Bilbao] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Sami Khedira" (in Italian). Juventus FC. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Sami Khedira". Real Madrid C.F. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (7 July 2021). "Sami Khedira - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 13 July 2021.