Sami Khedira

german affiliation football player

“ Khedira ” redirects here. For Sami ‘s brother, Rani Khedira, see Rani Khedira Sami Khedira ( german pronunciation : [ ˈsaːmiː xeˈdiːʁaː ] ; born 4 April 1987 ) is a german former professional football player who played as a central midfielder. [ 4 ]

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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 english Juventus on a free transmit, 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, angstrom well as the 2012 and 2016 UEFA European Football Championships ; he besides won the 2014 FIFA World Cup .

Club career

VfB Stuttgart

Before joining the youth team of VfB Stuttgart in 1995, he played at television Oeffingen. In the first months of the 2006–07 season, he was called up into VfB ‘s Bundesliga team by director Armin Veh. His debut followed on 1 October 2006 against Hertha BSC, replacing Antônio district attorney silva at the end of the 2–2 away tie. He scored his first two goals on 29 October in the 3–0 acquire against Schalke 04 at the Mercedes-Benz-Arena. On 29 January 2007 he signed his first master contract at VfB, valid until June 2009. [ 6 ] In the stopping point plot 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. [ 7 ] On 9 July 2008, he extended his sign until the summer of 2011. [ 8 ] In the result temper, he scored a career-best 7 league goals in 27 games, including both in a 2–2 draw against Bayern Munich on 13 December. [ 9 ]

real Madrid

On 30 July 2010, Khedira moved to Real Madrid after 98 Bundesliga appearances [ 10 ] for an undisclosed tip, signing a compress until 2015. [ 11 ] Khedira made his debut on 13 August in a friendly match against Bayern Munich, which Real Madrid won 4–2 on penalties for the Franz-Beckenbauer-Cup. His league debut came sixteen days belated, in a 0–0 away draw against Mallorca. [ 12 ] He made 40 appearances across his first season in Spain and won his beginning club honor on 20 April 2011 as his team won the Copa del Rey final examination against El Clásico rivals FC Barcelona. [ 13 ] He scored his foremost competitive goal for real Madrid in the Champions League, on 18 October 2011 against Olympique Lyonnais. [ 14 ] He scored his first Copa del Rey goal against Málaga CF in a 3–2 home win when real Madrid were trailing behind 0–2, and his first league finish against RCD Espanyol in a 5–0 home winnings. [ 15 ] On 21 April 2012, Khedira scored his moment league finish, against Barcelona ; the goal was real Madrid ‘s 108th of the season in the league, breaking the previous La Liga record of 107, besides set by them in the 1989–90 season. [ 16 ] On 24 May 2014, Khedira was in the starting 11 against Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Championship League final, in which Real Madrid won 4-1. [ 17 ]

Juventus

On 9 June 2015, italian side Juventus announced that Khedira had signed a four-year deal on a unblock transplant. The act was completed on 1 July, at the startle of the 2015–16 season. [ 18 ] [ 19 ]
On 1 August, Khedira was stretchered off the pitch after equitable 25 minutes while playing in a pre-season friendly peer against Marseille with a hamstring wound and was ruled out of the Supercoppa Italiana a workweek late against Lazio. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Two days later Juventus confirmed that it was actually a muscle tear in his right second joint, and that he would be sidelined for approximately two months. [ 22 ] He was called back to action on 30 September as he started in a Champions League group stage equal in a 2–0 winnings over Sevilla. [ 23 ] On 4 October, Khedira made his Serie A debut, starting and scoring the final goal of a 3–1 dwelling winnings against Bologna in the 63rd minute. [ 24 ] On 20 March 2016, Khedira scored his fourth goal of the league season in a 4–1 win at Torino in the Derby della Mole, but was given a directly bolshevik batting order for dissent subsequently on. [ 25 ] On 20 August 2016, Khedira opened the 2016–17 Serie A season with a goal in a 2–1 home win over Fiorentina. [ 26 ] A workweek by and by he scored the only goal in a 1–0 away win over Lazio in the league. [ 27 ] On 22 October 2017, Khedira scored his inaugural career hat-trick in a 6–2 away win over Udinese. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] On 7 March 2018, Khedira made his hundredth appearance for Juventus in a 2–1 gain over Tottenham at Wembley Stadium, in the second leg of the attack of 16 of the UEFA Champions League, assisting Gonzalo Higuaín ‘s goal. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] In September 2018, Khedira signed a newly contract with Juventus, which would keep him at the team until 2021. [ 33 ] In February 2019 he was ruled out for a calendar month to undergo treatment after it was diagnosed that he suffered from an irregular heartbeat. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] He returned to action on 6 April, coming as a substitute for his injured compatriot Emre Can in a 2–1 home win over Milan. [ 36 ]

Hertha BSC

On 1 February 2021, Khedira returned to the Bundesliga, signing for Hertha BSC. [ 37 ] On 5 February 2021, he made his debut in a 0–1 get the better of against Bayern Munich. [ 38 ] On 19 May 2021, he announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the 2020–21 season. [ 39 ]

International career

Youth teams and debut

Khedira has appeared 30 times for respective German youth national teams ; he captained the under-21 side during the 2009 european Under-21 Championship, which Germany won, defeating England 4–0 in the concluding. [ 40 ] Khedira made his debut for the senior national police squad on 5 September 2009 in a friendly match against South Africa. He was substituted on in the 73rd hour for Simon Rolfes. [ 41 ] [ 42 ]

2010 World Cup

Khedira was called up to the german police squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa by bus Joachim Löw. Filling in for the hurt Michael Ballack as a cardinal midfielder, he played in all seven matches, and was merely substitute twice, as Germany reached the semi-finals. After appearances in five friendlies prior to the World Cup, he made his first competitive appearance against Australia in Germany ‘s first gear group game. On 10 July 2010, with his first senior international goal, he scored Germany ‘s 16th and last finish of the tournament, in the third place match against Uruguay ; Khedira ‘s match-winning header, which came eight minutes from clock time, ensured the final examination 3–2 scoreline, and won the young German team the bronze decoration. [ 43 ]

euro 2012

Khedira was in the starting lineup in eight qualification matches for Euro 2012, helping Germany top their qualifying group with a phonograph record ten wins out of ten-spot matches. During the final tournament, he featured in every minute of their tend to the semi-finals, scoring in the 4–2 quarter-final gain over Greece at the PGE Arena Gdańsk, and was selected for the team of the Tournament. [ 44 ]

2014 World Cup

Khedira tore his ACL in his right knee in a friendly couple against Italy on 15 November 2013 and it was estimated that he would be ruled out for around six months, which put his engagement at the 2014 FIFA World Cup into question. [ 45 ] however, he recovered in time to be named in Germany ‘s squad for the tournament, [ 46 ] and was selected to start in the team ‘s open meet, a 4–0 win against Portugal. [ 47 ] On 8 July, he scored Germany ‘s one-fifth finish in the 7–1 semi-final get the better of of hosts Brazil. [ 48 ] He was injured during the pre-match warmup for the Final against Argentina, and was replaced by Christoph Kramer in the team ‘s starting line-up, [ 49 ] as Germany finally won 1–0 after extra time. [ 50 ]

euro 2016

Khedira was named to Joachim Löw ‘s 23-man Germany squad for UEFA Euro 2016. [ 51 ] On 2 July, he was forced off after sustaining an injury in the first half of the quarter-finals against Italy, and was ruled out for the remainder of the tournament ; Germany won the match 6–5 in the resulting penalty shoot-out, following a 1–1 draw after extra-time. [ 52 ] As in the previous version of the tournament, Germany were once again eliminated in the semi-finals of the competition, following a 2–0 get the better of to hosts France on 7 July. [ 53 ]

2018 World Cup

On 4 June 2018, Khedira was included in Joachim Löw ‘s final 23-man police squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 54 ] As Germany were eliminated in the group stage, Khedira was deemed as one of the weakest performers in the team. After the tournament, he was left off the team for the subsequent UEFA Nations League matches. [ 55 ]

style of dally

Khedira is considered a active and all-around midfielder, with good awareness and “ flawless forward pass ability ”, who can cover a distribute of ground efficiently, recover the musket ball and cursorily join in the team ‘s attack plays ; he is besides capable of being a goal threat with his heading accuracy and powerful mid-range shoot. [ 56 ] [ 4 ] A physically firm, energetic, and tactically intelligent player, he is besides known for his ball-winning abilities, work-rate, and sight, ampere well as his solid proficiency and authentic pass, which allow him to play anywhere in midfield ; although normally a central midfielder, he has besides been deployed as a defensive midfielder, as a box-to-box midfielder, or evening in a more offensive function as a mezzala, due to his stamen, bowel movement ( both on and off the ball ), positional sense, and versatility, which besides enable him to create space or put up to his team ‘s offensive plays with goals, due to his ability to make belated runs into the penalty area from behind. [ 18 ] [ 57 ] [ 58 ] [ 59 ] [ 60 ] [ 61 ] [ 62 ] [ 63 ] [ 64 ] Jonathan Wilson, when writing for The Guardian in 2013, described Khedira as a “ destroyer with carrying tendencies, ” namely a holding midfielder who is predominantly tasked with run, winning back possession, and distributing the ball to other players, but who is besides “ adequate to of making late runs or carrying the ball at his feet. ” [ 65 ] In hurt of his play ability, however, Khedira is besides known to be injury-prone. [ 66 ]

Broadcasting

In May 2021, Khedira was announced as one of several erstwhile players who would serve as studio apartment analysts for ESPN ‘s coverage of the reschedule UEFA Euro 2020. [ 67 ]

personal life

Khedira was born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. [ 68 ] His church father is tunisian and his mother is german. [ 69 ] Sami ‘s younger brother Rani plays for FC Augsburg [ 70 ] and has represented the german U19 team. [ 71 ]

career statistics

club

As of match played 6 May 2021[72]

International

As of match played 27 June 2018[82]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Germany

2009
1
0

2010
16
1

2011
7
0

2012
12
1

2013
8
2

2014
9
1

2015
4
0

2016
12
2

2017
3
0

2018
5
0

Total
77
7

As of match played 27 June 2018. Scores and results list Germany’s goal tally first.[82]

Honours

VfB Stuttgart [ 72 ]
Real Madrid [ 72 ]
Juventus [ 72 ]
Germany U21
Germany
Individual
Orders