Sami Khedira

Sami Khedira is the kind of footballer I respect more the longer I watch the game. A 189 cm central midfielder, he was never the highlight-reel name, but he was the engine that winning sides quietly relied on. From the Bundesliga title at his hometown VfB Stuttgart in 2007 to seven trophies at Real Madrid, including the 2014 Champions League, his medal cabinet tells you exactly how valuable he was. I admire players who do the unglamorous work of breaking up play and covering ground. Khedira, German-Tunisian and born in 1987, was that selfless presence, and great teams always seem to have one.

Name (English)

Sami Khedira

Name (Japanese)

サミ・ケディラ

Reading

さみ・けでぃら

Born

April 4, 1987 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rabbit

Origin

Stuttgart, Stuttgart Government Region, Germany

Height

189 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• Silbernes Lorbeerblatt
• 2016 Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg

• Official sitehttps://www.sami-khedira.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sami_khedira6/
• Xhttps://x.com/samikhedira
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami%20Khedira
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54094

Tags

• Stuttgart Government Region
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-17

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