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Benedikt Höwedes

1988 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benedikt Höwedes is the 3,630th most popular soccer player (down from 2,993rd in 2019), the 4,916th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,685th in 2019) and the 243rd most popular German Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Benedikt Höwedes ranks 3,630 out of 21,273. Before him are Toshiaki Imai, Ray Wilson, Bruno Guimarães, Raúl Cárdenas, Fyodor Cherenkov, and Emil Pažický. After him are Henry Källgren, Severino Varela, Hiroshi Soejima, Mustafa Ertan, Rodrigo, and Iñaki Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Benedikt Höwedes ranks 86. Before him are Therese Johaug, Éver Banega, Alexa PenaVega, Nemanja Matić, Ma Long, and Joe Cole. After him are Winston Reid, Steven Nzonzi, Angelique Kerber, Haley Joel Osment, Jesse Plemons, and Martin Fourcade.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Benedikt Höwedes ranks 4,919 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Scheff (1889), Erik Spiekermann (1947), Lutz Eigendorf (1956), Bernhard Horwitz (1807), Heinrich Christian Boie (1744), and Heidi Biebl (1941). After him are Veronica Ferres (1965), Johanna Lüttge (1936), Ludwig Thoma (1867), Richard Andree (1835), Reinhold Mack (1901), and Ulrike Richter (1959).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Benedikt Höwedes ranks 243. Before him are Mario Basler (1968), Heinz Vollmar (1936), Markus Babbel (1972), Christoph Metzelder (1980), Robin Gosens (1994), and Lutz Eigendorf (1956). After him are Jonathan Tah (1996), Jürgen Nöldner (1941), Ümit Davala (1973), Lothar Kurbjuweit (1950), Herbert Zimmermann (1954), and Marco Bode (1969).

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