MOSCOW -- Benedikt Howedes ended a long spell with his boyhood club Schalke when he joined Lokomotiv Moscow on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old defender, who spent last season on loan at Juventus, has signed a four-year contract with the Russian champion.
"We wish him all the best in the new sporting chapter of his career at Lokomotiv Moscow," said Schalke's sporting director Christian Heidel.
.@BeneHoewedes says goodbye 👋💙
— FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en) July 31, 2018
Our former captain has moved to @fclokomotiv. All the best, Benedikt! #s04 pic.twitter.com/Dm2A5r4TOM
Howedes made his Schalke debut in a 2007 Champions League match against Rosenborg.
He won a German Cup and Supercup before playing a minor role as Juventus landed a seventh straight Serie A title last season.
He won the most recent of his 44 Germany caps in March 2017 and was an ever-present in the 2014 World Cup-winning side.