 A full international for Germany since 2009, Khedira has earned over 75 caps for the national team.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.Before joining the youth team of VfB Stuttgart in 1995, he played at TV Oeffingen.