Sami Khedira
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Khedira playing for Germany in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sami Khedira | ||
| Date of birth | 4 April 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Stuttgart, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Juventus | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| 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– | Juventus | 38 | (9) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003–2004 | Germany U17 | 10 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Germany U21 | 15 | (5) |
| 2009– | Germany | 69 | (7) |
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:03, 29 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:23, 11 November 2016 (UTC) |
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Sami Khedira (German pronunciation: [ˈsaːmiː xeˈdiːʁaː]; born 4 April 1987) is a German footballer who plays for Juventus and the German national team as a central midfielder.
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 immediately won the Serie A title in his first season with the club.
A full international for Germany since 2009, Khedira has earned over 50 caps for the national team. He 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, and also won the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Before joining the youth team of VfB Stuttgart in 1995, he played at TV Oeffingen. In the first months of the 2006–07 season, he was called up into VfB's Bundesliga squad by manager Armin Veh. His debut followed on 1 October 2006 against Hertha BSC, replacing Antônio da Silva at the end of the 2–2 away draw. He scored his first two goals on 29 October in the 3–0 win against Schalke 04 at the Mercedes-Benz-Arena. On 29 January 2007 he signed his first professional contract at VfB, valid until June 2009. In the last game of the season on 19 May, Khedira scored the winner as Die Schwaben came from behind to defeat Energie Cottbus 2–1 and became champions for the first time in 15 years.
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