"Khedira" redirects here. For his younger brother (also a footballer), see Rani Khedira.
Sami Khedira
Khedira with Germany in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Sami Khedira[1]
Date of birth
(1987-04-04) 4 April 1987 (age 37)[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
Representing Germany
FIFA World Cup
Winner
2014 Brazil
2010 South Africa
UEFA European Championship
2012 Poland-Ukraine
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner
2009 Sweden
*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:[ˈsaːmiːxeˈdiːʁaː]; 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 F.C. 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.
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semi-final. In his place, Carlo Ancelotti selected German midfielder SamiKhedira, who himself had only recently returned from injury. Pepe was also left...
fresh local talents,[tone] including Mario Gómez, Serdar Tasci, and SamiKhedira, into a strong contender that led the league on 12 November 2006 for...
stealing the ball from Fernandinho and playing a quick one-two with SamiKhedira. Khedira then scored Germany's fourth goal in six minutes, after exchanging...
61st minute from a long-range strike from Casemiro, which deflected off SamiKhedira and past Gianluigi Buffon to the left corner of the net. Three minutes...
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minute, which reached a German player, bounced off him and went up to Khedira's head, who headed it in. Uruguay almost forced extra time when Forlán curled...
type of player are Clarence Seedorf and Bastian Schweinsteiger, while SamiKhedira and Fernandinho are destroyers with carrying tendencies. Luka Modrić...
Bernd Schuster, Bodo Illgner, Christoph Metzelder, Mesut Özil, and SamiKhedira, to join Real Madrid. At his presentation in front of 8,000 supporters...
stealing the ball from Fernandinho and playing a quick one-two with SamiKhedira. Khedira then scored Germany's fourth goal in six minutes, after exchanging...
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the first game of the 2010–11 La Liga season. Because Madrid bought SamiKhedira, Diarra faced further competition to get into the squad. However, Mourinho...
during their opening match against Mexico as a substitute by replacing SamiKhedira in the 60th minute, but the match ended in a 1–0 loss for Germany. On...
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